Familiar faces and shared goals evaluating the impact of an open community during the covid-19 pandemic
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This document summarizes the impact and evaluation of an open online community called #IUADigEd that was formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to support digital teaching and learning in Irish universities. The community grew from 136 members in May 2020 to over 500 members in September 2020 and provided webinars on varied topics related to moving teaching online during the pandemic. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive and showed that members found the community supportive and helpful for their work. Moving forward, the community plans to hold shorter and more conversational sessions to further foster discussion and engagement.
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- 1. Familiar Faces and Shared Goals: Evaluating the Impact of an Open Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic #OERxDomains21 #IUADigEd
- 2. The Enhancing DigitalTeaching & Learning project Funded through HEA Innovation & Transformation Programme 2019- 2021 Enhance the digital attributes and educational experiences of Irish university students Aim to mainstream digital in teaching and learning activities in Irish Universities, by addressing the professional development of all who teach or support teaching and learning.
- 4. Year 1: Building a Team (Team Members January 2021) Julie Byrne, TCD Catherine Dawson, UCC Sharon Flynn, IUA Aoibhinn Gilmartin, UCD David Hamill, TCD Alice Hynes, UL Katharina Kurz, MU Rob Lowney, DCU Robyn Meyler, MU Kate Molloy, NUIG David Moloney, UL Lauren Muldowney, NUIG Morag Munro, MU Cliodhna O’Callaghan, UCC Marian O’Connor, TCD Ruairi O’Gallchoir, IUA Mairéad O’Reilly, UCD Ben Ryan, TCD Laura Anne Scanlon, DCU Cesar Scrochi, UCD Suzanne Stone, DCU Michaela Waters, MU
- 5. Launch of #IUADigEd Community (February 2020) • Take place every 2 weeks, Mondays from 12:30 • Topics are varied, based on activities taking place within the sector • Informal – based on practice; “warts and all” • Conversation, questions and discussion are encouraged • Email notification to community list, Wednesday prior to webinar • Resources are made openly available
- 6. Who? • Educational development • Learning technology • Technical training • Digital skills development • Librarian • Student support • Instructional design • Teacher/tutor/lecturer/academic • Administration • Other
- 7. Photo by Amanda Chen on Unsplash
- 8. Impact of Covid-19 – Open Pledge
- 9. Impact of Covid-19 (Topics)
- 10. Impact of Covid-19 (Numbers) 18 May – 136 members
- 11. Impact of Covid-19 (Numbers) 60 136 373 474 560 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Members 26-Feb-20 18-May-20 19-Jun-20 14-Jul-20 16-Sep-20
- 12. Impact of Covid-19 (Demographic) Role Teacher/tutor/academic 340 Educational development 50 Learning technology 46 Librarian 29 Administration 25 Student Support 15 16 September – 560 members
- 14. Webinars Link to EDTL Approach
- 15. Feedback I am writing this email to thank you for sharing the webinars. I ensure you I am following them in my own time, and I find them to be very valuable for my work as Teaching Assistant. Just wanted to drop you a line to say how fantastic it is to see all the work coming out of this group. I keep having calendar clashes preventing me from attending live but I love seeing all the resources and being able to access in my own time. Just a quick email to say well-done and thanks for the materials coming out of the EDTL project/programme recently. I'm finding them very helpful in my planning for the coming term and think colleagues at the School are also.
- 16. Feedback I would like to thank you and your colleagues on the EDTL project. I have found your webinars to be really grounding with so much packed into the hour. It has almost been like an informal online course in how to put your teaching online. You have made the challenge we are facing so much more enjoyable. I also feel I have learned so much. It is also really good to see how the university community has come together to offer their support and expertise. We have to remain positive and embrace the challenges. Your webinars and all the resources are great at helping us think differently. So much appreciated.
- 19. What have you learned or put into practice? • Increased focus on student learning experience • Application of resources in teaching practice • Modelling good practice • Supporting staff development • Enhancing reflective practice • Membership of a community
- 20. Comments on the community • Significant extent • Collegiality • Chat feature helpful • Regular & same people • Familiar faces • Range of roles • Very much so • Welcoming • Diverse perspectives about a common goal • Might join discussions in future • Sense of community in project partners: staff and students • Feel I am on the same page as other people • Felt supported & connected • Inclusive
- 21. Comments on the community • Not sure, same interests in COVID-19 situation • Could be more involved • Not really, not massively • Somewhat • Limited • Time is an issue • Too busy • Non IUA member institute – not part of the community • Feel on the fringes – prefer face to face, practical, hands on learning engagement
- 22. What’s next? • Shorter sessions – maximum 1 hour • In February 2021, we started our Join the Conversation sessions. Every second week, at the normal time, we meet for an informal conversation on the same topic as the previous webinar. Participants bring their lunch, tea or coffee, experience and challenges. Conversations are not recorded. • In our recent webinars, we’ve also taken a more conversational approach rather than focusing on presentations.
- 23. Thank You!
Editor's Notes
- During year 1, these four pillars were defined which serve as a foundation for our activities.
- Very manual process
- Completely open. Anybody can sign up. We were aiming for people who support the development of staff & student digital skills. On sign up – asked to indicate affiliation (universities, technical university, other Irish HE, outside Ireland, or none of the above).
- 12 March 2020, Leo Varadker makes the announcement. We know what happened. What was the impact on the community?
- Signed up in September
- Immediate impact on topics – responding to the immediate situation On 16 March 2020, it was announced that all Irish schools and colleges would close, due to Covid-19, and that teaching would take place online. The EDTL team came together on 23 March to discuss the situation and share their expertise. Began to pool resources. Assessment on 6 April - In this webinar, the Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning team talk about how we are responding to the current crisis and requirements for assessment to be moved online, and how we can refocus away from the tools and technologies to good assessment practice. Very informal discussion. Concerns growing over academic integrity & simple approaches to proctoring. Bonnie Long from NUIG shared her experience. First EDTL resource on Academic Integrity was launched. Assessment on 20 April – back to principles, move away from tools & technologies. Fiona O’Riordan & Angelica Risquez. 11th May – semester was over. We had survived. Hosted a discussion with 5 academics from different institutions & disciplines, and one PhD student, to focus on what had worked, what hadn’t worked, what they would do again.
- We had intended to have 130 members in 2020
- Just about 720 now
- Mention viewers 50 – 60 attendees – lots of views after the fact As the year moved on, and it became increasingly obvious that we’d still be online in September, the webinars were aligned with the EDTL Approach to planning for effective remote teaching during Covid-19. A roadmap with key considerations for those who were adapting a module that was previously taught, wholly or partly, face to face. At the same time, we were recruiting our student intern team, and they became a regular feature on the webinars. In particular, the webinar in October.
- Unsolicited feedback in email
- Recently carried out an evaluation, using a short survey. Currently going through an analysis. Just 37 responses _ 5.5% return rate – probably the size of the actual community
- Asked to give a rating out of 10 in terms of usefulness. Average rating was 8.59 What was question 5? Have you changed anything in your practice as a result of the webinars or resources? 31 people answered ‘yes’.
- Very manual process
- More relevant to today’s presentation – to what extent do people feel part of a community? Telling that we received just 37 responses.
- More relevant to today’s presentation – to what extent do people feel part of a community? Telling that we received just 37 responses.