Presentation at Solent Learning and Teaching Community Conference

1. The Digital Literacies Framework:
What literacies are staff
interested in?
Dr Fiona Handley, Centre for Learning and Teaching,
University of Brighton

2. Aims of the session
To briefly introduce the Digital Literacies
Framework at the University of Brighton
To present some of the evaluation work on the
Framework based on data on staff engagement with
literacies
To discuss how this has influenced the next
iteration of the Framework

3. What are Digital Literacies?
“Those capabilities which fit an individual for
living, learning and working in a digital
society.” (Jisc, 2012)
Now framed as Digital Capabilities (Jisc, 2016)
Competence and confidence with current
technology and the ability to keep up to date
by evaluating the appropriateness of new
technology and acquiring new skills as
necessary

4. University of Brighton’s Digital Literacies Framework
Launched in July 2014
A generic framework for all
academic staff
An online web portal
Covering 39 literacies
Evaluated in 2015
Refreshed in May 2016

5. Organised into 4 categories

6. What data did we look at?
Webpage visits
Requests for face-to-face sessions
Programmed sessions as part of the Blended
Learning staff development programme

7. Webpage visits
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
LEARNING
AND
TEACHING
*M
inim
um
usage
-
Finding and
crea
ng
*eSubm
ission
*eM
arking and
eFeedback
Detec
ng plagiarism
Im
plem
en
ng Blended
Program
m
ing
RESEARCH
*Evalua
ng inform
a
on
Keeping legal
Keeping up
to
date
M
anaging inform
a
on
Open
access publishing
Planning a
research
Publishing your w
ork
Referencing
Understanding copyright
Collec
ng and
analysing
COM
M
&
COLLAB
Em
ailing
Tex
ng
Presen
ng
Using discussion
forum
s
Blogging
Using W
ikis
*Using social netw
orks
*M
anaging digital iden
ty
Using m
obile
technologies
Using m
obile
technologies
Tw
ee
ng
ADM
IN
W
ord
processing
Using spreadsheets
M
anaging digital m
edia –
M
anaging
m
e
Protec
ng your data
M
anaging budgets
M
anaging projects
*Understanding data
Know
ing your digital
M
anaging tasks

8. Webpage visits – Learning and Teaching
Finding and Creating
Resources the most
popular (257)
Followed by
Implementing Blended
Learning
High visits across all
pages apart from
programming
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
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inim
um
usage
-
Findingand
crea
ng*eSubm
ission
*eM
arkingand
eFeedback
Detec
ngplagiarism
Im
plem
en
ngBlended
FurtherProgram
m
ing

9. Webpage visits - Research
Most popular are
Evaluating Information
(122), and Keeping Up-
to-date
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
*Evalua
nginform
a
on
Keepinglegal
Keepingup
to
date
M
anaginginform
a
on
Open
accesspublishing
Planningaresearch
project
Publishingyourw
ork
Referencing
Understandingcopyright
Further
Collec
ngand
analysingdata

10. Webpage visits – Communication & Collaboration
Most popular –
Managing Digital
Identity (248), followed
by Using Mobile
Technologies in
Lectures
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Em
ailing
Tex
ngPresen
ng
Usingdiscussion
forum
sBloggingUsingW
ikis
*Usingsocialnetw
orks
*M
anagingdigitaliden
ty
Usingm
obile
technologiesin
Further
Usingm
obile
technologiesinTw
ee
ng

11. Webpage visits - Administration
Most popular is
Managing Digital Media
(88)
Least popular Managing
Tasks
Low visits generally
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
W
ord
processing
Usingspreadsheets
M
anagingdigitalm
edia–
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anaging
m
e
Protec
ngyourdataFurther
M
anagingbudgets
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anagingprojects
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Know
ingyourdigital
M
anagingtasks
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12. Most and least popular
Most popular
Finding and creating
resources
257
Managing digital
identity
248
Implementing
Blended Learning
230
Minimum use of VLE 190
Detecting plagiarism 156
Least popular
Using wikis 34
Understanding data
analytics
32
Using mobiles in
fieldwork
26
Managing budgets 14
Managing tasks 12

13. Requests for DLF bespoke support sessions
General introductions to the Framework
Using social media
Using mobile technologies in teaching

14. Engagement with programmed sessions
Most interest and
attendance in social
media, blended
learning/flipped, and
mobile technologies
sessions
More interest this year
in Blended
learning/flipped
Less interest this year
in eFeedback

15. Combining the data, the key areas are:
Digital
identities
Blended
learning
using new
media/
mobile tech
Using social
media

16. Communication and
Collaboration
 Blogging
 Emailing
 Managing digital
identity
 Presenting
 Using mobile
technologies
 Using social
media
Administration
 Using calendars
 Using
spreadsheets
 Word processing
Learning and
Teaching
 Detecting
plagiarism
 eMarking and
eFeedback
 eSubmission
 Finding and
creating resources
 Implementing
Blended Learning
effectively
 Minimum usage -
studentcentral
 Understanding
learning analytics
Research
 Finding,
evaluating and
managing
information
 Keeping legal
 Publishing and
promoting your
work
 Referencing
Influence on the refreshed Digital Literacies Framework

17. Conclusions
 Staff engagement gives
a snapshot into their
digital concerns
 At Brighton this is about
developing up-to-date
learning environments
and creating a positive
digital identity

18. References
Jisc 2012 Developing Digital Literacies, [online].
Available at:
http://web.archive.org/web/20141011143516/http
://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/digital-
literacies/
Jisc 2016 Building Digital Capability: the six
elements defined [online]. Available at:
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6239/1/Digital_capabi
lities_six_elements.pdf