This document discusses building digital capabilities in further education. It notes that digital literacies have become an important priority and providers want help identifying digital skills needs, gaps, and initiatives to improve skills. The document outlines elements of a proposed digital capability service, including diagnostic tools, leadership development, and online courses. It also discusses a workshop to raise awareness of preventing radicalization. Finally, it covers enhancing learners' digital experiences, including considering their expectations and needs regarding technology and gathering intelligence from learners.

1. Building digital capability
Building capability for new digital leadership, pedagogy and efficiency
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2. Thriving in a digital age?
»In 2010 we defined digital literacies as: those capabilities
which fit someone for living, learning and working in a
digital society
»It was a much-disputed term, but the concept struck a
chord in the sector, especially from 2012-13 onwards
»The digital literacies are relevant to both students and staff
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3. Digital literacies
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4. Building digital capability
Now in 2014-16 we’re being
asked to address ‘digital
capability’ in the FE and skills
sectors as a priority challenge
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5. Building digital capability
»This is about staff digital knowledge, skills and attitudes
»Colleges and training providers want help in:
› identifying the digital skills needed
› identifying their skills gaps
› planning, implementing and evaluating initiatives to
improve skills
»#digitalcapability
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6. What’s that coming over the hill?
Lightpainting the London Eye by Alan Levine onFlickr. CC-BY
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Now
• Mobile, cloud, BYOD
• Blended, flipped
• Online
• Data
• Learner expectations
Three
years
• Open
• Always on
• Big data, analytics
• Recording achievement
• Wearables
Beyond
• Makerspaces
• Co-creation
• Adaptive learning
• Paper-free
• Learner mobility
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7. Digital capabilities: the six elements
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8. Elements of the envisioned #digitalcapability service
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Diagnostic
tools
Leadership
development
Digital
capability
framework
Online
courses
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10. Training
Workshop to Raise
Awareness of
Prevent (WRAP)
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11. Workshop to raise awareness of Prevent (WRAP)
»WRAP is a free specialist workshop, designed by HM Government
to give you:
»An understanding of the Prevent strategy and your role within it
»The ability to use existing expertise and professional judgment to
recognise the vulnerable individuals who may need support
»Local safeguarding and referral mechanisms and people to contact
for further help and advice.
»This workshop is an introduction to the Prevent strategy , it does
not cover wider institutional responsibilities under the duty.
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12. Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP)
»Facilitated online learning, no travel required
»Delivered by our award winning training team
»Highly participatory sessions
»Share best practice across the sectors and nationwide
»Information and registration at jisc.ac.uk/advice/training
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14. Questions to consider
Enhancing your learners’ digital experience
» How should we respond to learners'
changing expectations of their
digital environment?
» What experiences prepare learners
to flourish in a digital world?
» What are providers doing to
engage their learners in dialogue
about their learning environment
and to gather intelligence about
their changing needs?
» Who needs to be involved?
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15. http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org
Enhancing your learners’ digital experience
» Phase 1 study reviewed students’ expectations and experiences of
the digital environment at university and we conducted a review
of practice in schools to identify likely incoming expectations
» In phase 2 we focused on FE speaking to 220 learners and 300 staff
from colleges across the UK
» Phase 3 Skills study, speaking to adult & community learners,
work based learners, offender learners and apprentices
» Prototyping a digital student data service to support colleges and
training providers to gather their learners experiences of
technology
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16. Questions to consider
»what technology learners own and have access to when
they enter a provider
»what technology learners expect to be provided with by
their provider
»how learners make use of the technology and digital
environments they are provided with
»how learners’ expectations of technology use are formed
and change during time spent with a provider
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17. Focus groups with FE learners
We conducted 12 Focus groups at 6 colleges,
comprising 220 learners from:
»Health and Care (Level 3, 1st and 2nd years)
»Child Health and Social Care (Level 1)
»Social Care (Higher)
»Creative Media (Level 3, 1st year and 2nd year)
»Animal Management (2 groups of final years)
»IT (Level 3, 1st and 2nd years)
» Sociology (AS & A2).
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18. What do learners expect from the digital environment in FE?
»Their learning to be enhanced by the college’s use of technology
e.g.VLE, online submission and assessment, mobile learning.
»To have anywhere, anytime, any device access to course materials
»To have access to both formal and informal (e.g. social media)
supports on and off campus
»To learn at college how technology is used in the workplace
»To be asked about their views and for them to make a difference
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19. 7 key themes
Enhancing your learners’ digital experience
Don’t assume we are
digitally literate
We need ongoing
development
We expect the same
(or better) services as in school…
We expect college to provide
what we need…
We expect modern learning
resources that are easy to find and
use
We want to work with
lecturers…
Ask us what we need…
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20. Making it happen
» Develop a digital strategy and engage
students in its development
» Support staff to use digital
technology in a more innovative way
by developing partnerships with
students
» Develop a continual process of
evaluation - understand how current
services meet the needs of students
and encourage staff to evaluate
technology use in the classroom with
an ongoing dialogue with students
» Ensure there are rewards and
recognition for both staff and
students
Enhancing your learners’ digital experience
Learners’ digital experiences are
strongly dependent on the
confidence and capabilities of their
teachers, but currently staff
workload and career pathways are
hindering staff development
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21. Enhancing the student digital experience
jisc.ac.uk/guides/
enhancing-the-
digital-student-
experience
New online
guide
available
from:
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22. Digital students are different posters
bit.ly/digitalstudentposters
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23. Enhancing the digital student experience postcards
bit.ly/digitalstudentcards
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24. Enhancing the digital student case studies
http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/exemplars/fe-snapshot-case-studies/
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25. Find out more…
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Paul McKean
Head of FE and Skills
Paul.mckean@jisc.ac.uk
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