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Trends and Developments in C&IT Literacy Provision in UK

Higher Education

Karen Barton

&

André Reibig

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1. Aspects in Policy and Practice from a UK-wide Survey

2. Specific Examples from Case Study Investigations

Objectives

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Questionnaire Return Rate

40%

57%

43%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

All sections At least 1 section None

HEIs

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Questionnaire Return Rate - HEI Size

48%

41%

29%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Small Medium Large

All Sections

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Questionnaire Return Rate - HEI Type

42%

29%

37%

68%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Pre-1992 Unis Post-1992 Unis Monotechnics Other HEIs

All sections

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Questionnaire Return Rate – FT League Table

32%34% 32%

47%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Top Middle Bottom Not in League

All Sections

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Origin of Strategic Response

None8%

Others16%

Head of Comp.8%

Head of IS27%

Head of LT/Lib.29%

Princ./VP/PVC12%

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Strategic Organisation of C&IT Provision

Devolved41%

Centralised39%

Mixed20%

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Strategic Organisation of C&IT Provision - HEI Size

31%

57%

11%

36% 33%30%

60%

20%20%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Small Medium Large

Devolved to facultiesCentrally developedA mixture of both

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Strategic Organisation of C&IT Provision - HEI Type

24%

38% 38%

77%

18%

5%

24%

62%

14%

50%

38%

13%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Pre-1992 Unis Post-1992Unis

Monotechnics Other HEIs

DevolvedCentralisedMixed

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Strategic Organisation of C&IT Provision FT League Table

29%29%

41%38% 38%

25%

71%

24%

6%

35%

49%

16%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Top Middle Bottom Not in League

DevolvedCentralisedMixed

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Internal or External Certification

Yes37%

No answer1%

No62%

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Provider of C&IT Course Delivery to Students

Part of skills course18%

Stand-alone course13%

None of these1%

Part of support services11%

Part of academic course33%

Course provided by a service department24%

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Provider of C&IT Courses to Staff

Stand-alone course23%

Course provided by a service department52%

Part of support services9%

Part of academic course9%

Part of skills course7%

None of these0%

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Mode of Course Delivery

No answer1%

Taught43%

Any combination53%

Self-taught paper1%

Self-taught on-line2%

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Syllabus

Wordprocessing 81%

E-mail 81%

Login/Network 81%

Internet Basics 80%

Printing 74%

File Management 73%

OP Environment 70%

Spreadsheets 63%

Web/Lib Search Skills 60%

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Effective Doc Design 53%

PowerPoint 52%

Data trans. betw. appl. 52%

Bibl. databases 47%

Eval. on-line content 43%

Using elect. help sys. 43%

Effective use of ICT 39%

Writing a CV 34%

EPR issues 33%

CAL 26%

No answer 5%

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Glasgow Caledonian University

Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education

Oxford University

Stirling UniversityGlasgow University

Case Studies

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Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Post-graduate

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Using the Internet for Learning (SF126)

Information Skills for Independent learning (SF206)

Postgraduate skills support programme

Staff training programme for research students

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EC

DL)

Com

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Lit

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form

ati

on

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nolo

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)

Computing for Leisure Tourism and Hospitality (HM101)

Fine Art (FA211)

Professional Media Studies (PM217)

PGCE (Primary) MBA

= compulsory for defined route

= Postgraduate Certificate of Education= Credit towards degree at C&G

= Recognised external certification

= Non-credit bearing. No recognised award.

Information Technology Module (BT101)

PGCE (Secondary)

Learning Development (SF121)

Information Management (SF122)

Programme/Subject Specific C&IT Training

Generic C&IT Skills Training

Compulsory Voluntary Compulsory Voluntary

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Programme/Subject Specific C&IT Training

Generic C&IT Skills Training

Compulsory VoluntaryExternal Certification

Non-Credit Bearing

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

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Glasgow Caledonian University

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Compulsory Voluntary

= Not compulsory until academic year 2001-2002

Level 4

= Credit-bearing courses (subject dependent)

= Non-credit bearing. No recognised award.

= Recognised external certification

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Voluntary Generic Training Provided by Central Services

Generic Training Provided by Colleges

Compulsory Academic C&IT Skills*

Credit Bearing Credit BearingNon-Credit Bearing Non-Credit Bearing

* This is NOT a comprehensive account of every credit bearing, compulsory academic courses of study which has a C&IT element. It is merely representative of a broad range of opportunities.

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College Computing Facilities – Compulsory C&IT induction

Postgraduate and Research Students - Voluntary C&IT induction

CONTINUING EDUCATION

UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMPUTING

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY

COMPUTING ELEMENT OF POSTGRADUATE HUMANITIES COURSES

University of Oxford

= Available throughout duration of programme of study to all postgraduate and research students

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= Non-compulsory training, advertised as ‘essential’

Credit Bearing Non-Credit Bearing

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Post-graduate

IT Skills (17L6)

Computing Science I (3131)

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Library network

DAICE training

= Department of Computer Science and Mathematics

= Division of Academic Innovation and Continuing Education

= Existing students recruited to support specific C&IT skills training needs

= Combined service providers

University of Stirling

Level 4

= Information Services

Subject Specific Compulsory Courses*

Voluntary

* Although the credit-bearing courses are subject specific, they are only compulsory for students who opt to take them.

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Strategic Perspective

• C&G: Generic C&IT skills training for staff and students. Overall strategic commitment to use C&IT to enhance development of learning, teaching & assessment.

• GCU: Graduate employability and vocational training. Greater use of C&IT based learning materials and off-campus delivery.

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Strategic Perspective

• Oxford: Committed institutional level responsibility with college/departmental remit. Encouragement to add innovation to quality education rather than introduce C&IT as an objective in its own right.

• Stirling: Identification and promotion of cautious use of technology in underpinning innovative teaching and learning.

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Strategic Perspective

• Glasgow: Commitment to C&IT-rich learning environment. Involvement of staff in this environment seen as a complimentary objective to effective student C&IT empowerment.

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Emerging Directions

• On-line learning• Virtual Learning Environments• Transferable Skills, Personal

Development Planning & ‘Graduateness’

• Benchmarks, Baselines and Certification

• Continuous adjustment to C&IT syllabus

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