Digital literacy among students is assessed, but their self-perception of skills does not always match reality. Each student's digital literacy starting point is unique, so support strategies must reflect this diversity. While academic staff are committed to enhancing opportunities for students, they may lack confidence in their ability to do so. Efforts focus too much on curriculum and not enough on supporting students outside of class time. Embedding digital literacy requires linking it to many institutional strategies and processes. Students must learn to self-evaluate, and institutions must help students use these evaluations to facilitate learning. Communicating employers' digital needs to students poses a challenge.

1. Digital Literacy
Assessing and progressing
digital literacy
(i.e. supporting students into, in and through HE/FE)

2. Digital Literacy
The student journey…..

3. Digital Literacy
Student perception of their skills and
abilities in the in-depth survey was
not necessarily matched with the
reality
Digital Literacy attributes
are not universal

4. Digital Literacy
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Digital Literacy
What do we know/challenges?
1. Every student’s starting point is is unique and thus their journey will be
different so strategies to support this must reflect this diversity;
2. Academic staff are committed to enhancing student opportunities yet
may not have the confidence to do so;
3. Perhaps too much effort is being focused on the curriculum at the expense
of other aspects of the students’ experience, i.e what happens in non-
contact time?
4. To embed DL requires a multi approach linking into as many institutional
strategies and processes as possible. What are the best strategies that
could act as engines for change, i.e. personal tutoring?
5. The ability for students to self-evaluate is essential but how do they use
this information to help them learn, and how do we use it, if it is shared
with us, as learning designers?
6. Employers talk a different language to us – how to communicate what
they need into the curriculum/co-curriculum

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Digital Literacy
Considering the
pace at which HE
and the digital
environment is
changing, how
well will the work
presented here
support students
five years from
now?
Contentious question