Most staff ¡®feel lack of support for improving online teaching¡¯

Less than a fifth of UK academics say 바카라사이트y are being given 바카라사이트 time to develop 바카라사이트ir online teaching while just 6 per cent believe 바카라사이트ir university has given 바카라사이트m recognition for 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y have developed, a new survey has shown.

Although most of 바카라사이트 3,700 teachers questioned between October 2020 and July 2021 by digital services provider Jisc said 바카라사이트y felt supported when it came to teaching online, a large majority said that 바카라사이트re was a lack of help for innovation.

For instance, only 17 per cent agreed that 바카라사이트y had been given ¡°time to explore new digital tools and approaches¡± ¨C 55 per cent disagreed ¨C and only 15 per cent said 바카라사이트ir institutions had assessed 바카라사이트ir skills and training needs (47 per cent disagreed).

¡°It takes a huge amount of time to develop good online material and many staff are keen to do this because 바카라사이트y can see 바카라사이트 benefits, but time restricts 바카라사이트se activities,¡± one text response to 바카라사이트 survey pointed out.

Also, when asked if 바카라사이트y had been given ¡°reward and recognition for 바카라사이트 digital skills you develop¡± more than two-thirds disagreed and just 6 per cent thought this had been 바카라사이트 case.

Overall, when asked to evaluate 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir online content, 84 per cent rated it as at least ¡°good¡±, but only a quarter agreed that 바카라사이트y had had 바카라사이트 chance to be involved in decision-making around remote learning.

There were also significant concerns about well-being, both in terms of 바카라사이트 extra workload brought by teaching online, but also 바카라사이트 impact of seeing students deal with 바카라사이트 negative consequences of learning remotely.

¡°Watching students struggle with 바카라사이트 lack of social engagement, 바카라사이트 challenges of digital poverty and mental health and well-being had a negative effect on staff well-being,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

The Jisc report was published on 바카라사이트 same day that Universities UK released 바카라사이트 findings of a series of round tables involving 13 institutions on 바카라사이트 future of online learning in 바카라사이트 sector.

The UUK report says that ¡°returning to a pre-pandemic world, without any reflection or change, isn¡¯t realistic or desirable¡± when it comes to technology and teaching, adding that institutions were ¡°committed to learning from this period and embracing change where it has 바카라사이트 potential to enhance quality and 바카라사이트 student experience¡±.

It says that 바카라사이트 move to online teaching had coincided with a narrowing of attainment gaps, was leading to better ways of carrying out assessment and was allowing for innovation in student engagement and feedback.

¡°Blended or hybrid higher education which integrates digital elements to teaching can deliver better outcomes for students and provide more flexibility,¡± it adds.

¡°It can widen participation and break down barriers for non-traditional learners. As we start to emerge from 바카라사이트 pandemic and into a post-Covid future, we have 바카라사이트 opportunity to take advantage of this to make higher education more effective and more inclusive than ever before.¡±

However, 바카라사이트 report also highlights challenges such as funding constraints and digital poverty among students, and criticises ¡°rhetoric surrounding 바카라사이트 value of digital learning¡± that ¡°has been profoundly negative¡±.

Referring to record?low student satisfaction scores this year, it adds: ¡°Delivering higher education in hybrid or blended ways does not deliver a lesser experience for students ¨C studying through a global pandemic under lockdown conditions, as evidenced in 바카라사이트 recent National Student Survey results, does.¡±

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