The document discusses student readiness for digital learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. It first reviews literature on student readiness published since the start of the pandemic, finding limited evidence that previous research informed responses and that survey research fails to fully convey the student experience. It then argues that giving students a greater voice in research is important, presenting a study where students collaborated as research partners. Finally, it concludes that considering the student perspective is crucial for developing online and blended courses.

1. Student Readiness
for Digital Learning
Mark Brown,
Elaine Beirne & Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl
Starting
with the
LEARNER
National Institute for Digital Learning
Dublin City University
18th November 2021

2. Partners

3. Outline…
Course overview
Lessons from the literature
Giving the student greater voice
1.
2.
3.

4. …Friday 13th March 2020
It all began…

7. Student Success Toolbox
for Flexible Learners
http://studentsuccess.ie

8. Do I have Enough Time?

9. 7 Habits of Effective Online Learners

10. 1. Course overview

18. How are you feeling
about your online
learning experience?

19. Which aspects of online
learning are you most
concerned about?

31. • 10,000+ learners
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• Available as self-paced

32. Thanks

33. 2012
2. Lessons from the literature

34. A Synthesis of
the COVID Literature

35. 2012

36. 2012
738
Publications

37. Pre-existing
Literature

39. 1. What research has been published
reporting student readiness for online
distance learning during the COVID
crisis?
2. How strong is the “learner voice” in
COVID-related research reporting on
student readiness for online distance
learning?
3. What lessons can be taken from the
COVID-related literature on student
readiness for new models of digital
education?
Research
questions

40. Methodology
1. Systematic Search
of Academic
Databases:
Scopus & Web of
Science
2. Crowdsourced
Recommendations

41. Methodology
1. Systematic Search
of Academic
Databases:
Scopus & Web of
Science
2. Crowdsourced
Recommendations

42. Methodology
1. Systematic Search
of Academic
Databases:
Scopus & Web of
Science
2. Crowdsourced
Recommendations
Sample

44. Hybrid
1. Limited evidence of previous
student readiness literature
informing COVID response
3. An important gap remains in
telling the student experience
in their own words
2. Survey research does not
adequately convey the student
voice
Three
Key
Findings

45. 2012
3. Giving the student greater voice

46. Students as
Research
Partners:
Co-constructed
Accounts
of Online
Learning

47. https://edtl.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IUA-
EDTL-Your-Education-Your-Voice-Your-Vision-Full-
Report.pdf

48. Conclusion

49. Conclusion
Students are absolutely central to
the learning design process and
their ‘voice’ needs to be woven
throughout the fabric of the way
you go about developing,
delivering and evaluating an
online, blended or hybrid course.

50. Go raibh maith
agaibh!
Thank you