Genuine Engagement in Online Learning Network: Insights and Perspectives

Online Learning Network Edinburgh Network: Growing Approaches to Genuine Engagement (engage) Celeste McLaughlin, Head of Academic Development for Digital Education Dr Catherine Bovill, Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement Institute for Academic Development catherine.bovill@ed.ac.uk celeste.mclaughlin@ed.ac.uk

Edinburgh Network: Growing Approaches to Genuine Engagement Analysing NSS results and implications for student engagement Complicating inclusivity and diversity in student engagement and partnership: Who s voice gets heard? Building community and relationships between staff and students in Schools Student engagement in lecture capture Embedding democratic learning principles in neoliberal times: the story of the MSc Transformative Learning and Teaching PGR student and supervisor writing retreats building a sense of community Student engagement article, group discussion Student-staff co-creation of assessment https://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/learning-teaching/connect/engage

Online Learning Network Forum to support the online learning community. Aimed at staff teaching online or supporting online learners. Meet face to face once per semester. Next meeting May 2019. Please suggest topics of interest (orange post-its). About the network: https://edin.ac/2FjhKEv

Session Outline Welcome and Introduction Dr Cathy Bovill & Celeste McLaughlin, Institute for Academic Development. Student Perspective on Online Engagement Appleby-Donald, Student on MSc Digital Education Video: Katie Anakin, MSc Clinical Animal Behaviour Engaging students using online tools: Academic Blogging Service Mark Findlay, Digital Learning Applications & Media Participant Activity 1 Session 2 Tim Fawns & Janette Jamieson, MSc in Clinical Education. Elizabeth Mortimer, Careers Service Participant Activity 2 Lunch and networking

Student perspective on learning online Katie Anakin PG School rep for the Vet School 1st year PGT student MSc Clinical Animal Behaviour (3 yrs PT) Based in Liverpool https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_hm3g5v56

Student perspective on learning online I like that my lectures are one hour at the most The lecturers are informal they have really funny stories and have lots of back information that makes it really interesting.

Student perspective on learning online It would be useful to have office hours on the web so I can talk to lecturers directly. You can pause the lectures I ve never been able to keep up in a normal lecture. Being able to pause and catch up is great.

Participant Activity 1 What is a good online experience for students?

Participant Activity 1 Sharing of ideas: how do you engage students in your online courses?

Motivating and engaging participants Ice-breakers Virtual postcard The perfect meal Role-play For example, learners are assigned a role or personality to play to discuss a particular topic, e.g. optimist, pessimist, journalist etc Webinar / synchronous chat sessions Question and answer session with guest experts Presentation followed by debate Quizzes Automatically marked self-tests Human marked free text Icons by http://dryicons.com/ Grainne Hamilton, University of Edinburgh; Jennifer Blair, Robert Gordon University and Celeste McLaughlin; University of Glasgow CC BY

Motivating and engaging participants Polls For example, conflicting ideas presented and a poll is taken Follow with group discussion on reasons for response Knowledge base Use a wiki to collect resources / research Each participant posts a resource they have found useful and summarises why Digital story Create a digital story based on a scenario of a workplace situation and how to deal with customers /clients Develop a digital story to summarise a topic. Icons by http://dryicons.com/ Grainne Hamilton, University of Edinburgh; Jennifer Blair, Robert Gordon University and Celeste McLaughlin; University of Glasgow CC BY