The document discusses digital literacy pathways for staff and students at USQ, emphasizing the importance of teacher engagement with technology and tailored support for professional development. It outlines various platforms and resources available for staff and students, including the USQ study desk and staff development gateway. The initiative aims to foster a collaborative learning environment, enabling staff to share practices and enhance their teaching skills.

1. Digital literacy pathways for staff
and students
Associate Professor Michael Sankey
Director, Learning Environments and Media
USQ
Presentation at: ACODE 64: Developing Staff Digital
Literacies Concepts, Policies and Practices for
Staff. University of Waikato, New Zealand. 20-21
March.

2. The role of the teacher
 They are our
interface
 In most cases they
want to engage
 But are not confident
 And not overly
aware of what others
are doing
 We use the same tools they use to teach with to
help them learn

3. Technologies
First though we need to be clear about what tools sit
where within the institution.

4. USQ Website (Sitecore) the public facing site
Different layers of the VLE
USQStudyDesk
• Student Portal
• All Course-
based activity
_______________
• Repository
USQStaffDesk
• Staff portal
• Staff facing for
PD activities
_______________
• Repository
USQOpenDesk
• OER/OEP
• Inter-institutional
activities
_______________
• Repository
USQ ePortfolio (Mahara), Blackboard Collaborate, EASE,
Voice tools, Turnitin, etc…

5. TEL PD model
Students Staff
USQStaffDesk
1. Staff Dev gateway
2. Staff eLE
3. Clover
4. PLAS & Induction
5. ePortfolio
USQStudyDesk
1. Induction site
2. Learning Centre site
3. Student eLE
4. ePortfolio
5. Course based ass’nce
USQ Website
AskUSQ RightNow
Equella

6. Staff Development Gateway

7. Working Together

8. Tools Matrix

11. Staff Development Gateway

12. ICT online training site

14. USQStudyDesk – Student View

15. StudyDesk – Student View

16. USQStudyDesk

17. Academic Staff Development
 Framework for personalised academic staff
development around learning and teaching –
Personalised Learning for Academic Staff
(PLAS)
 Personalised learning pathways
 Guiding principles of need to know, need to see /
hear, need to do and need to learn more
 Within USQStaffDesk will be access points to just-
in-time and targeted development opportunities, in
blended formats
 Will leverage existing resources and add new
content as changes are finalised, from S1 2014
onwards

18. ePortfolio
 Professional
portfolio
 Evidence for
promotion
 Teaching tool
 Interest group
interaction
 Linked with
the LMS
 15,000+ Portfolios
47,000+ Pages

19. Staff Development Gateway

20. Personalised Learning for Academic Staff
About PLAS
Personalised Learning for Academic Staff (PLAS) is a professional
development initiative, the aim of which is to provide learning opportunities
within a collegial, supportive learning environment. The sharing of ideas and
practices, to help address your teaching needs and requirements, is one of its
main goals.
Take a guided tour…
Watch this space
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc. Latest news and announcement digest appear here…
Read more…
FEATURED
L&T Exemplary Practice
Web-based
group work
Trevor Black
from our Fraser Coast campus uses
Blackboard Collaborate to facilitate
group activities online. Student teams
work in allocated ‘Rooms’ to interact
with each other and complete
assigned learning tasks.
“I share what I do with my colleagues
at Fraser Coast. They are trying out
things with Blackboard Collaborate
too. We help each other out…”
Explore this exemplary practice…
Do you know…
The MOODLE
Glossary has an FAQ
function which you can
use in your course to
answer frequently asked
questions. You can build
this resource over time
with different cohorts of
students.
Learn more…

21. Personalised Learning for Academic Staff
About PLAS
Personalised Learning for Academic Staff (PLAS) is a professional
development initiative, the aim of which is to provide learning opportunities
within a collegial, supportive learning environment. The sharing of ideas and
practices, to help address your teaching needs and requirements, is one of its
main goals.
Take a guided tour…
Watch this space
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc. Latest news and announcement digest appear here…
Read more…
FEATURED
L&T Exemplary Practice
Web-based
group work
Trevor Black
from our Fraser Coast campus uses
Blackboard Collaborate to facilitate
group activities online. Student teams
work in allocated ‘Rooms’ to interact
with each other and complete
assigned learning tasks.
“I share what I do with my colleagues
at Fraser Coast. They are trying out
things with Blackboard Collaborate
too. We help each other out…”
Explore this exemplary practice…

22. Questions