Sarah Davies, Jisc

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Today’s digital students?

»What do we know about:› Personal devices?› ICT skills?› Learning skills?› Networking and

collaboration?

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What are digital literacies?

»Those capabilities which fit someone for living, learning and working in a digital society

Developing digital literacies

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Aspects of digital literacy

ICT literacy

Information literacy

Media literacy

Communication and

collaboration

Digital scholarship

Identity & career

management

Learning skills

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Digital literacy development

access and awareness

skills

practices in context

attributesidentity

(Beetham and Sharpe 2009 & 2010)

'I am...'

'I do...'

'I can...'

'I have...'

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Your experiences of supporting digital literacies

»Thinking about how your organisation supports the development of digital literacies:› What is working well?› What are the ongoing barriers and

challenges?

»Share these using tag #jiscdiglit

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Some key messages on developing digital literacies

Discuss

digital issues

Strategic approac

h

Review current support

Develop staff skills

Embed in

curriculum

Students as

partners

Promote digital

identity

Parallel activities

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Developing digital literacies infokit

»Practical guidance, tools and approaches from the Jisc Developing digital literacies programme and beyond

» ‘Top-down’ strategic considerations involved in developing digital literacies across an institution

» ‘On the ground’ view of what this means in practice for many different role groups

»Available at www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/digital-literacies

»Give us feedback at www.surveymonkey.com/s/digital-literacies

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Workshop tables

A. What does this mean for IT services?

B. What does this mean for IT services?

C. Embedding digital activities in the curriculum

D.Embedding digital activities in the curriculum

E. Discipline-specific view of digital literacies

F. Digital support throughout the student journey

G.Digital support throughout the student journey

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Find out more…

Developing digital literacies

Sarah DaviesHead of Change – student experience

s.davies@jisc.ac.uk

www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/digital-literacies/bit.ly/diglitds

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Developing students’ digital literacies

»Student confidence is usually ahead of their capability

› Diagnostic/audit tools are useful – eg  http://bit.ly/learnerquiz

»Different types and levels of guidance needed

› Most learners need some help

»Opportunities to learn from peers

»Motivated by developing an online professional identity

»Tutor practices and course requirements are crucial

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Support for staff digital literacy development

Barriers• Fear• Time• Where to start?

Enablers• Relevant examples of good

practice• ‘Just in time’ information• Communities of practice• Developing online identity• Professional development &

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Developing digital practices in the curriculum

»Digital practices for academic success are subject specific and best practiced in a disciplinary context

»Subject-specific digital attributes?

»Curriculum design is key – embed digital into quality mechanisms and graduate attributes

»Academic vs general technologies

»How digitally skilled do teaching staff need to be?

»Digital learning activities should be creative and appropriately assessed

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Professional services and student support

»Raise awareness of digital tools and practices

»Time for professional development and networking

»Professional identity, accreditation and recognition

»Models or frameworks may help

»‘Just in time’ integrated student support

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