When Evaluation and Learning Are the Intervention

Paulsen, Irene; Spratt, Rebecca

doi:10.1163/9789004425316_009

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“…Therefore, these and other examples demonstrate the reliability and value of Khan's eight dimensions in the assessment of e-learning. Paulsen and Spratt (2020) discussed their utilisation of the tokstori, as indigenous methodology, to deliver a literacy intervention programme at Temotu Province in the Solomon Islands. Paulsen and Spratt emphasised that in order to be contextually responsive in interventions, it is important to incorporate indigenous methodologies.…”

Section: Covid-19 and Online Learning Experiences Of Solomon Islands Student 91mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is relevant in a country such as the Solomon Islands where there are 71 active languages spoken in addition to English as the official language and pidgin as the lingua franca. Communicating with locals in a language they can understand cannot be understated in conducting research in indigenous communities but also in these cultures it is through oral tradition that knowledge gets passed, validated and legitimised down generations (Paulsen & Spratt, 2020). Pidgin was used in the tokstori and translated into English.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The credibility of the data is ensured when participants suggested deletion or modification of certain information from the transcripts were incorporated. Utilizing tokstori at a literacy intervention programme at Temotu province in Solomon Islands, Paulsen and Spratt (2020) employed tokstori as an "engagement tool" (p. 148) in the initial profiling and co-creation of the literacy intervention. Importantly, deliberated that even if a research project or an intervention may have its aims, it is integral that imposition of an intervention or programme does not occur without profiling and knowing the context and situation.…”

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COVID-19 and online learning experiences of Solomon Islands students at the University of the South Pacific

Dorovolomo¹,

Rodie

Fitoo

et al. 2021

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This study aims to investigate the experiences of Solomon Islands students during the shift to online, remote teaching during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It utilises the tokstori to collect data from 16 Solomon Islands students of the University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Suva and Honiara campuses. It is framed and analysed data using Khan’s eight dimensions of gauging successful e-learning experiences. Prior to COVID-19, many of the courses at the USP were offered in blended mode, which encompasses both online and face-to-face delivery. However, with a sudden move to fully online offerings, and the associated fears resulting from the unknowns of COVID-19, this was disruptive and traumatic for many students. However, analysis identified several key factors aiding student success including many Solomon Islands students being able to eventually cope with the disruption and displayed independence and resilience. It is also found that Solomon Island students got to experience new applications and tools such as, for example, having to be in Zoom or having to sit an online exam. This study has potential to inform higher education institutes (HEIs) in the Pacific Islands and beyond, and the need to carefully navigate the practical realities of the islands in the interaction between digital technologies, instructors and students to facilitate online learning post-pandemic.

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“…Evans et al (2010) describe tok stori in PNG as "an oral tradition where reflections on issues or problems are undertaken dialogically" (p. 83); and in the Solomon Islands context, Iromea and Reynolds (2021) refer to the tok stori space as open or free, relational and concerned with "balance, unity and safety" (p. 35). As an orality, tok stori has been used in leadership development (Sanga et al, 2021), development studies (de la Torre Parra, 2021), peace-making (Talanoa & Development Project, 2005) and project evaluation (Paulsen & Spratt, 2020).…”

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Curating a connected community in virtual space: Solomon Islands Research Mentoring Tok Stori

Sanga¹,

Reynolds²,

Malefoasi³

et al. 2023

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This article examines the relationship between academic mentoring and tok stori, a Melanesian orality, in a digital environment. This relationship is significant where dispersal is an unintended consequence of the way development aid intersects with academic opportunities for scholars from less developed countries, and, consequently, country-focused academic communities remain undeveloped as education becomes individualised. This situation occurs despite the fact that the self is social and education is a common good in many contexts, such as Solomon Islands in Melanesia. Using the contributions of participants in the Solomon Islands Research Mentoring Tok Stori (SIRMT), we discuss the various kinds of support and outcomes that become possible when deliberate attempts are made to create a connected community through mentoring in virtual space. Among the findings are the significance of mentorship to personal and academic growth, the potential of deliberate community building through virtual means in Solomon Islands and virtual tok stori as a catalyst to developments the physical world.

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“…To this end, positionality is a key aspect of tok stori; speakers are regarded as experts on their own experiences. As a methodology, tok stori has been used in mediation (Brigg et al, 2015), leadership development , professional learning in education (Sanga & Reynolds, 2019), research (Davidson, 2012), and evaluation (Paulsen & Spratt, 2020).…”

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Pacific relationalities in a critical digital space: The Wellington southerlies as a leadership experience

Sanga¹,

Reynolds

Ormond³

et al. 2021

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Understanding, articulating and managing relationality, the state of being related, is a central feature of research, teaching and other people-centred matters in the Pacific. Although various groups in this diverse region, Indigenous and otherwise, bring their own concepts and protocols to relationships, physical, social and spiritual connection are salient. Connection is most visible between people but also extends to other entities, including land. Recent events have accelerated the significance of connections constructed in virtual space, such as through conference calls augmented to facilitate presentation and discussion. This phenomenon, relatively new in Pacific academic practice, re-draws attention to relationality in a novel context. In this article we look at one such initiative through the lens of relational leadership to understand the role of leadership in the deliberate curation of a virtual space. The setting is the inaugural Wellington southerlies virtual tok stori. This event, attended by over 90 students and academics from across the region, is discussed through the experiences of four of the events’ instigators who were also active during the session as co-presenters, chair and Hautohu Matua or advisor. The discussion examines how the experience of Pacific orality affected our (re)framing of leadership in a digital space. Our learning points to ways relationality may be invoked, enabled and shaped by dialogic, relational leadership in virtual spaces so as to mediate limitations and construct new possibilities in a world where technology is fast affecting the ways we gather information and communicate one with another.

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When Evaluation and Learning Are the Intervention

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COVID-19 and online learning experiences of Solomon Islands students at the University of the South Pacific

COVID-19 and online learning experiences of Solomon Islands students at the University of the South Pacific

Curating a connected community in virtual space: Solomon Islands Research Mentoring Tok Stori

Pacific relationalities in a critical digital space: The Wellington southerlies as a leadership experience

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