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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
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Task 1 - Current awareness
• Menti.com• 16 12 04
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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%
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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
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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
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EU DigComp Framework
1. Information2. Communication3. Content creation4. Safety5. Problem-solving
• 2016 revision• Digital technologies• Safety and wellbeing
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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
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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)
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Case study
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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
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BU’s digital toolkit
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BU’s digital 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 …
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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
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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
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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)