Connecting community online and through partnership: A reflective piece

In this reflection, three faculty members, a student partner, and the peer learning coordinator from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), a regional university in Australia, consider the partnership experience undertaken in the ongoing development and management of an online mathematics and statistics discipline learning management system site. From the perspective of academic members, an important outcome of this Students-as-Partners (SaP) project was to bring student voice and engagement to the site. This was invaluable to a resource seeking to provide a point of connection, communication, and encouragement for students and staff teaching and learning within the discipline. From the student perspective, the partnership led to increased learning about research, industry, and career opportunities and the chance to share areas of knowledge and interest. From the perspective of the peer learning coordinator, this project was an opportunity to nurture and encourage partnership work at the university