Using dialogic feedback to create learning communities during COVID-19: lessons for future teacher development

Ana Hibert, Michael Phillips, Dragan Gašević, Nataša Pantić, Justine MacLean, Yi-Shan Tsai

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic substantively impacted educational processes and posed urgent questions regarding how teachers can adapt their practices to create supportive learning communities in online environments. The purpose of this study was to understand how teachers provided dialogic feedback using technologies to create learning communities despite the unexpected switch to online learning during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Ten pre-service teachers and six in-service teachers were interviewed to understand their experiences using technology-assisted feedback during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Our findings show that the focus of feedback shifted during the pandemic. Over time, both teachers and students became more comfortable navigating online environments, going from self-level feedback that provided little support for learning to using technologies in innovative ways to create opportunities for dialogue around feedback and learning. We provide directions for future research and suggestions on how these findings can inform the creation of teacher training opportunities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEducating for a New Future
Subtitle of host publicationMaking Sense of Technology-Enhanced Learning Adoption: 17th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2022 Proceedings
EditorsIsabel Hilliger, Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino, Tinne De Laet, Alejandro Ortega-Arranz, Tracie Farrell
Place of PublicationCham Switzerland
PublisherSpringer
Pages528-533
Number of pages6
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9783031162909
ISBN (Print)9783031162893
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventEuropean Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) 2022: Making Sense of Technology-Enhanced Learning Adoption - Virtual/Online, Toulouse, France
Duration: 12 Sept 202216 Sept 2022
Conference number: 17th
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-16290-9

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13450 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) 2022
Abbreviated titleEC-TEL 2022
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityToulouse
Period12/09/2216/09/22
Internet address

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Dialogic feedback
  • Learning communities
  • Technology-enhanced feedback

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