The year 2020 will undoubtedly enter the history books as a time of significant medical, social, political, and economic changes taking place around the globe. But these changes have also had an impact on education, as well. In light of the global pandemic, many people have preferred to work or study from home as a way of staying safe and saving money. Nearly ubiquitous internet access has made this much easier to accomplish. But these changes have been so drastic, some people have had a difficult time adjusting to a new way of taking classes.
The blog posts and videos of Academic Floss are intended to provide tips on doing schoolwork when everything to do with classes is online. Also, they’ll show open-source alternatives to proprietary software, so people can create, work, and study without being tied to the proprietary ecosystems of huge corporations.