Covid and higher education: Crossed perspectives in the construction of knowledge and the rise of citizenscience. Theoretical reflections and practical approach in the 11th encounter of CeiED researchers

Simon, Sandrine

Abstract

Ensuring that learning is participatory and even further democratised seems particularly important at a time when people are kept apart because of a Covid pandemic that thrives on proximity. Whilst learning is based on exchanges, it also benefits from the existence of a learning community, the access to which needs to be equal and taking account of learners’ diversity. How is Higher Education equipping itself to adapt to new learning conditions? How can it ensure that it can meet new types of needs? To address these questions, a workshop was organised at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Education and Development (CeiED), Lisbon, on an emerging area of research called ‘Citizen Science’. Citizen Science has been gaining popularity in many disciplines. Here, we are interested in how it could help to improve education and learning, as well as how current research in education might also help approaches in Citizen Science to move forward. Reflexions on theory were carried out in parallel with a one day practical online workshop on ‘operationalising Citizen Science’, involving researchers in the centre’s three areas – education, museology and urbanism. This article explains the outcomes of this event.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jul 12, 2022
• Publication Date: Jul 12, 2022
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: May 6, 2025
• Journal: Current issues in comparative education
• Print ISSN: 1523-1615
• Electronic ISSN: 1523-1615
• Publisher: Columbia University
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 50-70
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.52214/cice.v24i2.9323
• Keywords: Citizen Science in education; distance learning; inclusive social learning; Design Thinking practices.
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/14402554