The pedagogical implications of diversity

This project draws together a team of colleagues from across the three Schools in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) to explore uptake and participation in ‘live’ online learning events, and recorded ‘Learning Event Summaries’ (LES). In particular, the project considers barriers to participation by BME and Widening Participation students, disabled students, and students who require reasonable adjustments. The project asks how our current practice can be improved to better enable student engagement with live events and LES: this has implications in terms of the broader context of institutional policy, as well as drawing in operational and pedagogic issues. The project brings together two ‘strands’ of investigation; a statistical analysis of students’ use of LES, and a qualitative exploration of their experiences of engaging with live, online learning events and LES.