1. Digital Education
at Coventry University
Luis Pereira

2. Goals | Structure

3.  2nd for Teaching Excellence
Times Higher Education UK (TEF) metrics ranking 2017 – Gold winner
 5th UK Student City
QS Best Student Cities Index 2018
 13th in Guardian University Guide 2019
of 121 UK institutions ranked

4. CU – Corporate Strategy

5. 1. Embedded employability
2. Creativity and enterprise
3. Multicultural and international
engagement
4. Community contribution and
responsibility
5. Innovation and digital
fluency
6. Research inspired teaching
6 Pilares
[CU Estratégia Educativa]
Students enter higher education with a variety of
digital fluency and technology experience.
The education strategic pillar of innovation and
digital fluency builds upon existing knowledge
and exposes students to the latest learning
technologies available to the university group.
Further development of the IT infrastructure and
an investment in the capabilities and innovative
technologies, will support the increase in
blended and distance learning, plus provide
support to our collaborative partners.

6. Focus on Students

7. Digital Leaders Project
digitalleaders.coventry.domains
What is it?
The students recruited as Digital Leaders will work together in the design, planning and delivery of activities aimed
at developing peers’ digital competences. As a community, they will need to demonstrate leadership and organise,
with the support of staff members, a number of initiatives throughout the academic year 2016-17.
Why use it?
Based on peer-to-peer learning, this programme enables students to adapt their learning outside the classroom to
their coursework. Skills learnt will be shared as a group and benefit one another as a team. Students who become
Digital Leaders also receive an ‘Open Badge’ accreditation and a grant at the end of the year (subject to
satisfactory performance).

8. Advantage Modules
 Develop Your Online Presence & Own Your Web Domain

9. Staff Development

10. Training for Staff
 PGCert – Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
 Online
 Teaching observation
 Research Poster - Embedding TEL in T&L
 Induction
 CPD
 Workshops
 Conferences
 Bespoke training
 Mentoring
 OIL Projects
 CILT – Certificate in Teaching and Learning (FBL)
 FBL – Tablets for everyone

11. Roles

12. Learning Technologists - VCO
Librarians
Digital Champions
Academic Developers
IT Team
Key Positions

13. Units

14. DMLL
 dmll.org.uk

17. UK Context

18. JISC – Digital Capability Discovery Toll

19. JISC – Digital Capability Discovery Toll

20. HEA – Fellowship
 UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF)
 K4 The use and value of appropriate learning technologies

21. Discussion

22. Thank you.
Luis Pereira
@lumigopereira