jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

31
Using digital technologies in your work: how do you feel? Put a X on the diagram to show how you feel about the use of digital technologies in your work. Put a O to show how the staff you work with feel. Use the pencil tool 22/06/2022 Developing Digital Literacies slide 1

Upload: jisc-elearning

Post on 20-Jan-2015

613 views

Category:

Education


0 download

DESCRIPTION

Slides from webinar on 21.3.13

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Using digital technologies in your work: how do you feel?

Put a X on the diagram to show how you feel about the use of digital technologies in your work. Put a O to show how the staff you work with feel. Use the pencil tool

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 1

Page 2: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Supporting the development of staff digital literacies

Introduction to supporting the development of staff digital literacies

– Sarah Davies, Programme Manager, Jisc

Current approaches:

Librarians and careers/employability staff

– Janet Finlay, Digidol project, Cardiff University

Teaching administrators

– Stefanie Anyadi, Digital Department project, University College London

Whole-institutional approach

– Neil Witt, SEEDPoD project, Plymouth University

Questions after each input; 15 mins for discussion at the end

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 2

Page 3: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

What is ‘digital literacy’?

those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 3

Page 4: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Digital literacy – a working definition

ICT literacy

Information literacy

Media literacy

Communicationand

collaboration

Digital scholarship

Identity

management

Learning skills

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 4

Page 5: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

slide 5

Developmental processes

access and awareness

skills

practicesIn context

attributesidentity

(Beetham and Sharpe 2009 & 2010)

attitudes identity needs motivation

experiencespecialisation

Developmental

processes

curricu

lum

co-cu

rriculu

mn

on

-form

al learnin

g

Page 6: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Which best describes your role?

A. Supporting/managing e-learning or technology-enhanced learning

B. Staff and educational development

C. Lecturer/course leader

D. Professional services eg library, careers, student support

E. Other – please use chat box to give detail

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 6

Page 7: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Staff digital literacies: professional associations

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 7

The sector bodies and professional associations JISC is working with initially include:

Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)

Association for Learning Technology (ALT)

Association of University Administrators (AUA)

Heads of Educational Development Group (HEDG)

Organisational Development in Higher Education Group (ODHE)

Standing Conference on Academic Practice (SCAP)

Staff Development Forum (SDF)

Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA)

Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL)

Vitae

Page 8: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Support for staff digital literacy development

Barriers Enablers

CPD

Staff groups

Heroes

Quick wins

Fear

Time

Start?

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 8

Page 9: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Digital literacies in the disciplines

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 9

Page 10: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Embedding technology into staff development

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

University of the Arts London (DIAL project)

– collaborative reading, writing and reflection activities on individual blogs

–produce a short video summary of their project outcomes

Challenging but/therefore useful

Raised confidence and competence in technologies for reflective practice

Increased participants’ willingness to use technology in their teaching practice

Need to consider: support needs; open practice; familiarisation with communicating online; assessment strategy; inclusion; f2f contact

Lindsay Jordan, 2013

Guide to implementing the UK professional standards framework in the digital university

Webinar 17 April - http://jiscdlukpsf-eorg.eventbrite.com/

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 10

Page 11: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Supporting the development of staff digital literacies

Current approaches:

Librarians and careers/employability staff

– Janet Finlay, Digidol project, Cardiff University

Teaching administrators

– Stefanie Anyadi, Digital Department project, University College London

Whole-institutional approach

– Neil Witt, SEEDPoD project, Plymouth University

Questions after each input; 15 mins for discussion at the end

10/04/2023 Developing Digital Literacies slide 11

Page 12: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Janet Finlay ([email protected], @janetfinlay)Joe Nicholls ([email protected], @joenicholls)Cathie Jackson ([email protected], @cathiejack)All at Information Services, Cardiff University.

Tasks &Practices

⬅ Content⬅ Tools⬅ People⬅ Processes

Page 13: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

⬅ Content⬅ Tools⬅ People⬅ Processes

Access(to things - services that perform a

function)

Skills(personal capabilities)

Practices(ways of thinking and acting)

Attributes & Identities

Awareness(of available services - content, tools, people and processes,

and potential practices)I know of…

I have…

I can…

I apply…

I am…

Tasks &Practices

Learning Literacies Development Framework(Adapted from Beetham and Sharp 2009)

Janet Finlay ([email protected], @janetfinlay)Joe Nicholls ([email protected], @joenicholls)Cathie Jackson ([email protected], @cathiejack)All at Information Services, Cardiff University.

Page 14: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Content analysisof model relateddocumentation

Map statements detailingdigital and information literacies to

the framework

Workshops to testmethodology and framework

Evolve and reapplyframework

Review and analysis of Information Literacy and

Digital Literacy models

Viewpoint-like cards tofacilitate conversation

Janet Finlay ([email protected], @janetfinlay)Joe Nicholls ([email protected], @joenicholls)Cathie Jackson ([email protected], @cathiejack)All at Information Services, Cardiff University.

Page 15: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Janet Finlay ([email protected], @janetfinlay)Joe Nicholls ([email protected], @joenicholls)Cathie Jackson ([email protected], @cathiejack)All at Information Services, Cardiff University.

Enablement

Page 16: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

The Digital Department

Project Team: Stefanie Anyadi (PALS) Lorraine Dardis (VP - International), Alison Gilry (ICH), Clive Young (ELE)

Page 17: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

What are “teaching administrators”?

• Professional support staff based in academic departments, student-facing, support teaching staff

• Wide and varied range of responsibilities: admissions, examinations, quality assurance, VLE support, pastoral support, marketing, careers…

Page 18: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Teaching Administrators at UCL

An active community of practice:• TA Conference• TA Forum• TA Handbook• Increased profile (E-learning champions,

involvement at faculty level)

Page 19: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

External Accreditation

External accreditation for• Recognition• Self-confidence• Personal development• Certification of standards

Page 20: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

External accreditation for TAs at UCL

CMALT

Portfolio

Cohort-based programme of workshops

Mentors

Page 21: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies
Page 22: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Digital Skills and Digital Literacies

Overview of systems and software

Horizon scanning

Understanding of the place that technologies, systems and processes have in teaching and learning

Open to innovative approaches

Encouraging and supporting teaching staff

Professional identity

Page 23: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

23

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

Towards whole – institutional embedded

Digital LiteraciesProfessor Neil WittHead of Academic Support, Technology & InnovationPlymouth University

Page 24: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Change via a JISC project?

• Builds on 2011 BCUP project• Audit of systems, policies,

infrastructure and data• Views from academic and

support staff on use of, and practice with, existing software and hardware systems.

• Recommending Institutional change on DL issues around:

• Infrastructure• Support• Curriculum Design

24

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

Page 25: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Impact of technology?

• Students willing to use, and expect their devices to be used to support their learning experience.

• An urgency in developing services that meets the students’ needs and expectations.

• Assume that academic staff can/will support their use of technology

25

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

Page 26: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Impact of technology?

• Expectation Management?• How to meet these digital needs?• How to engage and support ALL staff?• How to embed into practice?

26

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

Page 27: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

27

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

The Digital Strategy

Opportunity 1 – inputting into Strategy

• Key theme 1 - Digital People• Key theme 2 - Digital teaching, learning and research• Key theme 3 - Digital services• Key theme 4 - Digital Infrastructure and Capability

Page 28: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

28

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

Performance Development Review

Opportunity 2 – using new processes

Embed in PDR

Page 29: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

Embracing Change

Opportunity 3 – use Restructuring

29

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

An opportunity to recommend Institutional change:

• Infrastructure• Support

Page 30: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

30

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

Joining it all up

Embed in the curriculum

Page 31: Jisc webinar: developing staff digital literacies

31

www.technologyenhancedlearning.net

• Benchmark and gather evidence

• Take every available opportunity

• Influence then operationalise strategy

• Embed into Staff Development

• Embed into processes (e.g. Curriculum Design)