UCC Nursing & Midwifery Scholarly Impact Report 2022

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

PART A: TEACHING, CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AND PRACTICE, AWARDS

Learner And Facilitator Experiences of Transition to Online Enquiry/Problem Based Learning (E/PBL) during the COVID-19 Pandemic During the pandemic, all Higher Education teaching efforts, including Enquiry/Problem-Based Learning (E/PBL), moved online. Thanks to securing funding from the National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education we were able to evaluate OnlineEnquiry/ProblemBasedLearning (E/PBL) during thepandemic from the perspective of staff (E/PBL facilitators) and students across several Irish higher education institutions. This work was presented at the EdTech 2022, University College Cork, 26-27 May 2022 host by Irish Learning Technology Association. Engaging in E/PBL online presented diverse views on how best to support this teaching methodology online. Recommendations from this study highlight the need for digital and technological training to enhance facilitators rapport building skills online and promote social cohesion amongst learners. The Facilitate network also ran a Summer Webinar Series 2022 Exploring Student and Staff Learning experiences of Problem Based Learning in Digital Spaces. This webinar series provided 5 webinars with tips and tricks to support the transition to navigating PBL in digital spaces, also elements of E/PBL were shared that can lend itself to supporting learners to become independent and self-regulated.

Funding: This project is funded by Network & Discipline Fund from the National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Lead and Team Members: FACiLiTATE is the national problem and enquiry-based learning network in Ireland. Dr Irene Hartigan (UCC), Norma O’Leary (UCC), Dr. Anita Bryne (DKIT), Dr. Yvonne Delaney (UL),Dr. Marek McGann (MIC), Siobhan Murphy (UCC), Dr. Bob Lawlor (MU), Dr. Emma O’ Brien (MIC) & Dr. Michael Wride (UL) References: O’Leary, N., Bryne, A., Delaney, Y., Hartigan, I ., McGann, M., Murphy, S., Lawlor, B., O’ Brien, E., Wride, M. (2022) Enquiry/Problem Based Learning in Digital Spaces. EdTech 2022, University College Cork, 26-27 May 2022 host by Irish Learning Technology Association. O’Leary, N., Bryne, A., Delaney, Y., Hartigan, I. , McGann, M., Murphy, S., Lawlor, B., O’ Brien, E., Wride, M. (2022) Irish Cross Sectoral Study Reveals that Enquiry / Problem Based Learning In Digital Spaces can be Both Challenging And Rewarding but Most Prefer Face to Face Learning Opportunities…@QQI connect 10 th Anniversary Conference 19 th October 2022, in the Croke Park Conference Centre. https://www.qqi.ie/events/qqi-10th-anniversary-conference

Highlights • Investigating the rapid transition to an online teaching and learning environment, that many staff and students faced, while using an E/PBL pedagogical approach unearthed several specific themes and challenges. • The importance of ground rules was determined fundamental to the E/PBL process to set shared expectations for the tutorials. In particular, the terms of reference, including a rule regarding the necessity of turning on the cameras, was deemed conducive to successfully run tutorials.

Resources produced during the course of the webinar series can be found on our Resources page. https://pblfacilitate.wordpress.com/events/

Irene, Siobhan and Norma at the ED Tech Conference