1.
Digital Literacy in Practice:
Making Change Happen
NetworkED: Technology in Education
Josie Fraser 22 October 2014

2.
Building Schools for the Future
• Approximately £340 million capital build
programme
• 23 secondary school sites - including
Secondary Behavioural Support Service, SEN,
Children’s Hospital School
• 20,000 learner places – all building works
completed by 2015

3.
Digital Literacy
…equipping staff & learners with the skills
to not only take advantage of the
information & opportunities offered by
technology, but to take an active role in
shaping & creating those opportunities -
social, educational, political, civic, &
economic.

4.
Key Questions
#DigiLitLeic
What does digital literacy look like in practice?
What are the current strengths and gaps across
city schools?
How can we best support staff in developing
digital literacy skills and confidence?

5.
DigiLit Leicester Project
• 2 year Knowledge Exchange Project
• Leicester City Council, De Montfort University and 23
Leicester BSF schools
• Lucy Atkins – Research Associate
• Josie Fraser – Leicester City Council
• Richard Hall – De Montfort University
Developing secondary school staff digital literacy, through
the implementation of a self-evaluation framework.

6.
Project Timeline
September 2012
September 2014

7.
Finding, Evaluating & Organising
Creating & Sharing

8.
Assessment & Feedback
Communication, Collaboration &
Participation

9.
e-Safety & Online Identity
Technology Supported Professional
Development

10.
Levels
• Entry
• Core
• Developer
• Pioneer

11.
Project Activities
Activities report captures work between January
2013 and April 2014 – projects can be
characterised as:
• Activities designed and managed by the DigiLit
Leicester team
• Activities which were proposed and designed
by the schools

12.
Activities post on LCC SchoolTech

13.
Activity lessons
• Ambition relating to project opportunities is
high
• Schools often need or would welcome
additional support
• Pressures on staff time
• Significant activities relating to the project
focus have taken place across the schools

14.
43.5%

15.
9%

16.
Digital Literacy CPD Priorities
• Share & promote Pioneer practice
• Support Entry-level staff
• Facilitate self-directed staff development
• Contextualise e-safety guidance & work
• Increase knowledge and use of Open
Educational Resources (OERs)

17.
Open Educational Resources
Guidance for Schools

18.
Project Impact
• Shared understanding of digital literacy situated in
practice
• Engagement with all schools
• Significant cultural change
• Digital literacy strategy and implementation plan
within the University
• Comparative analysis shows that a statistically
significant change in staff confidence has occurred
• Open & Connected Learning

19.
thank you!
@josiefraser

20.
Project Reports and Links
Initial Project Report (outlining the secondary school digital literacy
framework and including all of the survey content), June 2013
2013 Survey Results , October 2013
Defining a self-evaluation digital literacy framework for secondary
educators: the DigiLit Leicester Project – Research in Learning
Technology, April 2014
Project Activities Report, May 2014
2014 Survey Results, September 2014
www.digilitleic.com