2. Welcome to our 47th meeting of the group
• We now have over 300 members and the group has been established
since 2004 formerly known as Learning and Teaching Experts group
• Subscribe to our mailing list https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/EPED-EXPERTS
• Schedule for today
• 11:30 – 12:00 Virtual tea and coffee break
• 12:45 – 13:30 Lunch break
• 14:45 – Close
• Twitter tag - #jiscexperts20
• Feedback please – online evaluation form will be circulated
• Presentations and recordings will be available from the Jisc website
linked to the events page http://bit.ly/jiscexpertsoct20
3. Student experience experts group – what we do
Sarah Knight, Head of data and digital capability,
Jisc
#digitalstudent
4. The group’s role…
• Our student experience experts group provides advice and feedback on Jisc
work in this area
• You offer valuable input on the direction of future Jisc activities
• You help ensure the relevance of Jisc activities to the FE and HE learning
and teaching community and have enabled our work to develop a strong
community profile
• You provide a valuable steer in terms of how Jisc outputs and outcomes should
be communicated and disseminated
• You are our champions for our student experience work
5. Aims for today
•Hear about Jisc’s latest research into how students in further and
higher education are using technology in their learning
•Hear how teachers and leaders in higher education, have been
sharing stories about their changing practices to adapt to the
pandemic
•Discuss how we can use different approaches to gather students’
experiences of their learning
•Share examples of effective institutional practice and research in
supporting students' digital experiences and enable discussion across
the experts group
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6. Outline for today
10:40 How are students actually using technology? Findings from our 2020
digital experience insights surveys for HE and FE
• Sarah Knight and Ruth Drysdale, Jisc
12:00 Practice during the pandemic: conversations with teachers and leaders
• Lawrie Phipps, Senior research lead, Jisc and Donna Lanclos, expert consultant
13:30 Ghosts in the machine: rediscovering stories in a world of data
• Chris Thomson, Subject specialist: digital practice, Jisc
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7. Schedule for today…member stories 14:15 – 14:45
Developing interactive simulations for Early Years students
• Rob Howe, head of learning technology and Iain Douglas, senior lecturer in
games art, faculty of the arts, science and technology, University of
Northampton
Tailored and personalised asynchronous teaching tool without duplication
of effort
• Dr Lina Petrakieva, academic development tutor (digital skills), Learning
Development Centre, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian
University
Co-created interactive courseware
• John Traxler, professor of digital learning, Institute of Education, University of
Wolverhampton
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8. What one
thing…
What one thing are you
hoping to take away from
today’s meeting?
Share in the chat window…
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10. Effective online teaching
• COVID-19 - Moving online quickly
• Wealth of Jisc experience - research and guides on
online learning and teaching
• Scaling up online learning
• Experiences of online learners study
• Questions in the discovery tool offer an opportunity to
present some of this content in an interactive way
• Needed to be relevant after COVID – appropriate for
people working in blended or fully online contexts
• https://digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/our-
service/discovery-tool/
11. Digital capabilities community of practice
• Launched in May 2017 and runs twice yearly
• More than 100 participants from across Further
and Higher Education
• Next event – 17th November online
• Join our Community of Practice mailing list:
jiscmail.ac.uk/jisc-digcap-ug
•Register now:
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/building-digital-
capability-and-digital-experience-insights-
community-of-practice-17-nov-2020
•More details:
digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/our-service/community-of-
practice
‘Valuable for inspiring new ideas and
making new contacts, for sharing
resources.’
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12. Learning and teaching reimagined
•Webinar: a new dawn for higher education?
• 4 November at 11:00
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/learning-and-teaching-
reimagined-a-new-dawn-for-higher-education-04-nov-
2020
•Interim report, visions of the future, member stories
•Webinar: Online teaching: overcoming the challenges
•20 October at 11:00
•https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/online-teaching-overcoming-
the-challenges-20-oct-2020
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching-reimagined
13. Shaping the digital future of FE and skills
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/shaping-the-digital-future-of-fe-and-
skills
Shaping the digital future of FE and skills is a cross-
sector research project led by Jisc, working in
tandem with the Association of Colleges (AoC)
Strategy launching soon
14. Dedicated support for Coronovirus
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/coronavirus
•You can find the most up-to-date information and advice on managing the
impact of the pandemic for colleges and universities
•Planning for Coronovirus community group
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved/planning-for-coronavirus-community-
group
•Shared sector resources - the community have already identified a vast
array of links to resources and information that may be helpful at this time.
You can access the full list via this dedicated COVID-19 Diigo space from
https://groups.diigo.com/group/COVID19
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15. Digital wellbeing:
Download our briefing papers:
digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/what-is-digital-
capability/digital-wellbeing/
Join our mailing list:
jiscmail.ac.uk/JISC-DIGITALWELLBEING
Follow our blog:
digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org
Find our more from https://digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk
16. Thank you for your contributions!
Presentations and recordings available form
http://bit.ly/jiscexpertsoct20
jiscexperts20
See you in April 2021
17. Get in
touch…
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Except where otherwise noted,
this work is licensed under CC-BY
Sarah Knight
Head of data and digital capability
sarah.knight@jisc.ac.uk
Editor's Notes
Because COVID-19 led to a rush to move teaching online there was a danger that people might focus on getting existing content into the VLE or learning environment and not on the real potential that online teaching and learning can bring.
Jisc has developed expertise and experience of online learning and teaching over the last 20 – 30 years – through working with many organisations from all sectors to try innovative approaches and document these through case studies, reports and guides. There is a wealth of content around effective approaches and good practice.
In particular, the Scaling up online learning programme worked with a range of organisations to produce 3 guides offering different lenses on this subject – a planning managerial focus, a curriculum development approach and one focusing on the potentials of different technologies and tools.
In addition to this the Jisc Experiences of online learners study focussed on what makes an effective online learner.
Producing a set of questions in the discovery tool provided an opportunity to present some of this content in an interactive and timely way. It provides actionable advice specific to the level of the individuals in a way that guides can’t do.
We wanted the question set to be relevant after Covid so we aimed to make it appropriate for people working in a fully online or blended context.
Our digital capabilities community of practice with over 100 active participants is an open community that welcomes both experienced participants and those who have not previously engaged in this field but who would like to find out more.
So if this interests you and you are not already a participant, please do join our Community of Practice. We run events twice a year in partnership with universities and colleges with the focus on sharing experiences, solutions and challenges. This, along with the mailing list provides opportunities for members be kept up to date with news and events and to work together on all aspects of digital capability for staff and students
Our next event will be taking place in November in Edinburgh, the date of which will be shared via the mailing list and on the community of practice website. We are always looking for volunteers to share their practice at these events - so do let us know if you are interested in being involved.