What, So What, Now What? Covid-19 as a Critical Incident in Practice

Roisin Donnelly, Technological University Dublin
Claire McAvinia, Technological University Dublin
Muireann OKeeffe, Technological University Dublin

Document Type Article

SEDA Blog

Abstract

For many of us working in educational development in higher education, March 2021 marked one year since the emergency closure of our campuses due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this post, we suggest that the experience of this closure and the sudden changes to educational practice might be considered as a critical incident inspiring deep reflection. We suggest that tried and tested reflective frameworks for critical incident analysis are likely to be more useful than methodologies aligning with formally designed educational interventions.