Pandemic Pivoting: UNF’s 2020 SOARS Virtual Conference

Research output: Contribution to conferencePanel session / Roundtable

Abstract

The Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS) is the University of North Florida’s highly-anticipated research poster event, organized by the Office of Undergraduate Research and held each April during Research Week – that is, until the pandemic changed our plans last spring. The members of this panel will share why we decided not to cancel the event; how we transitioned from an in-person conference to a virtual conference; how we created the website, uploaded the content, and integrated a judging component; how we later archived the 2020 projects for posterity; how we reaped some unexpected benefits, not only for the students but for the university; and what we plan to repeat and do differently for SOARS 2021.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Oct 23 2020
EventFlorida Statewide Symposium: Best Practices in Undergraduate Research 2020 - , United States
Duration: Oct 23 2020 → …
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/researchsymposium/2020/

Conference

ConferenceFlorida Statewide Symposium: Best Practices in Undergraduate Research 2020
Abbreviated titleBest Practices in Undergraduate Research 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
Period10/23/20 → …
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Disciplines

  • Higher Education
  • Instructional Media Design
  • Library and Information Science
  • Online and Distance Education

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