In this session we learned more about one another and our experiences, background and perspectives on education. This session also gave the students an introduction to the online platform. All participants took part in a virtual icebreaker activity consisting of a questionnaire with questions about the students followed by questions that required engagement within the forum to find out interesting things about each other.
In the second part of the session we co-created based upon our earlier activity and understanding of how the research would take place in a practical sense over the year. The teacher provided input on how the participative nature of our research aims to establish and meet the needs of participants, and potential impact on practice and knowledge base. Towards the end of the session we made sure to get plenty of time to discuss:
- Expectations
- Challenges or Concerns
- The Online Platforms, how to use Canvas and Omnijoin
- Course Overview and Q&A Session
- The Research and Data Collection
By answering questions and listen to each other’s expectations we wanted to ensure that we all got to the best possible starting point in terms of "what we will do" and "how we will do it" over the coming months.
