Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Steffen Heinig, I am a researcher at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
The LJMU Research Ethics Committee has approved our research project in the field of Higher Education.
The title of our study is “Zoom and how it is influencing Higher Education - An international survey of the current teaching and learning environment”.
As both students and lecturers have experienced a dramatic change in their normal way of teaching and learning within the last year, it has become clear that many colleagues do face similar issues.
While many of us feel additional pressure through the preparation of online content, others struggle to find a way to motivate students to participate more actively during the online-live sessions.
The gallery view with just the names of the students has become the new normal.
In this study, we intend to investigate different aspects of the current situation.
How do students and lecturers alike cope with the current situation?
What kind of behaviours can we observe within ourselves and during online live sessions?
It is the purpose of the study to investigate what motivates the people to turn off their cameras during a session and further leaves it off during break-out room activities?
The study does further investigate what kind of additional changes in terms of working habits, technology and social environment have occurred.
We are conducting this study in the form of an online questionnaire.
We are looking for students and/or lecturers in Higher Education, to participate in our study. Any distribution in your network or institution would be much appreciated.
This is the link to our survey:
https://ljmu.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/zoom-and-how-it-is-influencing-higher-education
We hope that this project will allow us to understand the situation around the globe and perhaps to identify similarities in the behaviour. At the same time, we hope to see some best practice examples, which could help us to improve the way of handling the current situation on both sides.
We are therefore hoping to reach as many potential respondents as possible and would be extremely grateful for any help you could provide.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions,
Many thanks,
Dr Steffen Heinig | Senior Lecturer | John Moores University Liverpool
t: 01519041082 e: [email protected]
Dear Steffen Heinig
Very interesting topic and a well laid out questionnaire. I enjoyed responding to it. Can I share it with my colleagues and students?
Regards
Farooq
Dear Farooq Azam Rathore,
thank you for your kind words and thanks for participating. It would be helpful if you could distribute it within your network. I hope we get a good number of participants. I will keep the project updated.
Kind regards,
Steffen
Dear Dr. Heinig!
I see your work as an important point of reference. I hope later on the results and the study itself could be accessible. Hereby please let me recommend you to register with the BrightTALK platform:
1) https://www.brighttalk.com/join/
This is a free of charge interactive oline community platform where you can gather further up-to-date info on higher education and COVID-19. I recommend you to watch the following webinars available on - demand:
a) Dr. Natasha Jankowski, (2020). COVID-19 & Your Campus: A Snapshot of Institutional Impact, November 17, 2020, Details:
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/18616/455111
b) A case -study: Panel of Experts (2020). Staying Ahead of COVID-19: The University of South Florida’s Experience, December 17, 2020, Details:
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/17881/458990/staying-ahead-of-covid-19-the-university-of-south-florida-s-experience
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
Hi Bulcsu Szekely ,
thank you for the feedback and thanks for the suggestion. I will take a look. Take care.
Steffen
Dear Steffen Heinig
This sounds interesting. I'll gladly participate in your survey. We are currently investigating a related topic. Would you please be so kind as to participate and possibly share?
https://phheidelberg.limequery.com/111272?lang=en
Thank you and much success with your study!
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