EFL 2021: Has the pandemic made our fieldwork more accessible and inclusive? by https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w Capturing thoughts from the fieldwork community about how we embed and sustain enhancements to access and inclusion from this point forward... en-us 2021-09-04 17:49:36 UTC 2021-09-14 10:38:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Local alternatives https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724406611 2021-09-08 09:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724406611 Compulsory outdoor field learning becomes entrenched again in degree programmes https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724409943 2021-09-08 09:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724409943 The time needed to redesign activities that may have been run "successfully" for many years https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724429273 2021-09-08 09:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724429273 Perception that change is not needed and will diminish the experience for other students - "we don't have any students using wheelchairs so why does my fieldcourse need to be limited to wheelchair accessible locations?" https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724435968 2021-09-08 09:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724435968 https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724439146 The presence of fieldwork within degrees continues to be offputting to some potential students, reducing the diversity of graduates]]> 2021-09-08 10:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724439146 https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724471938 Risk that students feel they are missing out, not getting value / full experience. Photos of students in "typical" or "impressive" fieldwork environments are attractive and well-loved by marketing folk, and help to reinforce these ideas of what students will get to experience. It is negative for some but we need to acknowledge that it is attractive for others - how to balance? ]]> 2021-09-08 10:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724471938 Best practice guides/ cheat sheets for what works, what doesnt and how to develop things most efficiently https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724489688 2021-09-08 10:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724489688 Lack of reflection time for both staff & students - adding in more to already full curricula can be overwhelming. https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724491316 2021-09-08 10:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724491316 https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724522936 Online field "visit" (Esri Story Map with located video clips) as an example of observing and interpreting a landscape. Asking students to then visit and photograph a local landscape, or use a combination of online research and past personal experience for a chosen location, and submit images and comments for discussion (instead of discussing a collective visit). Much better diversity of landscapes, comments and observations!]]> 2021-09-08 10:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724522936 Work with accrediting bodies to determine how their schemes' criteria can be more inclusive/more flexible. tomargles74 https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724579764 2021-09-08 11:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724579764 Collation https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724700870 there are lots of initiatives and tools out there - it would be good to have a mechanism to collate these resources and provide support to educators to take the next step i.e., beyond using what's there to develop and refine theri own resources]]> 2021-09-08 12:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724700870 https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724705217 'Real' fieldtrips are used as a marketing tool and so form the main face of fieldwork (diminishing other efforts?) ]]> 2021-09-08 12:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724705217 look before, look after and look again https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724713027 my virtual fieldtrips are here to stay as a para fieldtrip support alongside the 'real' thing AND providing a realistic alternative ]]> 2021-09-08 12:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724713027 Make it non-negotiable https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724973700 It is when I'm stressed and pressed for time that I develop things that are least accessible and inclusive. When I have to do something quickly I pull together the familiar, which results in less diversity, lower accessibility, lower inclusivity. But if this is mandated as unacceptable corners to cut, then I don't. So lets mandate minimum requirements - gender balance for speakers is a good example of where this is now a baseline expectation.]]> 2021-09-08 14:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1724973700 The virtual elements developed will be used for breaking down so of the anxiety barriers and maximising expensive fieldwork time for those skills that need to be taught in the field. https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1725019801 2021-09-08 14:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1725019801 https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1725038831 Because immersive field teaching is still the best way of teaching field disciplines, and whilst some skills can be taught in other ways, some fundamental to the discipline really can't.]]> 2021-09-08 14:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonstokes/1wmlt5outuez5w5w/wish/1725038831