5. Sensitivity: Internal
Overall digital experience
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Digital provision (software, hardware, learning environment)
Best imaginable Excellent Good Average Poor Awful Worst imaginable
-19% less
than students
Good
70% above
the mid-
point
9. Sensitivity: Internal
35% felt that fellow teaching staff supported
them most to use digital technologies in their
teaching
33% Online videos
and resources
29% Support staff
Found the data from the student version really valuable as
We have used the data to support
improvements to the digital infrastructure,
Introduction of learning and teaching policies and
awareness raising around the mismatch in preparing students with the right digital skills for their careers
Piloted the survey with staff in 2019
Ran from Jan to mid Feb this year
121 academic staff completed it
7% of our academic staff
Really pleasing to see as a lot of investment has been put in and continuing to be put into to improve this
Clearly an important area for our staff and students which they feel they do not have access to
Really positive to see
Want to encourage further opportunities to increase this
Biggest areas of feedback were around
reward and recognition and
being given time to innovate
However, most staff felt they were early adopters
And they wanted to use digital technologies more
We also identified key areas through there use of technology, highlighting
Teaching in live online environment
Student collaboration in VLE
Which is where we want it to be, however, 40% never do this, does this indicate a training need?
So from the findings we wrote a report and put forward a series of recommendations for the institution
Hoping to improve the digital experience for our staff
The information we have gathered has also been used to feed into a review of learning spaces and the VLE
Focus groups run with academic staff to uncover further information about their experiences and ideas
Explore video-based skills training as staff
often turn online for help and we could curate these to help provide better development opportunities
and Digital Capability course for staff
We need to provide flexible learning opportunities for our staff to help them develop the skills they need to use technology effectively in their teaching.
Future fit curriculum development – working with programmes to apply a digital lens
Share practice with others and recognise through existing schemes such as Advance HE fellowships and VC Awards
Key to engage our staff with the digital agenda
And hear their voice
Develop their digital skills and improve the digital experience for students