The document outlines the pilot of a digital discovery tool aimed at enhancing digital capabilities in educational organizations. It covers the webinar agenda, key resources, and the development journey of the project from 2008 to 2018, emphasizing the need for staff and students to improve their digital skills. The tool offers self-assessments and feedback, supporting organizational growth and improving efficiency across various educational sectors.

1. Digital discovery tool pilot 2018
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10/01/18

2. Overview of today’s webinar
»Welcome and introductions (Sarah)
»Journey so far (Sarah)
»Using the discovery tool in your context (Helen)
»Question sets or ‘assessments’ (Helen)
»The digital discovery tool - what you need to know (Heather)
»Key resources and overall timeframes (Lisa)
»Discussion
Questions and comments throughout – please raise your hand to speak
or just contribute in the chat window
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3. Welcome from the digital capability team
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Lisa Gray – pilot lead Alicja Shah service website
development lead
Heather Price discovery tool
lead
Ruth Drysdale business
case development lead
Shri Footring, FE &Skills
pilot lead
Lawrie Phipps training
lead
Helen Beetham,Tabetha Newman and Lou McGill,
Consultants to the project

4. Introducing yourselves…
»In the chat window, please introduce yourself by name,
role and institution
»Then please say something about how you see the Digital
Discovery tool supporting your organisations’
developments in this area
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5. The journey so far
Sarah Knight
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6. A potted history…
»Thriving in the 21st century:
Learning Literacies for the
Digital Age (2008-2009) -
https://www.llida.uk/
»Developing digital literacies
(2011-2013) -
http://bit.ly/15Exo3J
»Building digital capability
project (2014- 2018) -
http://ji.sc/building-digicap
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»Building digital capability is a
strategic priority for Jisc and
continues to be recognised as
an area of importance in
feedback from stakeholders
» Evidence from our 2017
Student digital experience
tracker supports the
importance of developing both
staff and students’ digital
capabilities

7. Developing organisational digital capability
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Beetham/Jisc 2017 model
CC BY-NC-ND
‘The extent to which the culture,
policies and infrastructure of an
organisation enable and support
digital practices.’
Helen Beetham (2017)
How is your organisation
developing its organisational
digital capability?

8. Step 2: Design and construct
Departmental, programme and service leaders align
organisational aspirations with own priorities by:
> Understanding digital professionalism in relation to
own practices
> Embedding digital capabilities in curricula and
professional practice
> Using PDR process to support staff digital ambitions
with range of support options
> Recognising and rewarding student and staff digital
capability achievements
Step 3: Explore and contextualise
Teams of staff and students develop contextualised
vision and action plans by:
> Establishing common language, goals and priorities
> Identifying and mapping team strengths and
weaknesses against ideal or real world requirements
> Collegiate approaches designed to achieve
desired goals
> Embedding digital capabilities in curricula and student-
facing activities
Moving forward
Model of Strategic steps towards organisational digital capability
All available from:
http://ji.sc/developing-digicap
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Step 1: Vision and intent
Leaders identify potential for increased organisational
growth, reputation, business and student satisfaction
through:
> Development of shared understanding, common
purpose and goals, leading to high-level vision
> Analysis of gap between current and desired situation
with action and implementation plans including
infrastructure considerations
Step 4: Support and consolidate
All stakeholders engage to review and monitor digital
capabilities developments leading to:
> Enhanced organisational andstaff reputation(s)
> Preparing students for living and working in a
digital world
> Enhancements to quality measures
> Digital leaders able to inspire and enhance
organisational digital capability
> Improved efficiency and enhanced organisational
capacity in all core business functions

9. Building digital capability
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National
community of
practice to
supporting
collaboration,
sharing of
practice

10. What is the Digital discovery tool?
It is:
»A self-administered quiz about
professional digital practices
(in education)
»Designed to give useful
feedback including 'next steps'
and links to resources
» Reflective, informative and
developmental
»A pilot: still in development
It is not:
» An objective measure of digital
performance
»Designed to provide detailed
data about what staff
can/cannot do (see tracker)
»A complete learning resource or
course of study
»Validated and proven in practice
(this is a pilot)
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11. Where are we now?
»97 organisations (55 HE, 33 FE
and 9 'other’) participating in
open digital discovery tool
pilot (Dec 17 – May 18)
»New platform developed by
Potentially
»New question sets including
updated generic, FE teachers,
HE teachers and learners
»Developing a prototype for the
Building digital capability
website March 18
»Developing 4 institutional case
study videos for digital
capability for March 18
»Senior leaders paper on
strategic importance of
digital/digital capability for
March 18
»How are HR departments
supporting the development
of staff digital capabilities?
http://bit.ly/digcaphr
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12. Questions?
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13. Using the discovery tool in your context
Helen Beetham
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14. What we’ve learned - sources
»Background research and work
with prof bodies (2015-17)
»Case studies and interviews
with organisations (2016-17)
»First pilot (different questions,
different platform) (2016)
»User testing and consultations
for this pilot (2017-18)
»Research/evaluations from
other projects in this space
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15. What we’ve learned – a holistic approach
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»Digital infrastructure
› Research & innovation
› Learning, teaching & assessment
› Communication & partnerships
› Content services (info, media,
data, learning content, pubs)
»Organisational culture:
strategy, policy, roles, rewards,
staff development & support

16. Different organisational cultures…
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»… different ways of supporting and developing staff.
From sign-up data:
› 41% mentioned voluntary staff development e.g. workshops
› 13% made mandatory interventions e.g. at appraisal, PDR, or
induction
› 19% mentioned IT support and 12% TEL support
› 19% mentioned online materials: subscription services
(Lynda.com) or bespoke (3:1)
› 26% said provision for staff was currently insufficient, declining
or ‘ad hoc’

17. Decide what will work in your setting…
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»… then plan, prepare, engage, communicate
bit.ly/digidiscoveryguide
› Senior leaders initiate messages
› Stakeholder champions in different teams/depts (+ students)
› Promotional campaign with clear, visual messages
› Timing: coincide with other initiatives, avoid peak workload
› Focus on benefits to end-users: awareness, reflection,
confidence, tailored resources, self-directed
› Other incentives: digital badges, support for accreditation,
chocolate!

18. Put in place support for end-users
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»Such as:
› opportunity to share and discuss results
› links to local resources/development opportunities (signposting
must be in place)
› completion in live, supported, f2f settings
› join a staff network or community of practice
› tailored training mapped to the content of the discovery tool
»Median = 2-3 different forms of support

19. Designing the Digital discovery tool
Helen Beetham
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20. Key principles
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»Practice based – from practical issues to broader concepts
»Self-assessment – tempered with (objective?) self-reporting
»High level terms – but with specific examples
»Collegial tone – but hopefully not patronising
»Generic capabilities – minimal sector and role differences
»Specialist capabilities – focus on role-related practices and tasks
»Nudge - questions themselves clarify, exemplify and inform
All of these have been/are being user tested and will be evaluated

21. Two types of assessment
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Generic (for all)
Mapped to the 6 areas of digital capability
15 separate elements
Minor staff/student differences
Specialist
In-depth look at 1 area
8 elements
Minor HE/FE differences
for
teaching
for
learning
for
research
+

22. Three question types in every element
[Question type 1]
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Confidence: rate your confidence with a digital practice
or skill

23. Three question types in every element
[Question type 2]
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‘Best fit’: select the one response out of four that best
describes your approach to a digital task

24. Three question types in every element
[Question type 3]
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‘Grid’: select all the digital activities you do, from a grid
of six

25. Feedback report: for every element:
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Level: developing | capable | proficient
Score: how you assessed yourself to
achieve this level
Next steps: what people at this level can
try to develop further
Resources: links to selected resources
for further exploration

26. Questions?
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27. The digital discovery tool
Heather Price
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28. The sign-up process (one-off)
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Your password: at least
8 characters, one
capital letter and one
number.

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Data privacy information

30. Why the data is collected
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» Email address and password will be used for all future
logins for each individual
» Your institution and department details will be used to
deliver the appropriate question sets
» Details of your institution, department and role will
contribute to the anonymous overview data that the
institution receives (this organisation level data will not
include individual details like name or email address)

31. Digital discovery tool: dashboard
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32. Navigating the dashboard
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Staff
evaluation
feedback
form link
here
This icon takes the user to the
Digital Capability Framework where
all the elements are explained
Menu

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This button will say “Retake” if you have
completed the evaluation previously or
“Continue” if you have partially completed it.
Download a copy of your current
results report BEFORE re-taking.

34. Recap – 3 question types
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1
2
3

35. The question screen
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Question
progress
You can navigate backwards and
forwards through the question set
Digital capability sub-element

36. Grid and list selections
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You can save and exit at
any point (but your report
will only be generated
once you have completed
ALL questions)
Click to select or
deselect an option

37. If you miss a question or two…
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38. Digital discovery report
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Report
navigation
PDF
download
Introduction
to your report

39. Visualisation
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40. Report detail
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Sub-element
definition
What your rating level
means.
Suggested next steps that
you can take

41. Report detail (suggested resources)
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42. Digital discovery tool: dashboard
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43. Reports dashboard
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44. Digital discovery tool: dashboard
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45. Log of completed evaluations
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46. Questions?
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47. Key resources and pilot timeframes
Lisa Gray
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48. The six-elements of digital capability
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Available from:
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‘It gives us that common vocabulary
and I think that is important: [it]
allows us to
have conversations on common
ground.’ NTU case study

49. Framework and role profiles
» Digital capability framework – 6
elements, 15 sub elements
» Eight role profiles
› HE teacher profile mapped to UKPSF
› FE teacher
› Digital leader
› Library and information professional
mapped to CILIP PKSB
› Researcher mapped to RDF in
collaboration withVitae
› Learning technology mapping in
collaboration with ALT
› Learner
› Coming soon – Administrative staff
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50. Developing organisational approaches to digital capability
» Organisational digital
capability in context
» The digitally-capable
organisation
» Building digital
professionalism
» Strategic steps towards
organisational digital
capability
» Case studies: journeys towards
digital capability
» Further resources
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51. Resources to support organisational approaches
» Organisation framework
» Auditing digital capability: a tool for
educational organisations
» Digital capability checklist for
organisations
» Digital capability checklist for
curriculum developers
» Journeys towards digital capability – 15
case studies from colleges and
universities
All available from:
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52. Community of Practice
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» Launched in May 2017, ran again in
November 2017 with 100 delegates at
from across FE and HE
» See our summaries of these events at:
› http://ji.sc/community-of-practice
› http://bit.ly/2CKZu1e
» Join CoP mailing list
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/jisc-digcap-ug
» Next event taking place on 22nd May
at the University of Leicester
‘Valuable for inspiring new
ideas and making new
contacts, for sharing
resources.’

53. Training offers
» Digital leaders course running 25/26 Jan & 15/16 Feb 18
» Developing TEL Leaders / Managers Strategy Course (1 day with online follow
up)
» Curriculum confidence: designing for digital capabilities in the curriculum – 1
day course running in 2018 and on site delivery options
» Online training: Supporting learners digital well being and identity – ran on
14/12
www.jisc.ac.uk/training
Developing a suite of training for developing digital capability
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54. Guidance
»Guidance for institutional
leads
»Digital discovery: essential
information
»Digital discovery: planning
»Digital discovery: engaging
users
»To come: Responding to your
data
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www.bit.ly/digidiscoveryguide

55. Useful background posts
» Analysis of the pilot sign up forms:
http://bit.ly/2DdM8eR
» What we learned from the previous
pilot and where we go next:
» http://bit.ly/2mdy2SC
» Six institutional stories from the first
pilot
› http://bit.ly/2mikt5e
» Coming soon – XXX
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56. Timeline
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Activity By when
Discovery tool is live 15th January
Using the tool with staff & evaluation
activities
Any period from 15th January to 31st
May
Student version of the tool User testing Jan/Feb, available in
March
Visits to 12 ‘pilot plus’ institutions Jan/Feb & June
Evaluation form for institutional
leads & data from focus group shared
End May 2018
2nd webinar Tues 19th June, 12.00-13.30
Synthesis of evaluation data June 2018
All institutional leads –
please complete by 31st Jan

57. Follow developments
» Guidance
› See project blog for updates on all new
developments & all guidance pages for
pilots: www.bit.ly/digidiscoveryguide
» Communication
› Email the project team at:
digitalcapability@jisc.ac.uk
› Contact all pilots through the mailing
list
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/JISC-
DIGITALCAPABILITY-PILOT
› Follow #digitalcapability onTwitter
» Resources
› Visit project page
http://ji.sc/building-digicap
› Online guide – Developing
organisational approaches to digital
capability
http://ji.sc/developing-digicap
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58. Discussion and questions
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