Out of the mouths of researchers: experiences of involvement

ABSTRACT ObjectivesThe presentation will Increase awareness of a range of methods that researchers can use to involve patients and the public (consumers and community members) in linked data research. Promote shared learning of how these methods have been successfully implemented Provide insights from researchers, consumers and community members about their experiences of using these methods ApproachThe University of Western Australia School of Population Health and Telethon Kids Institute established a Consumer and Community Involvement Program (the Program) in 1998 in response to community concerns about linked data research. Since its inception, the Program has developed a range of strategies, systems and methods to successfully involve consumers and community members in a variety of research projects. These include projects ranging from student and individual projects to large multi-million dollar programs of research. A key role of the Program has been to increase skills and capacity for researchers at both organisations. In order to do this a series of training workshops were developed in collaboration with a UK consumer advocate. The training workshops cover the foundations and principles, as well as guidance on the implementation of consumer and community involvement in research. In 2015 - 2016, an online training course was developed to support the needs of researchers using linked data, who were unable to access face-to-face training and to maximise the focus of face to face training on the implementation of consumer involvement. As part of the development of the online training course a series of interviews were recorded with researchers, consumers and community sharing their experiences of consumer and community involvement. ResultsA wealth of material was collected during the interviews that will be used to enable researchers to learn from their peers conducting linked data research: Researchers experiences of involving consumers and community members in their linked data research The benefits of involving consumers and community members in research and tips for how to do this Consumers and community members experiences of being involved in linked data research Consumer and community involvement in a range of topics including: child protection and health, cardiology and health services research Researchers experiences of involvement throughout the research process The impact of consumer and community involvement on the research ConclusionThis presentation will promote shared learning of good practice models of consumer and community involvement to the international linked data research community.

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Education across the divide: Shared learning of separate Jewish and Arab schools in a mixed city in Israel

Education Citizenship and Social Justice ◽

10.1177/1746197917698489 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 19-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shany Payes

Keyword(s):

Northern Ireland ◽

Social Cohesion ◽

Educational System ◽

Educational Approach ◽

Shared Learning ◽

Face To Face ◽

Arab Schools ◽

Life Education ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

This article examines the impact of contact-based educational encounter strategies of shared learning on Jewish–Arab relations in Israel. It analyses a programme of education for shared life that takes place in a mixed (75% Jewish/25% Arab) city at the centre of Israel since 2012. The programme aims to mitigate Jewish–Arab relations in the city amidst tensions resulting from the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, unequal power relations and hostilities between the groups. Uniquely, it assimilates shared life education into the generally separate educational system in the city, and uses methods of shared learning – adopted and adjusted in part from an educational approach developed in Northern Ireland. Given the inequalities between Jews and Arabs in Israel, in education as well as more generally in socioeconomic parameters, this article studies the prospects of success in achieving educational and social cohesion goals through face-to-face contact and shared learning. The research is based on over 25 interviews as well as observations throughout the programme’s activities.

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Priorities for future research: the community adding value to linked data research

International Journal for Population Data Science ◽

10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.914 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Anne McKenzie ◽

Maria Holland ◽

Hayley Harrison ◽

Melissa O'Donnell ◽

David B Preen

Keyword(s):

Community Involvement ◽

Linked Data ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Aboriginal Health ◽

Research Network ◽

Federal State ◽

Future Research ◽

Community Members ◽

Research Areas ◽

Children In Care

IntroductionWhilst there is limited published information on the benefits of engaging the public in linked data research, our presentation will add to international knowledge about the benefits of involving the community in a priority setting exercise for future research areas in a new linkage project. Objectives and ApproachWe’ll co-present with a consumer about our experiences of the community having a role in linked data research over the past 20-years. Community members have provided input into: research projects; feedback to government agencies; submissions to federal/state governments; issues about access to data; and priorities for research. In 2017 community members prioritised broad research areas for a new project involving cross-agency linkage, investigating pathways to wellbeing and social-outcomes across the life-course to improve outcomes and identify cost-efficiencies. Community members completed a survey to rank the broad themes and then attended a workshop to discuss the themes and identify gaps or new ideas. ResultsFollowing the workshop all suggestions made on the day were themed into broad areas and then circulated to the attendees to rank in order of importance. These community activities identified the top ten priorities, as shown below, as being the most important areas for future research: Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Children in Care Disability Education Families Health Homelessness Refugees Alcohol and other drugs Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders The community input has provided valuable insights about ‘what is important to them’ and informed the development of the proposal for this new cross-agency project. It also had a positive impact on the community member’s perception of, and support for, this potential new research. Conclusion/ImplicationsThe 20 years’ experience gained by the WA Consumer and Community Health Research Network in Western Australia has led to the development of a range of methods for involving the community in linked data research. These methods enable us to clearly demonstrate benefits and value of consumer and community involvement.

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Reaching marginalized young women for HIV prevention in Botswana: a pilot social network analysis

Global Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/1757975918820803 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 74-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David Loutfi ◽

Neil Andersson ◽

Susan Law ◽

Leagajang Kgakole ◽

Jon Salsberg ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Young Women ◽

Support Networks ◽

Community Members ◽

Structural Intervention ◽

Face To Face ◽

Structural Support ◽

Hard To Reach Populations ◽

Time Required ◽

The Impact

Almost one-fifth of Botswana’s population is infected with HIV. The Inter-Ministerial National Structural Intervention Trial is a trial to test the impact on HIV rates of a structural intervention that refocuses government structural support programs in favor of young women. Ensuring that the intervention reaches all vulnerable young women in any given community is a challenge. Door-to-door recruitment was inefficient in previous work, so we explored innovative ways to reach this population. We sought to understand the support networks of marginalized young women, and to test the possibility of using social networks to support universal recruitment in this population. Ego-centric and sociometric analyses were used to describe the support networks of marginalized young women. Marginalized young women go to other women and relatives for support, and they communicate face to face rather than using social media. Network maps show how young women were connected to each other. Lessons from the pilot include a better understanding of how to use social networks as a recruitment method, such as the time required and the types of community members that can help. Social networks could help reach other hard-to-reach populations.

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New ways of learning to fight fires? Learning processes and contradictions in distance and on-campus firefighter training in Sweden

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology ◽

10.14742/ajet.1865 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Robert Holmgren

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Learning Processes ◽

Self Directed Learning ◽

Face To Face ◽

Training Course ◽

Learner Centered ◽

Instructor Presence ◽

Directed Learning ◽

The Impact

<p class="Abstract">This article reports on findings from a comparative study on firefighter students' learning processes in a technology-supported distance training course and a traditional campus training course in Sweden. Based on student interviews and observations of exercises, the article aims to describe and analyse the impact on learning processes when exercise-oriented teaching takes place in a technology-supported learning environment instead of face to face on campus. Drawing on the concept of contradiction in activity theory, the findings indicate that distance students encounter several dilemmas and conflicts related to low instructor presence, ambiguities regarding learning requirements and division of labor, as well as shortcomings in the technologies offered. However, the distance students tend to develop strategies for dealing with these contradictions, resulting in the development of self-directed learning and more learner-centered approaches, while the campus students rely to a greater extent on traditional, instructor-centered teaching. During the 2-year training course, however, it appears the established norms and conventions of teaching and learning which characterise the campus mode, counteract changes in the distance mode. The technology-supported learning process with its focus on exercise preparation is thus gradually normalised in the direction of the campus mode, and its face -to-face, instructor-led and exercise-oriented learning process.</p>

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Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Classroom Management: Thoughts Based on Current Situation and the Role of Communication

European Journal of Education and Pedagogy ◽

10.24018/ejedu.2021.2.1.48 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 57-63

Author(s):

Panagiotis J. Stamatis

Keyword(s):

Distance Learning ◽

Classroom Management ◽

School Environment ◽

Distance Teaching ◽

Community Members ◽

Face To Face ◽

Whole School ◽

Teaching Procedure ◽

Developmental Progress ◽

The Impact

The present article focuses on the impact that COVID-19 has on teaching and school classroom management that affect the whole school management as well. As the teaching circumstances are compulsory and dramatically changing and as face-to-face teaching is altering into distance teaching (e-teaching), the teaching features are deeply modified either it takes place in home or in school environment harming communication quality due to physical presence deprivation. Within this framework, present chapter aims at the presentation of teaching procedure developmental progress under the light of a historical overview upon this subject. Also, it aims at the presentation of distance learning as a modern teaching form which has intruded in traditional education reality by the emerged necessity related to entire population's protection against COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, as it seems by the evolution of the facts, COVID-19 pandemic was simply speeding the introduction of distance learning into educational system which, more or less, was constituted a central choice for many states and governments. Furthermore, in this chapter a discussion takes place related to teachers’, students’; and parents’ reactions about the implementation of distant teaching. This discussion claims that the initial interest for distant teaching, had within few months converted into a boring and undesirable reality from which most involved persons wanted to be released as soon as possible. The chapter is completed with a reference to the purpose of educational community members and all educators in achieving their return into school's normality, namely in procedures and situations that were existed before COVID-19's pandemic advent.

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Addressing the Impact of Social and Economic Exclusion in Atlantic Canada - Shared Learning Through Partnership

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e509012013-103 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Fiona Chin-Yee ◽

Malcolm Shookner ◽

Moyra Buchan

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Canada ◽

Shared Learning ◽

Economic Exclusion ◽

The Impact

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DAMPAK PROGRAM DIKLAT ONLINE TIK GURU PUSTEKKOM TERHADAP AKSESBILITAS KONTEN PEMBELAJARAN PADA FITUR RUMAH BELAJAR

Jurnal Pendidikan ◽

10.33830/jp.v19i2.687.2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 84

Author(s):

Eni Susilawati

Keyword(s):

Teacher Training ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Online Training ◽

Research Approach ◽

Intensity Level ◽

Web Based ◽

Learning Content ◽

Open Questions ◽

Ict Training ◽

The Impact

The research objective is to analyze the impact of the participation of online ICT teacher training to increase the number of accessibility the learning content of features in Rumah Belajar. This research used the quantitative research approach with descriptive quantitative analysis methods to be able to describe how the increase in accessibility features of Rumah Belajar and utilization in learning in school. Samples were selected in this study are all online training participants at 15 locations online training that has been conducted by Pustekkom in 2015 and 2016 in 2015. The data was collected using a questionnaire and a list of open questions in accordance with the purpose of research. The results showed that 1) online ICT teacher training participants, after completing the Pustekkom training online using become more motivated to access other feature in Rumah Belajar; 2) The order of the percentage of the intensity level of accessibility to the other features of Rumah Belajar are: Sumber Belajar 23%, BSE 23%, Bank Soal 21%, Kelas Maya 13%, Lab Maya 6%, Karya Guru 4%, Wahana Jelajah Angkasa 4%, Peta Budaya 4% and Karya Komunitas 2%, and ICT training online using the application PKB Rumah Belajar can be used as a reference for efforts to develop a web-based learning applications, in particular for the development of Rumah belajar portal belongs Pustekkom Kemendikbud. Tujuan penelitian yaitu untuk menganalisis dampak keikutsertaan diklat online TIK guru Belajar terhadap peningkatan jumlah aksebilitas konten pembelajaran pada fitur-fitur rumah belajar. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode analisis kuantitatif secara deskriptif untuk bisa menggambarkan bagaimana peningkatan aksesbilitas fitur-fitur rumah belajar dan pemanfaatannya dalam pembelajaran di sekolah. Sampel yang dipilih dalam penelitian ini adalah semua peserta diklat online pada 15 lokasi diklat online yang telah dilaksanakan oleh Pustekkom pada tahun 2015 dan 2016. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner dan daftar pertanyaan terbuka sesuai dengan tujuan penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) peserta diklat online TIK Guru, setelah mengikuti diklat online Pustekkom, menjadi lebih termotivasi untuk mengakses fitur-fitur lainnya dalam Rumah Belajar; 2) Urutan prosentase tingkat intensitas aksesbilitas terhadap fitur-fitur Rumbel selain Pengembangan Keprofesian berkelanjutan (PKB) adalah: Sumber Belajar 23%, Buku Sekolah Elektronik (BSE) 23%, Bank Soal 21%, Kelas Maya 13%, Lab Maya 6%, Karya Guru 4%, Wahana Jelajah Angkasa 4%, Peta Budaya 4% dan Karya Komunitas 2%; dan 3) diklat online TIK menggunakan aplikasi PKB. Rumah belajar bisa dijadikan referensi bagi upaya pengembangan aplikasi pembelajaran berbasis web, khususnya bagi pengembangan portal Rumah Belajar milik Pustekkom Kemendikbud.

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Transitioning to Blended Learning: Understanding Student and Faculty Perceptions

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v15i1.188 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nanette P. Napier ◽

Sonal Dekhane ◽

Stella Smith

Keyword(s):

Blended Learning ◽

Student Performance ◽

Liberal Arts ◽

Faculty Perceptions ◽

Liberal Arts College ◽

Final Exam ◽

Face To Face ◽

Faculty Teaching ◽

Face To Face Instruction ◽

The Impact

This paper describes the conversion of an introductory computing course to the blended learning model at a small, public liberal arts college. Blended learning significantly reduces face-to-face instruction by incorporating rich, online learning experiences. To assess the impact of blended learning on students, survey data was collected at the midpoint and end of semester, and student performance on the final exam was compared in traditional and blended learning sections. To capture faculty perspectives on teaching blended learning courses, written reflections and discussions from faculty teaching blended learning sections were analyzed. Results indicate that student performance in the traditional and blended learning sections of the course were comparable and that students reported high levels of interaction with their instructor. Faculty teaching the course share insights on transitioning to the blended learning format.

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“New Normal”: Analisis Penerimaan Menggunakan Balance Score Card

JARTIKA : Jurnal Riset Teknologi dan Inovasi Pendidikan ◽

10.36765/jartika.v3i2.303 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 396-402

Author(s):

Maria Florentina Rumba ◽

Margaretha P.N Rozady ◽

Theresia W. Mado

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Normal Phase ◽

Physical Contact ◽

New Normal ◽

Face To Face ◽

Balance Score Card ◽

Score Card ◽

Pros And Cons ◽

The Impact

Abstrak: Kebiasaan manusia berubah karena adanya wabah COVID-19, hal ini berpengaruh ketika manusia masuk ke dalam fase new normal. New normal diartikan sebagai keadaan yang tidak biasa dilakukan sebelumnya, yang kemudian dijadikan sebagai standar atau kebiasaan baru yang mesti dilakukan manusia untuk dirinya sendiri maupun untuk bersosialisasi dengan orang lain. Kebiasaan baru ini pun menimbulkan pro dan kontra seiring dengan dampak yang timbul. Lembaga pendidikan tinggi merupakan salah satu yang merasakan dampak penerapan new normal. Perkuliahan yang selama ini dilakukan secara online/daring, akan kembali dilakukan secara luring/tatap muka, dengan tetap menerapkan protokol COVID-19 seperti mengenakan masker, menjaga jarak, mengenakan sarung tangan, serta tidak melakukan kontak fisik seperti berjabat tangan. Masalah yang muncul bukan hanya kecemasan orang tua terhadap anak – anaknya, tetapi bagaimana lembaga pendidikan tinggi mengatur segala sumber daya yang dimiliki agar memenuhi standar penerapan new normal. penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerimaan terhadap kondisi normal yang baru menggunakan Perspektif balance score card. Abstract: Human habits change because of the COVID-19 outbreak, this affects when humans enter the new normal phase. New normal is defined as a condition that is not normally done before, which is then used as a standard or new habits that must be done by humans for themselves or to socialize with others. This new habit also raises the pros and cons along with the impact arising with the new normal. Higher education institutions are the ones who feel the impact of implementing new normal. Lectures that have been conducted online / online will be re-done offline / face to face, while still applying the COVID-19 protocol such as wearing a mask, keeping a distance, wearing gloves, and not making physical contact such as shaking hands. The problem that arises is not only parents' anxiety about their children, but how higher education institutions regulate all available resources to meet new normal implementation standards. This study aims to determine acceptance of new normal conditions using the balance score card Perspective.

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