Keynote presentation at the University of Brighton Education and Student Experience Conference, July 2021

1. Students as partners and co-
creators in enhancing digital
teaching and learning
University of Brighton Education and Student Experience Conference, Tuesday 6 July, 2021
#IUADigEd

2. How are you today?

3. Today's speakers
• Sharon, EDTL project manager, Irish Universities Association
• Aoibhinn, EDTL student intern, University College Dublin
• Catherine, EDTL student intern, University College Cork
• Lauren, EDTL student intern, NUI Galway
• Michaela, EDTL student intern, Maynooth University
• Robyn, EDTL student intern, Maynooth University
• Ruairi, EDTL student intern, Irish Universities Association

4. The Enhancing DigitalTeaching & Learning
project
Funded through HEA Innovation & Transformation Programme 2019-
2021 (Extended to September 2022)
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.

5. 4 Pillars
Not
starting
from zero
Pedagogy
first
Discipline
focus
Students
as Partners

6. Framework - DigCompEdu
Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu)

7. IUA student intern (Nov 2019 – June 2020)
• Member of project team
• Editor of newsletter
• Liaise with student unions
• Contribute to webinar
series
Vish Gain, IUA student intern

8. IUA + university student interns (July 2020 - )
• Commitment to student
partnership
• Members of the project
team
• Listening to student voices
• Reaching out to students

9. Authentic Student Partnership
Can it be done?
• Establishing trust and clear objectives
• Open communication
• Approach to learning together
• Diversity of involvement
• Valuing Student perspectives
• As co-creators
• As experts
• As equal partners in education
• As multipliers - academic osmosis!

10. Authentic Student Partnership
How to?
• Drivers
• Domains
• Principles
• Enablers
https://studentengagement.ie/framework/
What’s in it for you? For students?
• Mutual understanding of goals
• Shared ownership, not an
unrealistic burden
• Aligning attitudes
• Student perspective
• Developing students' skills

11. Students as Partners: Activities
Project level
Student facing
Project level
Staff facing
University level
Student facing
University level
Staff facing

12. Project level – Student facing
Project level
Student facing
Project level
Staff facing
University level
Student facing
University level
Staff facing

17. Project level – Staff facing
Project level
Student facing
Project level
Staff facing
University level
Student facing
University level
Staff facing

19. University level – Student facing
Project level
Student facing
Project level
Staff facing
University level
Student facing
University level
Staff facing

20. Resources by
students for
students
• Working to promote engagement with
relevant news sources.​
• Helping students evaluate online sources &
establish trustworthiness.​
• Promoting Academic Integrity in the online
learning environment.
Students as Partners in Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning
Delivered by: MU & MSU EDTL Project Working Group
#IUADigEd
@MaynoothUni @MaynoothSU

21. Microsoft Office Training: Promotional
Campaign
Webpage
Programme Offices
Tutorials
500 Students trained
Examination and Certification available

22. University level – Staff facing
Project level
Student facing
Project level
Staff facing
University level
Student facing
University level
Staff facing

23. Students want
clear organisation of
the content
(on Canvas).
Students want
regular, informal,
interactions with
their lecturer.
Students
appreciate the
flexibility that
recorded lectures
give them.
Students need as
much certainty from
a timetable as
possible.
Students find long
online recordings
challenging.
- Think of Clarity,
Chunking,
Communication and
Consistency from our
UCC Getting Started
website resource.
- Keep navigation
simple.
- Structure modules in
the same way –
consistency is key.
- Use the Canvas
Calendar if you can.
- Create the
opportunity for
interactivity.
- Use a combination of
pre-recorded and live
lectures.
- Follow pre-recorded
with live where
possible.
- Check out the UCC
‘Getting Started’
website for
information on
different tools for
interactivity available
to staff.
- Use Panopto for pre-
recorded content in the
first instance.
- Next, run a live class
and record it.
- Then upload a
recording of the live
class to Panopto.
- Our Teaching with
Technology course
explains how to use
UCC’s learning
platforms for optimal
delivery.
- Use the Canvas
Calendar.
- Consider how many
live lectures there are
and when they are on.
- Stick to the timetabled
hours.
- Any additional hours
for Q&As should be
reflected in the
timetable.
- This is true for both
live and pre-recorded
content.
- Please consider
chunking content
(recording content in
short ‘chunks’ of time
per topic/theme etc.,
especially important
for pre-recorded
lectures.
- Recognising that one
hour of recorded
content may often take
students longer to
digest.

24. Staff 'Ag Caint' Students 'Ag Caint'
Reflecting On Teaching and Learning
During The Pandemic
Podcast style conversations on what worked, what
didn't work, plans for the future and some key
nuggets of learning from both staff and students
grounded in the 5 Pillars of student feedback
Teach Digi 'Ag Caint' Session

25. Practical Details
• Fixed term internship (6 months)
• Part-time, 60 hours per month
• Report to IUA PM, or local EDTL project lead
• Full member of project team
• Must be enrolled as a current student

26. Benefits to the project
• Insight into multitude of student voices
• Put students at centre
• Influenced direction
• Assumptions challenged
• Broadened range of expertise
• Sense checking
• Productivity & enthusiasm
• Authenticity

27. Benefits to interns

28. Thank You!