Teaching and researching before and during #Covid19

Despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples being portrayed as not being avid users of social media or other forms of technology,research evidence has shown quite the opposite. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, social media and other forms of technology enable connecting, supporting andparticipating, both within their family and community and beyond. Within the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Indigenous Engagement Division we use social media and other forms of technology for similar purposes-it helps usconnect across the university,the sector, the Indigenous community, and the general population both nationally and globally. Prior tothe COVID-19 pandemic we met regularly as a team, as a mob. We would share updates on our work, for planning, or to discuss an initiative, program or event. On other occasions we’d gather to celebrate a birthday, achievements, welcome visitors or just spend time with each other. The pandemic changed our ability to be together face-to-face, however the transition to ‘working from home’has been relatively seamlessthanks to our familiar and skilled use of social media and other technologies, we have adapted to working ‘together but apart’ bydrawing on the strengths of the relationships and networks we had already established, and by seekingout new ways to continue to connect, support and participate–and we have excelled. We share some of our experiences within this paper

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• Evaluating Ngaramura

  Open Access•Kathleen Clapham, Valerie Harwood et al.•Evaluation Journal of Australasia•2025

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