Our sustainable coronavirus future

Abstract

This is an introductory text to a collection of papers from the ICSF 2020: The International

Sustainable Hospital Architecture - Potential of Underground Spaces

“…The papers of the participants of The International Conference on Sustainable Futures: Environmental, Technological, Social, and Economic Matters (held at Kryvyi Rih National University, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on May 20-22, 2020) were analyzed in the current article. At the conference, scientists from various scientific fields raised a number of issues with regard to geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, sustainable mining, sustainable construction and architecture, sustainable cities and society, sustainable materials and technologies, sustainable transport, sustainable energy, measuring, sustainability forecasting and monitoring [7]. It is noteworthy that the conference also addressed the issues of sustainable development of the architecture of healthcare facilities by the example of the latest experience of leading countries in the medical field [8].…”

Формування Iкт-Компетентностi Майбутнiх Учителiв У Разi Зростання Бiологiчних Загроз

“…Сьогодення освiтньої дiяльностi визначилось оголошенням пандемiї COVID-19 та свiтовими ризиками сталого розвитку, що пов'язанi з цiєю проблемою [1]. Навчальнi заклади багатьох країн стикнулись з проблемою неможливостi очного навчання, яка виявила, що термiновий перехiд на дистанцiйне навчання знижує якiсть освiти, а для декого взагалi є недоступною.…”

Implementation of MOOC platforms into teaching English to IT specialists

“…The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed the way of living, education and entertainment all over the world [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Due to national lockdowns and imposition of quarantine educational establishments of different levels had to be closed at the beginning of 2020, so governments, local administrations, educators and students had to find appropriate ways and tools to continue and even to complete education.…”