Entries by Reinhard Riedl

Business Transformation in the Covid 19 Crisis (4) – Trade Collapse and the Next Globalisation

The health crisis will push those technologies that promote the fragmentation of value chains. This will change the economy for good What are the long-term economic impacts of the health crisis? Most agree that it has pushed digital transformation. This trend will continue, but with what consequences? A complex picture is currently emerging, centred on […]

Teaching from Covid-19 – How Distance Teaching comes alive (3)

Online lectures pose major challenges for students and lecturers alike. We need to rethink and make more use of contemporary didactic tools. The result will be a sustainable change in university teaching. The greatest challenge of synchronous online teaching is the interaction with the many participants. Online coaching of individual students or small groups works […]

Lessons from Covid-19 – making art digitally accessible (3)

Based on the experiences of the first lockdown, the subsequent (partial) reopening and the last days in the near-lockdown, clear recommendations can be formulated for the stakeholders of the arts. It is important to take the crisis seriously. Financially stable institutions should do something for their audiences and for those arts professionals who have lost […]

Which deficiencies conference software has and which technical changes the internet needs

In the worldwide pandemic, the virtual world often replaces communication in real life. This makes questions in the area of software, internet and cybercrime all the more important. We have discussed this with Prof. Dr. Erol Gelenbe. During the lockdown, many organizations have switched to virtual collaboration based on teleconferencing. My most remarkable experience was […]

Teaching from Covid-19 – How universities can teach digitally (2)

So far, the potential of existing platforms for online teaching has only been used to a small extent. In the following, three scenarios will show how digital university teaching could be made attractive. They are based on previous experience in the classroom and with hybrid academic conferences. Scenario 1: Three screens for presentations and plenary […]

Lessons from Covid-19 – How theatre reaches its audience digitally (2)

The digitisation of theatre first failed over 20 years ago. Now it’s time to break new digital ground, in all the arts. We have the economic necessity and technical opportunity. Now is the time for transformation. On the day Part 1 appeared, Bern’s theatres were closed, along with clubs, bars and museums. Between the first […]