Effective use of digital technology by university and college staff is vital in providing a compelling student experience and in realising a good return on investment in digital technology.
This workshop aimed to help delegates understand the key capabilities needed in the digital institution and help you to develop approaches and tools to support their development.
What does a digitally capable institution look like
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2. What does a digitally capable institution
look like?
Sarah Davies, Jisc
Rebecca McCready and Gillian Fielding, UCISA
3. Building digital capability
» In 2010 we defined digital literacies as: those capabilities which fit
someone for living, learning and working in a digital society
» It’s a much-disputed term, but the concept struck a chord in the
sector, especially from 2012-13 onwards
» Now in 2014-15 we’re being asked to address ‘digital capability’ in
the HE and FE sectors as a priority challenge
» Universities and colleges want help in identifying the digital skills
needed, identifying their skills gaps, and planning, implementing
and evaluating initiatives to improve skills
» #digitalcapability
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5. » Survey of UK HE institutions
» 63 respondents
» Data gathered Summer 2014
» Sections on:
› Definition
› Strategy
› Delivery, implementation and practice
› BringYour Own
› Supporting differentiation and inclusion
› Looking to the future
The state of the nation: UCISA Digital capabilities survey
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ucisa.ac.uk/digcap #ucisadigcap
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6. UCISA Digital capabilities survey
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Key finding: take a whole institution approach
Faculties/Schools
TEL/eLearning Units
SMT
Library
IT Depts
Academic Development Unit/Teaching Enhancement Units
Human resources Depts
Research/Graduate Units
Careers, Employability & Enterprise
Student services/study skills
Other
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» Programme manager in digital
pedagogy
» Head of learning technology
» Academic librarian
» Deputy director for training
and development
» IT business partner
(development)
» Technology champion
» Student digital ambassador
» Head of organisational and
learning development
» Digital practice advisor
» Chief information officer
» Digital learning director
» Digital literacy advisor,
» and even ‘all academic staff
(students)’
Job titles with culture change responsibilities
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8. » How does your approach to your job role fit with developing digital
capabilities in your institution? Find your role in the table and
consider the suggestions against it. Discuss in small groups
Activity
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20
30
40
50
60
Drop-in clinics or
appointments for
students
Telephone/email/online
chat
Remote access Twitter/ social media Videos (e.g. YouTube,
Vimeo, in house etc.)
An online knowledge
base
Other method
library IT Services Ac/StudySkills eLearning
UCISA Digital capabilities survey
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Key finding: Differentiation and Support
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10. Key finding: Work together
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» Teaching and learning
systems (22), including:
› 8VLE-related projects and
reviews
› 4 lecture-capture system
implementations or reviews
» Digital literacy-related
projects (20), including:
› 8 projects for students mainly
focusing on the alignment or
embedding of digital skills into
curricula or frameworks
› 5 for staff,particularly upskilling
academic staff to enhance the
student learning experience
UCISA Digital capabilities survey
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Key finding: Work together
UCISA Digital capabilities survey
Rank Department No of citations
1 IT services 30
1 Academic development/Learning technologies 30
2 Library 25
3 Senior leadership team 15
4 HR 13
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» Models and examples of
impact assessment
» Stakeholder engagement
» Presentation layer (toolkit,
resources and guidance)
Underpinning layer
Building digital capability
Digital
capability
framework
Diagnostic
tools
Leadership
development
MOOC
Staff-student
partnerships
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13. » High level framework describing the diverse digital capabilities
required by staff in tertiary education organisations in the UK
» Examples of the high level framework in use by specific professional
bodies or for specific developmental purposes (e.g. mappings, role
descriptors, exemplary competence frameworks, ‘lenses’ on
existing frameworks, development opportunities and awards)
» Use cases exploring how the high level framework and examples
may be used in practice to support the development and
recognition of digital capabilities
Digital capability framework
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15. » Take the recommendations from the Jisc and UCISA work and
discuss and prioritise them in small groups.
» Which one thing could you do next to develop digital capability in
your university or college? It could be based on the
recommendations, or something else you’ve thought of…
› eg.Talking to Heads of Service? Setting up aTwitter account for your
unit? Agreeing to adopt the Jisc definition of digital capability?
» Tweet your plan, using the hashtag #digitalcapability
Activity
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» ucisa.ac.uk/digcap
» #ucisadigcap
» Join our community:
› digitalskillsanddevelopment.ning.com/
UCISA Digital capabilities survey 2014
Finding out more
17. » Be a critical friend, input your experiences and needs, and
comment on early releases of any of the Jisc outputs
» Put forward your university or college as an early adopter of the
new outputs/services
» See jisc.ac.uk/rd/get-involved
» For announcements, join the mailing list:
jisc-diglit-public@jiscmail.ac.uk
» Read and comment on emerging findings:
digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org
» #digitalcapability
Get involved in the Jisc digital capability work
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This house believes that the UK is facing a digital skills crisis
» Ayes » Nos
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19. Find out more…
Contact…
Except where otherwise noted, this
work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
Sarah Davies
sarah.davies@jisc.ac.uk
Gillian Fielding
g.d.fielding@salford.ac.uk
Rebecca McCready
rebecca.mccready@newcastle.ac.uk
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Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Discuss on your table for 3 minutes, then tweet your answer, yes/no/maybe/don’t know and add comments to support your position.
147 characters, start response with a Yes. No. Maybe. Don’t know, followed by comments to back up your position.
Eg, yes and it is vital for the UK gvt, CEOs, VCs, head teachers to recognise that if we don’t the UK will lose it marketplace.
Can this chart be changed to a pie chart? GF created the original.
Job titles with responsibility to develop the culture of digitally capable staff and students.
Activities:
Landscape review - the external environment and its impact on capabilities required by staff in organisations
Review of existing frameworks including use cases
Stakeholder interviews
Work with partner organisations to develop instances
Consultation event, 2x review points with critical friends
Final versions, final report
Communication, refinement and validation
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Take the 10 recommendations from the UCISA survey and discuss and prioritise them in small groups. Identify differences between institutions/depts and why, and also similarities, and record these on post-it notes to add to the board (or padlet or similar).
Then discuss how you might be able to move the agenda forward in your institution. What will be your first step? Talking to Heads of Service? Setting up a Twitter account for your unit? Agreeing to adopt the Jisc definition of DC? Etc… Tweet your plan.
Need to make more general – agree overall ‘get involved’ approach with Helen tomorrow - UCISA will also have links – can plug June event.
So, on reflection, do we have a digital skills crisis? Show of hands and jeers.
In the House of Commons, the Speaker says "The Question is that…", then states the question. Next, he/she says, "As many as are of that opinion say Aye." Then, following shouts of "Aye", he says, "of the contrary, No," and similar shouts of "No" may follow. If one side clearly has more support, the Speaker then announces his/her opinion as to the winner, stating, for example, "I think the Ayes have it". Otherwise, the Speaker declares a division.
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