{"title":"Autobiographical accounts of students working on the Innocence Project London (IPL): students telling their story about how working on the IPL affected their lives","authors":"Louise Hewitt, Louise Owusu-Kwarteng","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1218","url":null,"abstract":"This reflection on a presentation at the Greenwich Learning and Teaching Conference (SHIFT) 2021 shows how powerful a sense of belonging can be, not only for students, but also for academics. By sharing their autobiographical reflections’ project, the student and staff presenters so powerfully connected with their audience that everyone was struck by the importance of collaborations that give students a voice. The occasion both produced some unanticipated outcomes and enabled everyone to relate personal experience to that of others.’","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47258913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employability themes for economic recovery","authors":"Helen Kofler","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1221","url":null,"abstract":"As part of the University of Greenwich SHIFT 2021 conference on teaching and learning, I led a discussion workshop called ‘Employability themes for economic recovery’ in which delegates considered economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, the inevitable changes in working practices and, consequently, the changes’ influence upon student employability skills development. In this article, I reflect both on the current context of significant workplace change across the globe and how we as educators should respond if we are to skill students for this new working world.","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42675407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lija Abu, Craig Chipfuwamiti, A. Costea, A. Kelly, Krisztina Major, H. Mulrooney
{"title":"Staff and student perspectives of online teaching and learning; implications for belonging and engagement at university – a qualitative exploration","authors":"Lija Abu, Craig Chipfuwamiti, A. Costea, A. Kelly, Krisztina Major, H. Mulrooney","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1219","url":null,"abstract":"A sense of belonging within higher education (HE) enhances educational engagement and attainment. The rapid shift to online provision has implications for reducing students’ sense of belonging at university. We have previously shown that students consider belonging in HE to be important and that their personal sense of belonging was high. We also found that sense of belonging had elements of people and place: relationships with peers and staff were influential and the physical campus facilitated social relationships. In the first lockdown, we showed that sense of belonging in both staff and students at our large widening-participation London university was reduced. In this paper, we report on a continuing project to explore the impact of sustained provision of learning online, focusing on qualitative interviews carried out with forty-three students and twenty-three staff. Both groups identified advantages and disadvantages of online provision. Advantages included flexibility and accessibility, with savings – financial and time – owing to reduced commuting. However, both groups identified a negative impact on social relationships, student motivation and engagement. Future development of blended learning should be planned, supported and structured to optimise the benefits.","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48476754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial Team SHIFT 2021 Special Edition","authors":"Gillian Keyms","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1266","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44125823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“A brain to pick, an ear to listen and a push in the right direction” (John C. Crosby)","authors":"Catherine Farrant, Julia Tybura, Melanie Rafe, Nelly Ackon, Marie-Christin Schmidt, Amonlath Chantaboury","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1213","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides the context and background to a ‘Student Peer Mentoring’ scheme that was co-created with students and piloted within the Business Faculty in University of Greenwich. We reflect on sharing this experience at the annual SHIFT1 conference on Teaching, Learning and Assessment and the lessons learned that will support the further development of this scheme. Key themes that arose were around the value of mentoring to support first year students and the benefit for mentors in terms of their own self confidence and development as evidenced by their contribution to SHIFT. Lessons learnt were the need to provide more guidance to mentees in preparation for mentoring and providing supervision support to mentors to allow them to reflect on issues that arise out of mentoring. Our complex approach to evaluation was challenged given the small numbers of numbers of mentors and mentees. We concluded that qualitative evidence gives enough support for the success of this scheme. It is planned to provide mentor training to all students on a voluntary basis leading to enhanced peer relationships and support.","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41502036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Getti, Sarah M. Harris, Ioana-Cristina Alexandru, Raphaelle Boulas, Louise Brempong, Rebekah Huckstepp, Vishwa Hiteshbhai Gandhi, Diana Patricia Muntean, Ana Pires Piedade, Clara Tresserras Segura, Adanonso Ugwuanyi
{"title":"The challenges of teaching and learning during a pandemic become an opportunity: reflections on a student and academic partnership.","authors":"G. Getti, Sarah M. Harris, Ioana-Cristina Alexandru, Raphaelle Boulas, Louise Brempong, Rebekah Huckstepp, Vishwa Hiteshbhai Gandhi, Diana Patricia Muntean, Ana Pires Piedade, Clara Tresserras Segura, Adanonso Ugwuanyi","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1239","url":null,"abstract":"The current pandemic has forced us to implement major changes in the way we communicate, interact and work, all of which have had a massive impact upon all aspects of our lives. Academics and students alike have had to adapt very quickly to the new situation and the challenges encountered, although viewed from different perspectives, are largely similar. Changes are often unsettling and taxing, especially when they are not the result of a personal choice, but they can also offer great opportunities, the most significant of which is for lecturers and learners to develop best practice together, in partnership (Kurczek and Johnson, 2014). This article reflects upon how sharing our experience of a students-and-staff partnership at the University of Greenwich 2021 SHIFT conference has affected our experience of teaching and learning during a pandemic.","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49335547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editors' Introduction for SHIFT 2021 Special Edition","authors":"R. D. Vita, Tania Struetzel","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1271","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>.</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46457983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John Owen, Catherine Wasiuk, Ailsa Nokes, Sian Roderick
{"title":"Developing an online learning community through an open reflective assessment","authors":"John Owen, Catherine Wasiuk, Ailsa Nokes, Sian Roderick","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i3.1217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i3.1217","url":null,"abstract":"The concepts of learning communities, open educational practices and co-created teaching and learning are topics of current debate, particularly since the switch to online learning in 2020/21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This case study uses student feedback to evaluate a new assessment method introduced within an online distance learning Master of Public Health programme. The assessment required students to blog about their motivations for studying public health, submitting their reflections to an open online platform, resulting in the co-creation of a shared, open-learning resource for current and future students. The assessment design was informed by the benefits of open educational practices and co-created teaching and learning, with the overall aim of developing an online learning community that will continue to grow and develop beyond the initial assessment and cohort. Feedback suggests that the open, reflective nature of the assessment had a positive impact on the student learning experience and contributed towards a sense of learning community through enhanced social cohesion within the group.","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67709539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Gibson, Robert Morgan, A. Sinclair, Rachael Hartiss, Agnieszka Kosek, Ashley Clark
{"title":"The power of a partnership approach: the tripartite relationship between academics, academic skills staff and students","authors":"P. Gibson, Robert Morgan, A. Sinclair, Rachael Hartiss, Agnieszka Kosek, Ashley Clark","doi":"10.21100/compass.v14i2.1175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v14i2.1175","url":null,"abstract":"This reflection piece shares the innovative approach to an embedded skills model on an accelerated two-year BA programme. At the University of Greenwich annual teaching and learning conference (SHIFT), in 2020, a collaborative team from the degree course presented a case study on this model. This article explores how, through such partnerships, student success can be promoted and student outcomes can shine. Living and teaching through a pandemic has highlighted the importance of staff and student relationships to ensure success.","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45061906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging students affectively to stimulate social presence in online learning","authors":"Xiaowen Gao","doi":"10.21100/COMPASS.V14I2.1205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21100/COMPASS.V14I2.1205","url":null,"abstract":"There is challenge in designing online teaching that motivates students and encourages them to engage fully with learning activities. This conference reflection considers how affective engagement may be supported and why addressing it should be a priority when designing and delivering effective online teaching.","PeriodicalId":31649,"journal":{"name":"Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48273356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}