by Lisa Gray and Heather Price

1. Building digital capability
Digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org
25/04/18

2. Overview of the session
»Update from the project
› LisaGray and Heather Price
»Three parallel sessions:
› Developing digital capabilities of staff and students at Milton Keynes College,
Penny Langford, Head of e-Learning, Milton Keynes College
› Developing digital capabilities of staff and students at the University of
Westminster, Professor Gunter Saunders, Director, Internet and education
technology services
› How can we support students with the development of their digital capabilities
using the Jisc discovery tool for learners? Sarah Knight and Heather Price
»Lunch!
25/04/18 #digitalcapability http://ji.sc/building-digicap

3. Discovery tool – where are we now?
»Over 100 organisations
participating in Digital discovery
tool pilot until May 18
»New platform from Potential.ly
»Question sets:
–core set for all staff;
–for teachers (HE / FE & Skills);
–NEW!! learners
–more to come…
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What is the Digital discovery tool?
It is:
»A self-administered quiz about
digital practices in education
»Designed to give useful
feedback including 'next steps'
and links to resources
» Reflective, informative and
developmental
»A pilot (not finished yet!)
It is not:
» An objective measure of digital
competence or performance
»A complete learning resource or
course of study
»Validated and proven in
practice (we are still learning!)
10/01/18

5. Navigating the user dashboard
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Menu
Evaluation
feedback
form link
here
This icon takes the user to the
Digital capability framework where
all the elements are explained
Data
dashboard

6. Each assessment has three question types
1
2
3
Confidence
Best fit/Depth
Breadth

7. Individual report:
Each element has:
» Level: developing | capable | proficient
» Score: how you assessed yourself to
achieve this level
» Next steps: what people at this level can
try to develop further
» Resources: links to selected resources for
further exploration
PDF
download
Report
navigation

8. Institutional data dashboards
»Provides institutional leads with:
› Overall number of staff that have
completed assessments (by
department)
› Scoring bands by organisation
(developing / capable / proficient)
› Scoring bands by department
› Sector comparisons for both
»Updated monthly
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9. Interim evaluation – headline findings
» Total completions:
› 1,632 – core questions
› 183 HE teaching questions
› 113 FE teaching questions
between mid-Jan and mid-April.
› From 86 institutions
» High response rates – 8 out of ten
who started went on to complete it
» Only 20% left the system having ‘not
started’ or left whilst ‘in progress’
» Overall experience of the tool
› HE and FE feedback similar
› 8 out of 10 felt tool was easy to use
and the interface was well designed.
› Over 70% of staff rated the tool as
either good or excellent
› Asked to rate ease of use of various
bits of the tool, about 90% found It
easy or v easy
› Only 9 % didn’t download their report
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10. Interim evaluation - comments
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‘I thought the data and
insights it provided just
based on a quick assessment
was really good’
Did give me an idea of
specific areas which
would be worth
working on, targeted
action’
‘I enjoyed using it.The
report accurately recorded
my strengths and
weaknesses’
‘it really makes you think
about what you actually
do, as opposed to what you
think you do’

11. Next steps
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» Building digital capability service,
including discovery tool
› Approval to run as a full service
from September 2018
» Detail still to be worked out, but will
include for the tool (as part of wider
service):
› Free (reduced) version available to
staff
› Full version of the tool at a charge
to institutions

12. New digital capability resources
»Senior leaders briefing
paper on Delivering
digital change: strategy,
practice and process
http://bit.ly/jisc-leaders
»How are HR
departments supporting
the development of
staff digital capabilities?
http://bit.ly/digcaphr
25/04/18
»Four new institutional case study videos: https://ji.sc/digicap_films
»Developing the Building digital capability website
#digitalcapability http://ji.sc/building-digicap

13. Follow developments
» Follow developments
› Project blog:
https://digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org
› Visit project page
http://bit.ly/jiscdigcap
Communication
› Email the project team at:
digitalcapability@jisc.ac.uk
› Follow #digitalcapability onTwitter
» Resources
› Online guide – Developing
organisational approaches to digital
capability
http://bit.ly/digcapguide
› Digital capability institutional videos -
https://ji.sc/digicap_films
› Digital leaders programme –
http://jisc.ac.uk/training/digital-
leaders-programme
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14. Parallel sessions
»Three parallel sessions (35 mins):
› Developing digital capabilities of staff and students at Milton Keynes College,
Penny Langford, Head of e-Learning, Milton Keynes College [bond]
› Developing digital capabilities of staff and students at the University of
Westminster, Professor Gunter Saunders, Director, Internet and education
technology services [main room]
› How can we support students with the development of their digital capabilities
using the Jisc discovery tool for learners? Sarah Knight and Heather Price
[connect]
»Lunch! (1.10-2.10pm)
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