Using digital pedagogy to build connectedness

Through active engagement with delegates, this workshop demonstrates ways in which digital connectedness between students and staff is central to pedagogy post-pandemic, creating a new norm of engagement. Using examples from the presenters’ teaching and staff/student evaluations, the workshop will demonstrate that building digitally discursive and collaborative pedagogical activities enables social and cognitive engagement, constructing a sense of belonging both within the cohort and to the university. These pedagogical approaches are underpinned by the principles of student partnership, experience and community. We conclude by outlining how lessons learned in a period of crisis, can transform the pedagogical landscape.