Digital Competence and Capability Frameworks in the Context of Learning, Self-Development and HE Pedagogy (eLEOT 2016)

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Digital Competence and Capability Frameworks in the Context of

Learning, Self-Development and HE Pedagogy

David Biggins, Debbie Holley (Bournemouth University) George Evangelinos (Anglia Ruskin University)

Marketa Zezulkova (Charles University)Friday 2 September 2016

MentimeterTEL Toolkit

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Our talk

• Introduction to the EU digital landscape • Comparison of

• EU Digital Competence Framework (DigComp) 2016

• UK Digital Capabilities Framework (DigCap) 2015

• Case study of a TEL framework• Next steps• Conclusion


Task 1 - Current awareness

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Introduction

• Digital skills remains a challenge (EU 2014)

• Information and communication skills higher than content creation and problem-solving skills

• How are HEIs to respond?

EU population WorkforceInsufficient skills 47% 39%

No skills 23% 14%

Disadvantaged 64% 38%


Introduction

• Students may have narrow digital skills• Social media• Mobile devices

• Digital skills are broader• Embodies life-long learning

• Frameworks have been developed to encourage this broader view• EU• JISC


EU DigComp Framework

• Recommendations published 2006• Competence = ‘a combination of knowledge,

skills and attitudes’• Developed for EU, not HE specific• Framework introduced in 2010• Launched 2011, findings 2013, revised 2016


EU DigComp Framework

1. Information2. Communication3. Content creation4. Safety5. Problem-solving

• 2016 revision• Digital technologies• Safety and wellbeing


DigCap

• Developed for the HE sector

• Beetham and McGill led the JISC’s Digital Capabilities frameworks project in 2015

• Based on 2009 framework of 7 elements

• Overlapping areas


DigComp vs DigCap

• Similarities• Importance of data• Creation, innovation,

communication, collaboration, digital identity & participation

• Privacy• Literacy• Wellbeing in latest

versions

• Differences• Scholarship

(DigCap)• Life-long learning

(DigCap)• Self-development

(DigCap)


Case study


BU’s digital toolkit

• Launched by the Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) in February 2016

• TEL Toolkit• Influenced by DigCap• One-stop shop for academic staff• Supported by IT and Learning Technologists• Available to staff, students and publicly

• Organised by pedagogy



https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/centre-excellence-learning/tel-toolkit



• Usage (7 months):• 2,409 sessions (1,000 academics)• 11,351 page views• 40% access from outside BU

• Promotion – soc med, competitions, pouches …• Feedback mechanism• Maintenance and development • Supported by a digital skills self-assessment• Seeking better understanding …


Next step 1 - TEL questionnaire

• Collecting data about organisations’ use of TEL• Piloting a 5-10 min questionnaire• Would you be able to test the pilot please?• http://bit.ly/telpilot

http://bit.ly/telpilot


Next step 2 - Actions

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Conclusion

• Human-centred approach to digital competence• Technological tools and human learning must go hand

in hand • Importance of

• Learning, self-development and wellbeing • ‘Human lives in terms of possibilities rather than

deficits’ (McDougall et al 2016)• Challenge of embedding the TEL philosophy• Seeking to better understand and exploit TEL in

HE


Key papers

EU• European Commission: Measuring Digital Skills across the EU: EU wide indicators of Digital

Competence (2014) • European Commission: Digital Single Market Europe 2020 strategy

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/europe-2020-strategy• European Commission: DIGCOMP: A Framework for Developing and Understanding Digital

Competence in Europe (2013) European Commission: Youth Strategy on Health and Wellbeing http://ec.europa.eu/youth/policy/youth_strategy/health_wellbeing_en.htm

• European Commission: Education 2030: Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all (2015)

JISC• Beetham, H.: Revisiting digital capability for 2015. (2015)

http://digitalcapability.JISCinvolve.org/wp/2015/06/11/revisiting-digital-capability-for-2015/• Beetham, H., McGill, L., and Littlejohn, A.: Thriving in the 21st century: Learning Literacies for the

Digital Age (LLiDA project) (2009)• Pepler, G., and Jeans, N.: Summary of Jisc Digital Student Skills Sector study: preliminary review

of the Learner Focus Groups (2016) See also Evangelinos/Holley E-LEOT (2014, 2015)

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/europe-2020-strategy

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/policy/youth_strategy/health_wellbeing_en.htm

http://digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/06/11/revisiting-digital-capability-for-2015/