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Who are our ‘digital’ studentsand what do they want from us?
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Talking about Teaching, 20 January 2017
Who are our ‘digital’ students
what kind of digital experiences can we offer that...
prepare them for an uncertain future? ”“
Some navigation for today‣ Who are our ‘digital students’?
‣ Digital students are (no) different
‣ What do they want from HE?
‣ What can we offer?
‣ Digital experiences in thecurriculum: examples
‣ Discussion
Some digital navigation‣ Twitter #YSJTAT for questions and contributions
‣ bit.ly/YSJTATlinks for refs and links, including:
‣ bingo: bingobaker.com/play/1020649
‣ PollEverywhere:PollEv.com/helenbeetham013 or text HELENBEETHAM013 to 020 3322 5822 to join in
Investigating ‘digital students’
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literature reviews | focus groups | consultationslearner stories | data from the digital student Tracker
jiscinvolve.digitalstudent.org
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‣ ...whether we direct them to or not...‣ Is this alternative space complementary, integrated... ?‣ How do we introduce academic/professional judgment?
‘Digital students’ access their own digital
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‘Digital students’ bring their own digital
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What are the top three social media services for under 25s?
‘Digital students’ bring their own digital
cultures and expectations
‣ information <=> communication‣ continuous recording and sharing of experience (continuous reputation management)‣ seamless connection and inter-connection‣ ease of adoption‣‘content is free’‣ rapid feedback‣ visual bias...
Image CC from CNN
Image CC BY 3.0 from AmericanPressInstitute.org
‘Digital students’ are connected
with thanks to Simon Rae 2015
‘Digital students’ are connected
How different are ‘digital students’ to us?
A. Not so different - we are all living in a digital worldB. Rather different - they are more immersed in digital cultures and practicesC. Very different - their worldview and experiences are those of a ‘digital generation’
PollEv.com/helenbeetham013Use twitter to say more! #YSJTAT
Digital students are different...
from each otherand from themselves(in different settings)
Not all students thrive in digital spaces
‣ Digital divide narrowerbut deeper‣ Digital inequality mimics & amplifies other inequalities‣ ‘Digital natives' story hides many contradictions‣ Learners' engagement w digital world is culturally
differentiated e.g. language, privacy norms
Many have negative digital experiences
‣Young women more likely to have been harrassed‣Other features of public identity may be targetted
Some are data aware & privacy conscious
If the Uni is collecting this data, we ought to be able to see it and use it for ourselves.”
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Others are highly critical of digital trends
Image CC BY 2.0 by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go via flickr.com
I read zines to escape surveillance and clickbait. It's the new teen rebellion”
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They have diverse preferences for learning with/out technology
Our participants were fairly evenly split between using their social media
informally for learning, using it as an essential and integrated element of their learning, and keeping it quite separate from their learning, with informal use
marginally the more popular.
How do we best serve these diverselearners?
‣ Learning relationships with teachers and peers
‣Deep engagement with a subject
‣ Sense of belonging (to their course, cohort, institution)
‣ Safe spaces to rehearse: closed, supported → open, public
Many continuities in what they want and expect from HE
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Most advanced digital practicesare still acquired in educational settings
‣Knowledge creation and co-creation usually initiated by an educator‣Don’t know how they might be learning with digital technology... until they do it
‣Most don’t appreciate the value of e.g. a digital portfolio or web presence... until they have one
Most students value most highly the
authentic digital practices of their profession or subject area
‣ data analysis and management‣ design systems‣ collaborating on authentic projects, research or client-based‣ use of specialist tools and applications
73% under 35s >90% new jobs 7-10 careers
2020 in the UK 43.5% graduates 1.5 millionUK contracts
36% UK jobs(40% US jobs) 2.5% EU jobs 89% recruiters
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What do these students really need?
Their work prospects are uncertainbit.ly/digitalknowhow
but work is likely to be...
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What kinds of digital literacy is this going to demand?
“cross-cultural awareness”“respect”
“citizenship”
The shape of society and its institutionsis uncertain
“cross-cultural awareness”“respect”
“citizenship”XThe shape of society and its institutions
is uncertain
The shape of society and its institutionsis uncertain
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What kinds of digital literacy is this going to demand?
resilience and repertoirecritical thinking
data literacy - understanding evidencemedia literacy - checking facts
new ways of organising and participating...?
Example: followthethings
www.followthethings.com
Example: PhonarNation
CC phonarnation 2015
promotes interdisciplinary questions and challenges, encouraging both staff and students to question critically the nature of evidence
and knowledge production ... in our digitally mediated world.
UCL’s Connected Curriculum (Fung et al 2016)
Example: connected curriculum
Example: BYOD4L
https://byod4learning.wordpress.com/topics/
Example: digital championsand change agents
@CANagogy
Students care about digital issues
It is not the technology in itself that is transforming education and society; it is, rather, the creative ways in which people are using technology to educate and drive change.Radical interventions in learning and teaching, NUS 2014 ”“
Over to you for discussion
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what kind of digital experiences can we offer that...
prepare students for an uncertain future?
The shape of society and its institutionsis uncertain
Digital students can bridge worlds...
online | offlinelearning | livingformal | informalhere | elsewhere