{"id":9565,"date":"2021-08-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=9565"},"modified":"2023-01-04T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T14:40:02","slug":"guest-post-how-do-you-present-survey-results-in-an-interesting-an-engaging-way-make-it-interactive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2021\/08\/guest-post-how-do-you-present-survey-results-in-an-interesting-an-engaging-way-make-it-interactive\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: How do you present survey results in an interesting an engaging way? Make it interactive!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julie Voce, Head of Digital Education, City, University of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I joined the ucisa Digital Education Group<\/a>‘s Technology Enhanced Learning Survey team in 2010 and ALT-C has always been our main conference for presenting the survey results. We attend ALT-C every two years with an update on the adoption and support of TEL within UK Higher Education. The survey results are always eagerly awaited by the learning technology community; however, we have found that presenting survey results can often be a little dry and at some conferences there has been limited time available for a presentation. This is tricky when you have a large survey like the TEL survey. I recall our overview of the 2010 survey was delivered in just 12 minutes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, to enhance our presentation we took a ‘flipped classroom’ approach, by releasing two videos in advance of the ALT-C to summarise the survey findings for two of the key topics of which had emerged from the data (Open Learning<\/a> and Learning Analytics<\/a>). The intention was to give people a chance to engage with the survey data ahead of the presentation and to generate interest in the survey. This worked to a point, but there was no guarantee that people had engaged with the videos before the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEL Family Fortunes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the 2018 survey, we wanted to make our dissemination activities more engaging and so we thought we would try a more interactive approach. ALT-C 2018 saw the first (and only!) episode of TEL Family Fortunes<\/a>. The session was suggested by ALT-C 2021 Co-Chair Farzana Latif, inspired by an event run by the University of Sheffield at their annual Technology Enhanced Learning Festival (TELFest)<\/a>. Based on the popular TV show Family Fortunes<\/a>, I took on the role of host ‘Les Dennis’ ably assisted by Tom Jolley from the University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Sandra Huskinson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pitted two teams against each other to try and guess the answers to key questions from the survey. The TEL practitioners, which included learning technologists from three UK universities, played against the ALT-C Exhibitors, composed of suppliers that could be found in the exhibition area of the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ALT-C Exhibitors: Melanie Thomson from RM Results, Niels Conradsen from Uniwise and John Wilson from Ajenta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TEL Practitioners: Sue Harrison from Kings College London, Rich Goodman from Loughborough University and Duncan MacIver from Canterbury Christ Church University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were five rounds in total where the teams had to guess the top answers to some of the TEL survey questions, such as ‘main VLE in use’ and ‘subjects making the most use of TEL’. The audience could also play along using polling software to submit their responses. After some of the rounds we opened up discussion for the audience to discuss their own situation and the sound of voices was deafening! After a close competition, the winners were the ALT-C Exhibitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a really fun session to run, and we received a number of compliments from the audience and on Twitter about the format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#altc<\/a> TEL Family Fortunes with Julie & Tom – what a fun way to share the results of the UCISA survey results! #inspired<\/a> #funataltc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zYcwveg3GD<\/a><\/p>— Lauren McCann (TEL) (@Lauren_TEL) September 12, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>