Findings and recommendations from the FE digital student project. Presented by Sarah Knight and Paul Bailey at the Learning and teaching practice experts group on 22 April 2015

1. Findings and recommendations
from FE digital student project
Birmingham
22/04/15
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2. Jisc Digital Student Project
» Phase 1 study reviewed students’ expectations and experiences
of the digital environment at university and we spoke to 500 staff
and students during our consultation
» We conducted a review of practice in schools to identify likely
incoming expectations
» In phase 2 we focused on FE with plans to extend the project to
wider skills sector
» Support fromAoC, NUS, 157 Group and NIACE
» http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org

3. FE Digital Student ProjectTeam
Prof. Rhona Sharpe, OCSLD
Dr. Greg Benfield, OCSLD
Prof. Elizabeth Browne, School
of Education
Dr. Metaxia Pavlakou, OCSLD
Marilyn Hockley, independent
consultant
Ellen Lessner, Jisc consultant
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4. http://bit.ly/felearnervoices
Hearing the learner voice

5. Focus Groups
We conducted 12 focus groups at 6 colleges,
comprising 220 learners from:
» Health and Care (Level 3, 1st and 2nd years)
» Child Health and Social Care (Level 1)
» Social Care (Higher)
» Creative Media (Level 3, 1st year and 2nd
year),
» Animal Management (2 groups of final years)
» IT (Level 3, 1st and 2nd years)
» Sociology (AS & A2)
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6. 7 Key themes
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Don’t assume we are
digitally literateWe need ongoing
development
We expect the same
(or better) services as in
school…
We expect college to
provide what we need…
We expect modern learning
resources that are easy to
find and use
We want to work with
lecturers…
Ask us what we
need…

7. Recommendations
The project is producing recommendations for:
» Colleges: How can colleges undertake evaluations of learners’
use of technology? How can colleges engage learners in the
process?What support is needed nationally?
» Jisc: How can Jisc support FE managers to develop strategies
and practice in order to manage and meet learners’
expectations of the digital?
» Funders and partners:What further research is needed to
investigate learner expectations and experiences?
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8. Group discussions
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Your table will be allocated a set of either challenges for
colleges or solutions for colleges or for Jisc and its
partners:
1. Do you agree with these?
2. Can you prioritise the top 3?
3. Are there examples of practice you can share which
address these challenges or solutions
4. How best should Jisc disseminate these findings?

9. Reporting back
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Top 3 challenges:

10. Reporting back
»Top 3 solutions for colleges:
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11. Reporting back
»Top 3 solutions for Jisc and its partners
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12. Dissemination
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13. A strategic approach
Enhancing the student digital
experience online guide:
http://jisc.ac.uk/guides/enhan
cing-the-student-digital-
experience

14. Digital students are different posters
http://bit.ly/digitalstudentposters

15. Enhancing the digital student experience postcards
http://bit.ly/digitalstudentcards

16. For findings and workshop resources:
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17. Find out more…
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Digital Student #digitalstudent
Paul Bailey
Paul.bailey@jisc.ac.uk
Sarah Knight
Sarah.knight@jisc.ac.uk
http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org
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