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Developing digital capability: organisational journeys [1852]

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Tue, Sep 5 2017, 1:30pm – 2:50pm

Authors: Helen Beetham, Sarah Knight, Non Scantlebury, and Andy Beddoes

Room: Mandela Rm (2)

Theme: Learning Spaces

Type: 60-minute session

Description

Digital capability is without doubt the ‘new mainstream’ for education. The UK Government’s recent Digital Strategy (DCMS 2017) includes the aim that ‘everyone has the skills they need to flourish in a digitally-driven economy‘. UNESCO (IITE 2011) and the European Commission (2016) are among the international bodies calling for digital capability to be considered a citizenship entitlement and a core responsibility of education. Digital capabilities have lifelong, lifewide impacts on individual quality of life. They also help to determine the success of organisations and whole national economies.

Jisc and ALT have been instrumental in bringing the digital capability agenda to UK’s post-16 sectors. Recognised drivers for this agenda include:

»Student expectations of teaching staff

»Student expectations of provision and support (e.g. access and inclusion)

»Student employability, graduate attributes, the skills agenda

»External quality measures and reviews

»Course expansion, new learner markets

»Organisational effectiveness

In 2017 Jisc has launched a number of new resources (redacted 2017) including an updated Digital Capabilities Framework, profiles for different roles, case studies, reports and organisational change tools, and a discovery tool for individual staff. From the start of the year we have been investiating how different organisations take up these resources and use them to address the specific challenges and ambitions that they have.

This workshop will offer an overview of current organisational research and development. It will explore through a case-based approach how different colleges and universities are developing the digital capability of their staff. Issues covered will include:

›Definitions and frameworks

›Leadership and strategy

›Approaches to developing staff in their different roles

›Credit, recognition and reward

›Developing a supportive infrastructure

›Opportunities and challenges ahead

Participants will have opportunities to hear from two digital leaders in their field, share their own practices, discuss current challenges, and try out the latest Jisc resources in a supportive setting.

References

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2017) Policy paper 2. Digital skills and inclusion – giving everyone access to the digital skills they need. Available online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-digital-strategy/2-digital-skills-and-inclusion-giving-everyone-access-to-the-digital-skills-they-need. Accessed 25/03/2017.

European Commission (2016) DigComp 2.0: The Digital Competence Framework for Citizens. Available online: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/digcomp-20-digital-competence-framework-citizens-update-phase-1-conceptual-reference-model. Accessed 25/03/2017.

UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (2011) Digital Literacy in Education. Available online: http://iite.unesco.org/publications/3214688/. Accessed 25/03/2017

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