Research and evaluation in Emerge

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Our research approach Iterative and ongoing Inform the community tasks and operation Be a tool for positive change Be a shared, collective inquiry Involve multiple data collection methods and times.

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Today’s session Explain a bit about appreciative inquiry Collect some initial data Make plans for the next data collection

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development In pairs, take 10 minutes to Describe a time when you were the member of a community when you felt really energized, creative and innovative. Describe the situation to your partner.

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development How did it go? Share an adjective or phrase to describe your experience of the interview. enlightening opening up Supportive Anything else – add in here

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development DISCOVERY What helped make the community a success? Common goal Shared vision Commitment Sense of trust Accepting differences of opinion Collaboration Desire of success Opportunity Modelling – practising what we preach Openness Beer Diversity within the group Parity of areas Rapid and appropriate response Emotion Valuing different roles Positive sense of self

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development DREAM The Emerge community is a success! It is effective, enjoyable and self sustaining

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Appreciative Inquiry: The 4-D model DISCOVERY Appreciating ‘the best of what is’ DREAM Envisioning ‘what could be’ DESIGN Co-constructing ‘what should be’ DELIVER Sustaining ‘what will be’ Positive topic choice

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Next steps: positive topic choice We need 3 – 5 ‘juicy and compelling’ topics which are: Affirmative (stated positively) Desirable (we want more of them) Genuinely curious about They will take us where we want to go

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Eg. what processes support the development of this online community? What gives life to the community? What should be the role of the jisc in supporting/creating such communities? “what processes support the emergence of technology supported communities?”

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Next steps: creating and sharing stories AI allows anyone to do an interview and share the stories that emerge. What stories from today do you want to share? Who else should we interview? Grainne re: sudeley book EL theory sig 6 th framework project Networks ten competence Hull university Cetis sigs Tltrp (esrc) Who would you want to interview next?

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Other issues from the day This research approach can & should support multiple differing viewpoints Dissemination is key – starting with the sharing of stories of successful communities. Dissemination should use the technologies e.g. audio/video