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Teaching staff digital experience insights survey 2020/21: UK higher education (HE) survey findings
No full textTeaching staff, and the teams and systems that support them, came under intense pressure with the enforced move to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Hopes that teaching and learning would begin to move back on campus at the start of the 2020/21 academic year were not possible. Instead, teachers had to rapidly scale up online learning.
Online learning is not a new concept – many universities and colleges have been researching, developing and supporting new practices for decades. It was the scale and pace of the shift that was different and the fact that all teaching staff needed to embrace it, regardless of previous experience. As the primary mode of delivery, online learning presented new opportunities and alternative approaches although some found it daunting. Having to learn how to facilitate learning, teaching and assessment in an online environment meant upskilling for some. This, combined with the need to troubleshoot their own technical problems as well as those of their students, while continuing to deliver high class teaching, was challenging and pushed some staff outside of their comfort zones.
As students experienced more online learning they were able to identify what helped them to study and progress, and what was less helpful. So what can we learn from recent experience as we design future blends of learning that combine on site and online experiences? Successful online teaching is complex and multi-faceted and some clear prerequisites are emerging
