A workshop based on the Jisc Digital Student Project. Delivered to staff at Ayrshire College in August 2015.

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2. » Jisc offers digital services and solutions for UK education and research. The charity does this to achieve its vision for the UK
to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world.
» Working together across the higher education, further education and skills sectors, Jisc provides trusted advice and
support, reduces sector costs across shared network, digital content, IT services and procurement negotiations, ensuring
the sector stays ahead of the game with research and development for the future.
» Find out more at www.jisc.ac.uk
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4. » Ways of staying touch with Jisc Scotland
» Highlight the digital student hashtag
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5. » Enhancing the student digital experience detailed guide addressing each item on the diagram –
https://jisc.ac.uk/guides/enhancing-the-digital-student-experience
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7. » https://youtu.be/lp7IazFa69Y?list=PLbKeiLya4JyDQAg2ZdAldHb1YLnOEzY0m
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8. » Overview of the project to date with a focus on the FE phase
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9. Findings from focus groups:
Conducted 12 focus groups with 220 learners is six colleges across Scotland, England and Wales.
Learners interviewed in cohort groups studying Health and Care, Child Heath and Social Care, Social Care, Creative Media,
Animal Management, IT and Sociology
Reported on seven key themes, written from the learners’ point of view and illustrated with quotes.
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10. » Students have a lot to say about their digital environment, if we listen. But behind the headline messages what they want is
complex and contradictory. Different learners need different kinds of technology and technical support to succeed. And
the same learners want different things at different points in their learning career. What incoming students expect is not
always what they end up valuing from their digital experience at college. So we need to respect the differences among
groups and between individuals too.
» These posters can be used to stimulate discussion between staff and students as a way of developing a shared
understanding of the complexity of these issues. The posters have been updated from their originals to reflect the
emerging findings from the FE Digital Student study.
» The posters illustrate that students do not speak with one voice about their digital experience. While some messages may
seem to come across clearly, like all groups of people students have complex, nuanced and diverse attitudes to technology.
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11. » Jisc Digital Student Blog: Investigating students’ expectations of the digital environment -
http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/fe-and-skills-digital-student-study/desk-study/
» Students’ experience the digital environment in many different ways reflecting their diverse backgrounds and
qualifications.
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12. Summary of findings from the FE Digital Student Literature
Review -
http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2015/02/JFL0003_
FEDS_What-does-the-research-say_v2.pdf
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13. Activity: In your groups, select one of the 3 groups on the spectrum and consider how these students would be challenged,
and then how they might be supported in a digital environment.
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14. » Suggestions from FE Digital Student Consultation events
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15. » Suggestions from FE Digital Student Consultation events
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16. » Findings from Learners’ expectations and experiences of the digital environment in the Further Education and Skills sector:
A review of the literature conducted for the Jisc FE Digital Student Project, Metaxia Pavlakou and Rhona Sharpe, 2014 -
http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2014/12/JISC-FEDS-lit-review-Dec19-branded.pdf
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17. » Findings from Learners’ expectations and experiences of the digital environment in the Further Education and Skills sector:
A review of the literature conducted for the Jisc FE Digital Student Project, Metaxia Pavlakou and Rhona Sharpe, 2014 -
http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2014/12/JISC-FEDS-lit-review-Dec19-branded.pdf
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19. » Enhancing the student digital experience detailed guide addressing each item on the diagram –
https://jisc.ac.uk/guides/enhancing-the-digital-student-experience
» Digital student blog also addresses each of these challenge areas, identifying key issues, solutions, exemplars and further
resources - http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/challenges/
» Institutional exemplars to be updated with FE exemplars from September -
http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/exemplars
» Further info about the project – follow digital student blog – http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/
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20. » Video highlighting examples of student-staff partnerships in HE and how these can enhance the student experience and
also provide evidence of student employability skills
» https://youtu.be/YDAyEN2ygzg
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21. Building capability for new digital leadership, pedagogy and efficiency
This project is developing a number of solutions including:
» A digital capability framework – produced a model – 6 elements of digital capability
» A suite of diagnostic and reflective tools – help staff in a range of roles identify current skills levels and plan how to improve
them
» Development of a Digital Leadership Programme
» Further info on the project blog - http://digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org/
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22. » Summer of student innovation project - https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/summer-of-student-innovation
» 2015 FE competition ideas - https://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/e/3-fe-learner-led/ideas
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