UK Partner
Dr Andrii Zharikov, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law (Law School)
Ukraine Partner
Dr Maksym Kunitsyn, Assistant Professor, Dean of the Scientific Educational Institute of Foreign Citizens Training, Odessа Polytechnic National University
Co-Investigators
Maryna Bodelan, associate professor of the Department of Psychology and Social Work of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Vera Guzenko, associate professor of the Department of Psychology and Social Work of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Olena Zhuran, Associate Professor of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Eleonora Zabarna, Head of the Department of Integrated Management Technologies of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Svitlana Zinovatna, Associate Professor of the Software Engineering Department of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Vera Lyubchenko, professor of the department of software engineering of theOdessа Polytechnic National University
Oksana Savelieva, professor of the Department of Integrated Management Technologies of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Lyudmila Fonar, Associate Professor of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Volodymyr Cherednychenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Integrated Management Technologies of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Yevgenia Shchyokina, Associate Professor of the Department of Integrated Management Technologies of the Odessа Polytechnic National University
Project objectives
The project directly relates to EDTech Priority Vertical and several Research Priorities by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science.
Since the beginning of the war most educational institutions, such as universities and schools, in Ukraine had to move their classes into an online format. It is likely that even after the war there will be a need to conduct some classes online or in a hybrid mode.
Though online format is not new and was actively used during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to some
limited evidence, online delivery proved to be less engaging and more demanding, both for students and teachers.
The suggested project will aim to assess the effectiveness of interactive polling for revision purposes. There is some limited evidence that usage of interactive polling platforms substantially increases engagement of students and receives positive feedback from teachers, but no significant studies have been conducted in relation to student performance, in particular for revision purposes.
Project goals
Our study will involve using Vevox as an interactive polling tool throughout one semester at Odesa Polytechnic National University for a number of groups of students at undergraduate and, possibly, taught postgraduate levels from several modules and disciplines. In line with our project, each new session during these modules will include polling activities of around 20-30 minutes long to deal with three to five questions. Questions for polling will have to be designed in a particular manner so that:
a) They address issues discussed/covered (including in required reading materials) in a previous session; and b) Have some relevance to assessment topic(s), even if indirectly.
Tutors will discuss the results of polling to each question with their respective groups. Such discussion should necessarily include explanation regarding correct and incorrect answer(s)/option(s).
At the end of the project (but prior to the final assessment) we will distribute Likert Scale questionnaires to participant tutors and students, which will allow us to gather data and analyse the engagement and satisfaction levels as well as whether Vevox was useful for revision purposes. Once final assessment is over, we will compare student results with previous cohorts in respective modules which did not use Vevox.
Role of each Partner
Andrii Zharikov:
- Organisation of Vevox licensing;
- Arrangement of Vevox tutorial for Ukrainian tutors;
Maksym Kunitsyn
- Supervision/management of Ukrainian tutors;
- Statistical analysis of collected data and comparison with cohorts in previous years;
Mutual
- Development of questionnaires to be distributed to students and tutors;
- Article(s) writing.
Timing
Project Start Date: 16 January 2023
Project End Date: 31 August 2023
Expected results
1. Depending on the amount of collected data, two 3-6,000 words articles or one 7-12,000 word piece in ranked international academic journals focussed on education and technology, such as Studies in Higher Education, British Educational Research Journal, Innovations in Education and Teaching International (final determination of a target journal will be made based on the available collected data). 2. One article in a Ukrainian academic journal, such as Ukrainian Educational Journal or Ukrainian Journal of Educational Studies and Information Technology (final determination of a target journal will
be made based on the available collected data).
