Tuesday 22 November 2022

1. Student experience experts
50th meeting
#jiscexperts22
22nd November 2022

2. Welcome to our 50th meeting of the group
•We now have over 300 members and the group has been
established since 2004 formerly known as Learning and
Teaching Experts group
•Subscribe to our mailing list https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/EPED-
EXPERTS
•Schedule for today
•11:15 – 11:30 Tea and coffee break
•12:30 – 13:20 Lunch break
•15:40 – Celebration drinks reception and cream tea
•Twitter tag - #jiscexperts22
•Feedback please – online evaluation form will be circulated
•Presentations will be available from the Jisc website linked to
the events page

3. Student experience experts group – what we
do
Sarah Knight, Head of learning and teaching
transformation, Jisc
#jiscexperts22

4. Thank you
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5. Please line up around the room in order of
when you joined the Student experience
experts group…from 2004 to 2022
Introduce yourself to the
person in front and behind
you and when you joined
the group!

6. The group’s role…
•Our student experience experts group provides advice and
feedback on Jisc work in this area
•You offer valuable input on the direction of future Jisc
activities
•You help ensure the relevance of Jisc activities to the FE
and HE learning and teaching community and have enabled
our work to develop a strong community profile
•You provide a valuable steer in terms of how Jisc outputs and
outcomes should be communicated and disseminated
•You are our champions for our student experience work

7. How the group has informed Jisc
From 2004 the group has contributed to the development of:
•Funded programmes – e-Learning, Learners’ experience of
e-Learning, Design for Learning, OER, SFC Transformation
programme, Curriculum design and delivery, Assessment
and feedback, Digital literacies, Lifelong Learning and many
more…
•Studies – LiDA, Digital student (HE, FE, ACL, Offender
learning, Online), OER, Electronic management of
assessment, SLiDA, Digital capability frameworks and role
profiles, Principles for good assessment and feedback….

8. How the group has informed Jisc – part 2
From 2004 the group has contributed to the development of:
•Publications – Over 40 publications including our series of
Effective practice guides, Effective Practice in a Digital Age,
Designing Spaces for Effective Learning, In Their Own
Words, learner experience….
•Conferences – our successful online conferences, CAN
conferences, Jisc on Air Radio Shows
•Services – Digital experience insights and Building digital
capability
•…..

9. Aims for today
Contribute to new Jisc work on developing a framework for digital
transformation for higher education
Hear about Jisc’s latest research into learning and curriculum design in
higher education and help to shape Jisc’s future work in this area
Hear about a new Jisc initiative – pathfinder programme
Share examples of effective institutional practice and research in digital
learning, teaching, and assessment and enable discussion across the
expert's group

10. What one thing…
What one thing are you hoping to
take away from today’s meeting?
Share your ideas in the Menti:
www.menti.com
Code: 6354 5743
Padlet:
https://bit.ly/jiscexperts22

11. Updates from Jisc
#jiscexperts22
Padlet: https://bit.ly/jiscexperts22

12. Review of learning and curriculum design
•Literature review: established approaches; studies and
reports from the past 2 years
•Survey of current practice in higher education
•Interviews and vignettes
•Summary of models in use
•Listen to our new podcast
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/podcasts/beyond-the-
technology-reviewing-learning-and-curriculum-design-
06-sep-2022
ji.sc/curriculum-and-learning-design-report

13. Factors influencing the digital experience of
international students in UK HE: student,
organisational and policy perspectives
•Part 1: Organisational and policy feedback and influencing factors (Oct – Jan)
– briefing paper and promote outcomes at Digifest
•Part 2: Student feedback and influencing factors (Feb – July 23) with student
interviews
•Please contribute to our survey to capture current practice:
https://www.research.net/r/ISX4
•Contact Esther Wilkinson Esther.Wilkinson@jisc.ac.uk

14. Demonstrating digital transformation
Series of community focused f2f events hosted by universities
aimed at senior leaders
•Developing and implementing a digital strategy to drive digital
transformation – University of Greenwich (date TBC)
•Innovating learning spaces for digital learning and working in health –
Staffordshire University Health Innovation Centre - 10th May
•Rethinking assessment and feedback – UCL (date TBC)
•Redesigning curriculum and learning design
•Supporting the international student digital experience

15. Change agents’ network 2023
•Hosted by the University of Hertfordshire on 17-18 May
2023
•10th annual CAN Conference celebrating student
partnerships
•Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change
https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/
•Vol 8 No. 2 will be published on Thursday – the journal's
first truly international special issue, which has been guest
edited by Alison Cook-Sather (Bryn Mawr College, USA),
and Amrita Kaur (Wenzhou-Kean University, China), and is
entitled “Exploring Attitudes and Intentions that Foster
Student-Staff Partnership Work”
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16. Listening to the voices of our students and staff
Digital experience insights surveys – November 2021 to July 2022
• 45,224 student/learner responses
(HE 33,726 from 41 UK HEIs: FE 11,498 from 26 UK
colleges/sixth form colleges)
• 6,224 responses from teaching staff
(HE 3,533 from 30 UK HEIs: FE 2,691 from 30 UK
colleges/sixth form colleges)
• 7,523 responses from professional services staff
(HE 5,413 from 19 UK HEIs: FE 2,110 from 21 UK
colleges/sixth form colleges)
• 987 responses from researchers in 12 UK HEIs
Student/learner reports now available – teaching staff reports published 7 December 2022
https://digitalinsights.jisc.ac.uk/reports-and-briefings/our-reports/
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17. 2022/23 surveys now open
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Refreshed question set for 2022/23 to reflect
changing priorities and with strong focus on
broad digital experience
Find out more at: digitalinsights.jisc.ac.uk
Joint community of practice event for digital
experience insights and building digital
capability services
• 7 December 2022 (online event)
• Registration now open
http://bit.ly/3EHg98i

18. Refreshed digital capability framework
• https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8846/1/2022_Jisc_BDC_Individual_Framework.pdf
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19. Refreshed digital capability role profiles
•New approach recognises two levels within a role:
• What people do in their role as an individual
professional
• What people do on behalf of the organisation,
such as…
• Support, mentor and lead others
• Contribute to organisational strategies,
activities, initiatives, performance
https://digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/what-is-digital-capability/
individual-digital-capabilities/

20. We would appreciate your help
Tell us what you want to see in VocTeach Discovery https://vocteach.ac.uk/
Your feedback now
1. Watch the video
2. VocTeach Discovery feedback
3. Complete survey
4. Email:
sudeep.bhuller@jisc.ac.uk
samantha.phoenix@jisc.ac.uk
If you have any feedback on the
video or survey, please email us
Tutors & practitioners' feedback
1. Share video & survey with college tutors
and practitioners (via vocteach.ac.uk)
2. Ask college tutors/practitioners to watch
video and complete the online survey
Will this work?
What else do you need?

21. Keynote - Digital transformation as Praxis -
How to make it happen
Prof. Arunangsu Chatterjee, Dean of Digital
Transformation, Vice Chancellors Office,
University of Leeds

22. Tea and coffee break – back at 11:30 #Jiscexperts22
Padlet:
https://bit.ly/jiscexperts22

23. Developing a framework for digital
transformation in higher education
Sarah Knight and Lou McGill

24. Lunch break – back at 13:20
#Jiscexperts22
Padlet: https://bit.ly/jiscexperts22

25. Panel session – Supporting staff with reimagining
learning, teaching and assessment
•Chair: Professor Lawrie Phipps, Senior research lead, Jisc
•Rob Howe, Head of Learning Technology, University of Northampton
•Steve Wileman, Head of Digital Learning, South Staffordshire College
•Scott Hayden, Head of Digital Learning, Basingstoke College of Technology
•Dr Jane Mooney, Senior Lecturer and Academic Theme Lead for Digital Skills and
Literacy, Flexible Learning Programme, The University of Manchester
•Professor Deborah Longworth, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education & Professor of English
Literature, University of Birmingham

26. Members showcase
•The University of Plymouth Student Digital Champions - our story so far -
Emma Purnell, Senior Digital Learning Designer, Plymouth University
•Using Video Annotation in Assessment and Feedback: Results of a Pilot
Study at WMG - Graeme Knowles, Director of education innovation, University of
Warwick
•An overview of current QEI team-led projects at the Open University:
Pathways, learning gains, online assessment experiences and the changing
learner - Dr Simon Cross, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director (QE), Institute of
Educational Technology, The Open University

27. Thank you for your contributions!
Presentations and recordings available form
https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-
experience-experts-group-50th-meeting
https://padlet.com/sarah_knight7/jiscexperts22
#jiscexperts22

28. Get in touch …
help@jisc.ac.uk
Sarah Knight
sarah.knight@jisc.ac.uk
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