The document outlines RAU's digital transformation work including developing a digital strategy, improving their virtual learning environment Gateway, launching a new student portal called myRAU, and establishing online resource lists. The digital strategy will improve the student experience, enhance learning and teaching with technology, strengthen the student voice, and design for inclusion. Gateway, myRAU and the resource lists are currently being tested and will launch in September. Future work includes changes to Turnitin, data dashboards, virtual reality resources, and building staff digital capabilities.
Making your mind up: Formalising the evaluation of learning technologies Marieke Guy
The document discusses the need for institutions to take a more formal approach to evaluating learning technologies. It introduces some existing evaluation frameworks like the Educause rubric and SECTIONS model. It then outlines UCEM's approach, which involved thoroughly investigating requirements, identifying systems to evaluate, developing a testing plan based on the Educause rubric, testing functionality and data flows, and involving stakeholders before selecting a new assessment platform. Attendees at the talk were asked to provide ideas on evaluation processes and challenges through a Mural board.
Defining future learning - the City of Wolverhampton College wayJisc
A presentation from our joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event in May 2021.
Presented by Conrad Taylor, business learning and technologies manager and Adam Dwight, learning innovator, lecturer from City of Wolverhampton College.
Digital education at Manchester Metropolitan University: responding to the gl...Jisc
A presentation from our joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event May 2021.
Presented by Professor Helen Laville, provost, Kingston University and Professor Mark Stubbs, assistant director, learning and research technologies (LRT), Manchester Metropolitan University.
The document outlines RAU's digital transformation work including developing a digital strategy, improving their virtual learning environment Gateway, launching a new student portal called myRAU, and establishing online resource lists. The digital strategy will improve the student experience, enhance learning and teaching with technology, strengthen the student voice, and design for inclusion. Gateway, myRAU and the resource lists are currently being tested and will launch in September. Future work includes changes to Turnitin, data dashboards, virtual reality resources, and building staff digital capabilities.
Making your mind up: Formalising the evaluation of learning technologies Marieke Guy
The document discusses the need for institutions to take a more formal approach to evaluating learning technologies. It introduces some existing evaluation frameworks like the Educause rubric and SECTIONS model. It then outlines UCEM's approach, which involved thoroughly investigating requirements, identifying systems to evaluate, developing a testing plan based on the Educause rubric, testing functionality and data flows, and involving stakeholders before selecting a new assessment platform. Attendees at the talk were asked to provide ideas on evaluation processes and challenges through a Mural board.
Defining future learning - the City of Wolverhampton College wayJisc
A presentation from our joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event in May 2021.
Presented by Conrad Taylor, business learning and technologies manager and Adam Dwight, learning innovator, lecturer from City of Wolverhampton College.
Digital education at Manchester Metropolitan University: responding to the gl...Jisc
A presentation from our joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event May 2021.
Presented by Professor Helen Laville, provost, Kingston University and Professor Mark Stubbs, assistant director, learning and research technologies (LRT), Manchester Metropolitan University.
Delivering RARPA: a college-wide digital approachJisc
Speakers:
Matthew Bowler, service leader technology, Wiltshire College
Michelle Capes, online learning development officer, Wiltshire College
Simon Bowler, learning technologies and resources manager, Wiltshire College
Clive Carey, learning and skills development coach, Wiltshire College
Supporting all learners to progress and achieve is at the heart of what Wiltshire College do, and for those who support learners on non-accredited programmes with Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement (RARPA), ensuring this is evidenced and monitored accurately is all the more important.
Tasked with developing a digital solution that learners could own, that was intuitive for support staff to manage and provided managers with instant access to insightful data, the Wiltshire College learning technologies team settled on an open source solution which is already delivering positive results since being been introduced across the college.
This session will demonstrate the Wiltshire College RARPA system from the perspective of each group of users; the students managing their own progress, the staff using the system to support their learners and the managers now with a college-wide visibility of progress. In addition the developers will also explain how all of this was achieved, and their ideas for the future.
The Transnational Online Pivot: A Case Study Exploring Online Delivery in ChinaMarieke Guy
This document summarizes a case study exploring the transition to online delivery of teaching content in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Academics from the Royal Agricultural University normally travel to China to teach students in-person, but had to shift to delivering pre-recorded lectures and holding interactive Zoom sessions. While online teaching can overcome geographical barriers, it also presents challenges like language differences and student engagement. Feedback from students indicated interactive sessions worked best when broken into shorter segments. Academics found recording lectures technically straightforward but time-consuming and felt isolated from students. Mixed methods were argued to provide multiple views for understanding the student experience in this transnational online environment.
Using a Microsoft Teams Group site to collaboratively support staff digital c...Jisc
Using a Microsoft Teams Group site to collaboratively support staff digital capabilities at the University of Brighton. The site aimed to share information, capture good practices, and answer questions to support flexible, inclusive, and multimodal digital learning. Over 330 members from various departments used the site, mostly asking questions about technology which led to broader pedagogical discussions. Analytics showed high engagement from July to November 2020 during remote teaching. The site successfully reduced pressures on technical support staff and hopes to collect case studies of good digital teaching practices. Evaluations will assess the site's role in fostering an online community of support.
Online teaching: overcoming the challenges, 20 October 2020Jisc
There is no one right way to use technology to underpin the curriculum. The range of possibilities can make it difficult for practitioners to know where to start, but as universities and colleges adapt to the new normal of teaching in hybrid environments support is needed to ‘get it right.’
There will be challenges, but you can overcome these if time and resources are directed at the right things. There are lots of misunderstandings about what it means to use technology to support teaching, learning and assessment. Academic staff need to approach the challenge with an awareness of those misconceptions as well as with a critical and creative mindset.
This webinar will showcase examples of how universities and colleges are currently adapting to provide flexible approaches to learning using digital. The focus will be on what lessons we have learned over the last six months and how we can make online learning a transformative experience for learners, rather than a deficit model.
Build your own university app in under an hour - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
Guidebook allows universities to build mobile apps for their campus in under an hour. The document discusses how Guidebook provides a single destination and centralized administration for university mobile apps. It also notes common pitfalls like developing apps from scratch or having disparate apps, and how Guidebook's centralized approach allows for better adoption, communication, and content quality within a university mobile app.
South Eastern Regional College: a whole college approach to developing digita...Jisc
From the Jisc student experience experts group meeting in Birmingham on 29 March 2017
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-experience-experts-group-meeting-29-mar-2017
The document outlines 5 reasons why now is the right time to move learning to the cloud: flexibility and scalability, reliability, innovation and change management, ability to handle big data, and Blackboard's cloud architecture. It discusses how the cloud provides flexibility to quickly scale resources up or down, reliability through redundancy and self-healing environments, and supports innovation through continuous updates and integration. Blackboard's cloud architecture allows for scaling to meet demand, content delivery through networks, automated updates and testing for quality and reliability.
Lightning talks: teaching and learning excellence in a digital ageJisc
Supporting academics to flip the classroom
Speaker: Fiona McCloy, instructional design consultant, Ulster University.
This session provides an overview of a training initiative developed at Ulster University to support academics to flip the classroom. It helps practitioners plan the learning design and activities; overcome challenges; share ideas and experiences; and learn about possible educational technologies to enable it.
3D modelling in teaching and learning
Speakers: Matthew Nicholls, associate professor, University of Reading
Bunny Waring, undergraduate student, University of Reading
Dr Matthew Nicholls, a classicist at the University of Reading, outlines some of the benefits of 3D digital modelling for education. He will showcase his work reconstructing ancient Rome, and teaching students to do the same, and suggest some tools and resources for those interested in having a go themselves.
Personalised learning: are you ready?
Speakers:
Ann Tilbury, academic skills manager, University of the Highlands and Islands
Scott Connor, educational development leader, University of the Highlands and Islands
Are you ready for personalised learning? This session will introduce the AToM platform highlighting key functionality and outputs. Potential impact and issues relating to its use will be explored. Live delegate feedback will be shared during the session using an online virtual bulletin board accessed via a QR code /URL.
Creating Abertay University's own "Sticky Campus"
Speakers:
Alastair Robertson, director of teaching and learning enhancement, University of Abertay Dundee
Liam Hutchinson, learning enhancement coordinator, University of Abertay Dundee
This session will provide the audience with an overview of Abertay's efforts to create a new "sticky campus" through new learning spaces and embracing digital technologies that enhance students' learning and engagement. There will be particular reference to the staff development aspects of this strategic initiative.
Conversational platforms as an alternative to the LMS - the results of the Aula pilot at Ravensbourne
Speakers:
Rosemary Stott, associate dean, learning innovation, Ravensbourne
Anders Krohn, co-founder and CEO, Aula
Building on Jisc and Educause’s work on ‘next generation digital learning environments’, this presentation explores the theory and its practical implications at institutional scale. The rationale for and results of the Ravensbourne pilot of the conversational platform Aula, used as an alternative to the LMS and emails, are discussed.
Keynote: organisational approaches to support staff and students by providing...Jisc
Professor Ale Armellini, dean of learning and teaching and director of the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Northampton
Rob Howe, head of learning technology, University of Northampton
Joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event, 21 May 2020.
Identifying and driving change in partnership with students - Simon walker, M...Jisc
Jisc has supported the creation of a UK wide Change Agents Network to support staff and students working in partnership on technology enhanced curriculum change projects. The network provides a virtual and face-to-face forum for staff and students across the UK to share approaches/experiences and offer support. The network was created as it was identified that working in partnership increases the success of technology-led projects and delivers the identification of student need and appropriate action. Delegates will have an opportunity to hear examples of how institutions are working in partnership with students to identify and affect sustainable change. Students who have participated in the network will share their experiences and outline the benefits they have experienced in working in partnership with staff on curriculum change initiatives.
The network has worked with the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) to develop an award for staff and students working in partnership on change projects, the Institutional Change Leader award and this session will offer an insight into how colleges and universities are recognising and rewarding student participation in change projects. Participants will engage in discussion around this award and will be given access to the accreditation resources and materials, which they may wish to take to their own institution.
The network has also developed a guidance toolkit to support colleges and universities with implementing student partnerships, which has been developed from the collective resources of a range of Jisc, Higher Education Academy, QAA and institutional initiatives in this area. Delegates will participate in a group activity using these interactive materials so as to evaluate their use in supporting their own practice in taking forward student partnership working in their own institutions. Find out more about the Change Agents Network and follow it on Twitter (or #CAN2014)
Higher Education Technology Outlook in AfricaGreig Krull
Higher Education Technology Outlook in Africa. Presentation for Linking Student Satisfaction, Quality Assurance and Peer Review in Higher Education Conference, 13 March 2014.
Introducing students to Digital Capabilities OnlineJisc
Member story from the University of Surrey.
Joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event, 21 May 2020.
Developing and rolling out a digital educators’ qualification to staff based ...Jisc
Speaker: Ciara Duffy, centre for excellence manager digital learning, South West College.
Improving staff and student digital skills has been at the core of South West College’s (SWC) digital strategy for the past two years. This session will take you through SWC’s building digital capacity journey and how it supported a seamless transition for staff and students to a fully online learning, teaching and assessment model beginning on the 23 March.
Joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event, 21 May 2020.
2019 01 16 data matters - v6 - Using data to support the student digital expe...jisc_digital_insights
Presentation to Data Matters conference on the 16th Jan 2019, entitled 'Using data to support the student digital experience'. Also included presentations by Marc Griffiths of LSBU and Marieke Guy at RAU
How are students actually using technology? EMEA Online Symposium 2020Studiosity.com
At the EMEA Symposium 2020, Sarah Knight, Head of data and digital capability at Jisc, delivered a data-focused insight into how students are actually using technology in further and higher education. Here are some key findings:
- Office for Students predicts that over a million digitally skilled people will be needed by 2022 whilst 24% of HE students said they never worked online with others
- 70% of HE students agreed that digital skills were important for their chosen career but only 42% agreed that their course prepared them for the digital workplace
Here are the key recommendations that, now more than ever, can practically help your students:
- Raise awareness of the importance of digital skills
- Ensure they know what digital skills they need to have before they start and provide opportunities to develop these only online
- Encourage collaboration to emulate business practices
- Embed digital skills through curriculum design
This year's EMEA Studiosity Symposium was hosted online on 1st and 2nd April 2020.
Delivering RARPA: a college-wide digital approachJisc
Speakers:
Matthew Bowler, service leader technology, Wiltshire College
Michelle Capes, online learning development officer, Wiltshire College
Simon Bowler, learning technologies and resources manager, Wiltshire College
Clive Carey, learning and skills development coach, Wiltshire College
Supporting all learners to progress and achieve is at the heart of what Wiltshire College do, and for those who support learners on non-accredited programmes with Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement (RARPA), ensuring this is evidenced and monitored accurately is all the more important.
Tasked with developing a digital solution that learners could own, that was intuitive for support staff to manage and provided managers with instant access to insightful data, the Wiltshire College learning technologies team settled on an open source solution which is already delivering positive results since being been introduced across the college.
This session will demonstrate the Wiltshire College RARPA system from the perspective of each group of users; the students managing their own progress, the staff using the system to support their learners and the managers now with a college-wide visibility of progress. In addition the developers will also explain how all of this was achieved, and their ideas for the future.
The Transnational Online Pivot: A Case Study Exploring Online Delivery in ChinaMarieke Guy
This document summarizes a case study exploring the transition to online delivery of teaching content in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Academics from the Royal Agricultural University normally travel to China to teach students in-person, but had to shift to delivering pre-recorded lectures and holding interactive Zoom sessions. While online teaching can overcome geographical barriers, it also presents challenges like language differences and student engagement. Feedback from students indicated interactive sessions worked best when broken into shorter segments. Academics found recording lectures technically straightforward but time-consuming and felt isolated from students. Mixed methods were argued to provide multiple views for understanding the student experience in this transnational online environment.
Using a Microsoft Teams Group site to collaboratively support staff digital c...Jisc
Using a Microsoft Teams Group site to collaboratively support staff digital capabilities at the University of Brighton. The site aimed to share information, capture good practices, and answer questions to support flexible, inclusive, and multimodal digital learning. Over 330 members from various departments used the site, mostly asking questions about technology which led to broader pedagogical discussions. Analytics showed high engagement from July to November 2020 during remote teaching. The site successfully reduced pressures on technical support staff and hopes to collect case studies of good digital teaching practices. Evaluations will assess the site's role in fostering an online community of support.
Online teaching: overcoming the challenges, 20 October 2020Jisc
There is no one right way to use technology to underpin the curriculum. The range of possibilities can make it difficult for practitioners to know where to start, but as universities and colleges adapt to the new normal of teaching in hybrid environments support is needed to ‘get it right.’
There will be challenges, but you can overcome these if time and resources are directed at the right things. There are lots of misunderstandings about what it means to use technology to support teaching, learning and assessment. Academic staff need to approach the challenge with an awareness of those misconceptions as well as with a critical and creative mindset.
This webinar will showcase examples of how universities and colleges are currently adapting to provide flexible approaches to learning using digital. The focus will be on what lessons we have learned over the last six months and how we can make online learning a transformative experience for learners, rather than a deficit model.
Build your own university app in under an hour - Jisc Digifest 2016Jisc
Guidebook allows universities to build mobile apps for their campus in under an hour. The document discusses how Guidebook provides a single destination and centralized administration for university mobile apps. It also notes common pitfalls like developing apps from scratch or having disparate apps, and how Guidebook's centralized approach allows for better adoption, communication, and content quality within a university mobile app.
South Eastern Regional College: a whole college approach to developing digita...Jisc
From the Jisc student experience experts group meeting in Birmingham on 29 March 2017
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-experience-experts-group-meeting-29-mar-2017
The document outlines 5 reasons why now is the right time to move learning to the cloud: flexibility and scalability, reliability, innovation and change management, ability to handle big data, and Blackboard's cloud architecture. It discusses how the cloud provides flexibility to quickly scale resources up or down, reliability through redundancy and self-healing environments, and supports innovation through continuous updates and integration. Blackboard's cloud architecture allows for scaling to meet demand, content delivery through networks, automated updates and testing for quality and reliability.
Lightning talks: teaching and learning excellence in a digital ageJisc
Supporting academics to flip the classroom
Speaker: Fiona McCloy, instructional design consultant, Ulster University.
This session provides an overview of a training initiative developed at Ulster University to support academics to flip the classroom. It helps practitioners plan the learning design and activities; overcome challenges; share ideas and experiences; and learn about possible educational technologies to enable it.
3D modelling in teaching and learning
Speakers: Matthew Nicholls, associate professor, University of Reading
Bunny Waring, undergraduate student, University of Reading
Dr Matthew Nicholls, a classicist at the University of Reading, outlines some of the benefits of 3D digital modelling for education. He will showcase his work reconstructing ancient Rome, and teaching students to do the same, and suggest some tools and resources for those interested in having a go themselves.
Personalised learning: are you ready?
Speakers:
Ann Tilbury, academic skills manager, University of the Highlands and Islands
Scott Connor, educational development leader, University of the Highlands and Islands
Are you ready for personalised learning? This session will introduce the AToM platform highlighting key functionality and outputs. Potential impact and issues relating to its use will be explored. Live delegate feedback will be shared during the session using an online virtual bulletin board accessed via a QR code /URL.
Creating Abertay University's own "Sticky Campus"
Speakers:
Alastair Robertson, director of teaching and learning enhancement, University of Abertay Dundee
Liam Hutchinson, learning enhancement coordinator, University of Abertay Dundee
This session will provide the audience with an overview of Abertay's efforts to create a new "sticky campus" through new learning spaces and embracing digital technologies that enhance students' learning and engagement. There will be particular reference to the staff development aspects of this strategic initiative.
Conversational platforms as an alternative to the LMS - the results of the Aula pilot at Ravensbourne
Speakers:
Rosemary Stott, associate dean, learning innovation, Ravensbourne
Anders Krohn, co-founder and CEO, Aula
Building on Jisc and Educause’s work on ‘next generation digital learning environments’, this presentation explores the theory and its practical implications at institutional scale. The rationale for and results of the Ravensbourne pilot of the conversational platform Aula, used as an alternative to the LMS and emails, are discussed.
Keynote: organisational approaches to support staff and students by providing...Jisc
Professor Ale Armellini, dean of learning and teaching and director of the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Northampton
Rob Howe, head of learning technology, University of Northampton
Joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event, 21 May 2020.
Identifying and driving change in partnership with students - Simon walker, M...Jisc
Jisc has supported the creation of a UK wide Change Agents Network to support staff and students working in partnership on technology enhanced curriculum change projects. The network provides a virtual and face-to-face forum for staff and students across the UK to share approaches/experiences and offer support. The network was created as it was identified that working in partnership increases the success of technology-led projects and delivers the identification of student need and appropriate action. Delegates will have an opportunity to hear examples of how institutions are working in partnership with students to identify and affect sustainable change. Students who have participated in the network will share their experiences and outline the benefits they have experienced in working in partnership with staff on curriculum change initiatives.
The network has worked with the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) to develop an award for staff and students working in partnership on change projects, the Institutional Change Leader award and this session will offer an insight into how colleges and universities are recognising and rewarding student participation in change projects. Participants will engage in discussion around this award and will be given access to the accreditation resources and materials, which they may wish to take to their own institution.
The network has also developed a guidance toolkit to support colleges and universities with implementing student partnerships, which has been developed from the collective resources of a range of Jisc, Higher Education Academy, QAA and institutional initiatives in this area. Delegates will participate in a group activity using these interactive materials so as to evaluate their use in supporting their own practice in taking forward student partnership working in their own institutions. Find out more about the Change Agents Network and follow it on Twitter (or #CAN2014)
Higher Education Technology Outlook in AfricaGreig Krull
Higher Education Technology Outlook in Africa. Presentation for Linking Student Satisfaction, Quality Assurance and Peer Review in Higher Education Conference, 13 March 2014.
Introducing students to Digital Capabilities OnlineJisc
Member story from the University of Surrey.
Joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event, 21 May 2020.
Developing and rolling out a digital educators’ qualification to staff based ...Jisc
Speaker: Ciara Duffy, centre for excellence manager digital learning, South West College.
Improving staff and student digital skills has been at the core of South West College’s (SWC) digital strategy for the past two years. This session will take you through SWC’s building digital capacity journey and how it supported a seamless transition for staff and students to a fully online learning, teaching and assessment model beginning on the 23 March.
Joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event, 21 May 2020.
2019 01 16 data matters - v6 - Using data to support the student digital expe...jisc_digital_insights
Presentation to Data Matters conference on the 16th Jan 2019, entitled 'Using data to support the student digital experience'. Also included presentations by Marc Griffiths of LSBU and Marieke Guy at RAU
How are students actually using technology? EMEA Online Symposium 2020Studiosity.com
At the EMEA Symposium 2020, Sarah Knight, Head of data and digital capability at Jisc, delivered a data-focused insight into how students are actually using technology in further and higher education. Here are some key findings:
- Office for Students predicts that over a million digitally skilled people will be needed by 2022 whilst 24% of HE students said they never worked online with others
- 70% of HE students agreed that digital skills were important for their chosen career but only 42% agreed that their course prepared them for the digital workplace
Here are the key recommendations that, now more than ever, can practically help your students:
- Raise awareness of the importance of digital skills
- Ensure they know what digital skills they need to have before they start and provide opportunities to develop these only online
- Encourage collaboration to emulate business practices
- Embed digital skills through curriculum design
This year's EMEA Studiosity Symposium was hosted online on 1st and 2nd April 2020.
A presentation sharing the findings from our 2020 student digital experience insights surveys together with an overview of our new questions for the 2020-21 surveys of students, teaching and professional services staff and researchers.
The session will offer opportunities for colleagues to share their experiences of how students are adapting to the changes bought about by the pandemic.
By Ruth Drysdale, senior consultant - data and digital capability, Jisc and Sarah Knight, head of data and digital capability, Jisc
Student digital experience insights survey 2020: UK higher education (HE) sur...Jisc
The document summarizes findings from the 2020 Student Digital Experience Insights Survey conducted in UK higher education. Some key findings include: most students have laptops and smartphones to access learning materials; access to online resources and wifi is generally good but inconsistent; students report getting feedback on their work monthly but less frequent collaboration; and support for developing digital skills could be improved. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted needs like more recorded lectures, laptop loans, and support for remote access. Overall it assessed the student digital experience and opportunities to improve digital learning, teaching, and skills support.
Enabling and enhancing student learning and support through technologyJisc
A presentation from Connect More 2020 by Peter Francis, deputy vice-chancellor, Northumbria University.
In recent months universities have rapidly implemented significant and often unplanned changes to the ways in which education is delivered. In large part, the nature of such changes will be temporary, although the significance of such changes may be longer lasting.
But this has also allowed universities to explore opportunities that otherwise may not have been considered. One can foresee that many universities will need to focus more time and energy on their approach to technology for student learning, and as a result their digital leadership. Yet technology on its own is not the solution; it is an enabler.
In this session Peter will reflect briefly on his own institution's journey towards technology-enhanced learning and support, one that encompasses a broad array of technological developments, and involved many colleagues and students, the aim of which is the delivery of a high-quality and inclusive student experience for all.
Learner digital experience insights survey 2020: UK further education (FE) su...Jisc
The document summarizes findings from Jisc's 2020 learner digital experience insights survey of UK further education. It outlines that most FE learners have smartphones and laptops to access learning remotely. It also discusses themes around learners' technology use, their organization's digital provision and support, how technology is used for learning, and developing digital skills. Key findings show areas of strong digital access for learners as well as gaps, such as inconsistent support from instructors and a need for more digital skills training. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted additional needs like laptop loans and better remote systems access.
Growing a digitally capable culture: from vision to actionJisc
The University of Hertfordshire has taken a phased approach to growing a digitally capable culture. Phase One involved establishing stakeholder groups, exploring frameworks, and piloting tools. Phase Two expanded subgroups and continued piloting while auditing practices. Phase Three will partner with external organizations, roll out tools to more users, and expand evaluation. The project aims to improve digital capabilities through a structured development cycle of discovery, focus, learning, application, reflection, and recognition. Student and staff feedback indicates benefits to skills, collaboration, and understanding of digital needs across roles.
This document outlines Irving Independent School District's long range technology plan from 2010 to 2013. The plan was developed by a committee that reviewed data on technology needs and standards. The plan aims to provide equitable access to technology for all students and teachers. It focuses on expanding one-to-one computing, online learning opportunities, and technology-integrated instruction. The plan also addresses teacher training, administration/data management, technical support, and annual evaluation of progress.
The document discusses the history and development of networks and information systems in education. It provides details on how information systems can enhance learning, management, communication, and collaboration. The key points are that information systems allow ubiquitous access to data, engage students through interactive tools, and prepare students for the digital world through collaboration. The document concludes by outlining factors to consider when developing a technology plan, such as teacher training, curriculum alignment, community support, and administrative involvement.
E learning,moving forward-IT & Soft skills certification from SUNY,USA @ Rs 5000Prof. Harsha Kestur
EFS Academy has developed many ‘skill-based programs,’ that are grouped under major skill-sets. These programs are tailor-made to the training needs. For this purpose, we have collaborated with the ‘National Education University, USA,’ and the ‘State University of New York USA’ for the course design, content, and delivery, to meet the requirements of professionals, students.
These programs are administered by RIMSR, EFS Academy, which are technology driven dedicated skill-enhancement institutions in India. The programs are delivered on e-platform. Upon successful completion of the courses, the participants are duly certified.
These Programs offers more than 200 skill-sets so that professional has option to choose based on their specific needs. The focus is on the content, quality and the learning index of the participants.
To say it in short, these programs are extremely useful, to entrepreneurs, professionals,students to professionalize themselves with the global standards. visit www.edufinserve.in and www.rimsr.in
Technology is having a major impact on education and training delivery. 24% of companies have a separate e-learning budget and 18% pay trainers from the IT department budget. The most used technology is the internet/intranet. 60% of online learning is self-paced via web courses and 32% uses CD-ROM/DVD. 80% of companies create their own e-learning content and 56% offer it to all employees. E-learning reduces costs, increases effectiveness, and helps training contribute to goals through multimedia, cyber learning, expert systems, and electronic support systems.
Peter Francis Blackboard China PP Slides Final 28 March 2019 without notes.pptxIvyPeng9
Northumbria University aims to be a top 30 UK university by 2025 through its strategic focus on technology-enabled learning, experiential and research-rich education, and employability. Key initiatives include the rollout of the Blackboard learning platform; educational analytics to improve student outcomes; increased use of technology in teaching; and ensuring all students graduate with strong digital skills. The university also emphasizes work-integrated learning through placements and partnerships with employers. The goal is to equip students with skills and experience for success in a changing global job market. Evaluation shows the strategy is achieving improved student satisfaction, learning outcomes, and graduate employment rates.
This chapter discusses how teachers can model and facilitate effective use of digital tools for communication, collaboration, and learning. It provides examples of how teachers can use tools like email, websites, presentation software, and podcasts to communicate with students, parents, and colleagues. The chapter also emphasizes the importance of creating a safe and healthy technology environment and modeling proper ergonomics and health practices when using technology.
1. A survey of over 37,000 students and 1,900 teachers across the UK found differences in digital experiences between further education (FE) colleges and higher education (HE) universities.
2. Teachers at FE colleges reported lower access to digital resources like e-books and lecture capture compared to university teachers.
3. Both students and teachers were more positive about their institution's digital environment than teachers, indicating teachers have a more critical view.
4. Digital teaching practices differed between sectors, with college teachers more likely to use live polls/quizzes and provide digital feedback.
Findings from the pilot of staff in UK higher educationJisc
The document summarizes findings from a pilot survey of teaching staff in UK further and higher education about their digital experiences. Some key findings include:
- College teachers reported lower access to resources like e-books and relied more on virtual learning environments for collaboration compared to university teachers.
- Students generally rated their institution's digital environment more positively than teachers at the same institutions.
- College teachers received more guidance on digital skills but university teachers reported wanting more time and support for digital innovation.
- Both college and university teachers expressed a need for more opportunities to develop digital skills as well as flexible support like mentors to help apply new skills.
Similar to The RAU Student digital experience tracker 2018 (20)
Ways to ensure “buy in” from the academics in the transition to digitised ass...Marieke Guy
Ways to ensure “buy in” from the academics in the transition to digitised assessments
Marieke Guy (Head of Digital Assessment) & Claudia Cox (Digital Assessment Advisor)
Uniwise partner meeting
2nd November 2023
Assessing for a World Beyond AssessmentMarieke Guy
Marieke Guy from University College London discussed challenges with assessment and ways institutions are innovating. Assessment is a complex problem with many stakeholders. UCL is exploring new approaches like integrating artificial intelligence, offering students optionality in assessments, and designing authentic assessments that mirror real-world problems. This involves case studies of modules using videos, collaborative projects, and virtual simulations. UCL also aims to make assessment more relevant, innovative, enable technology, improve feedback, and foster student enjoyment of learning.
The blandness is its formulaic style’: insights to help understand the impact...Marieke Guy
This document announces a lunch and learn session on the impact of AI on assessments. It provides six small changes that can be made now to current assessments, such as discussing academic integrity with students and revising exam questions. Larger changes are presented in an assessment menu inspired by a card game. The session will discuss issues around ubiquitous AI tools enabling easy cheating, the purpose of assessment, and moving forward with generative AI. References are provided on related topics such as AI detecting cheating, a student using ChatGPT to cheat, and universities rejecting anti-plagiarism technology.
Redesigning assessments for a world with artificial intelligenceMarieke Guy
Redesigning assessments for a world with artificial intelligence presentation By Marieke Guy, Head of Digital Assessment, UCL
QAA Annual Conference, The Future of Quality: What’s Next?
Wednesday 13 September 2023
Closing remarks: Assessment with Phill DawsonMarieke Guy
Marieke Guy gave the closing remarks for the assessment conference at UCL. She highlighted several themes from the conference including cross-team, cross-institution, and cross-sector collaboration on digital assessment. Two talks focused on using feedback to improve student learning and preparing students for their future through valid assessments not tied to the past. The conference organizers and host King's College London were thanked for their work in bringing people together to discuss advancing assessment practices.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Simon Walker and Marieke Guy about the University College London's (UCL) journey towards digital transformation of assessment and feedback.
Some key points:
- UCL implemented a secure digital assessment platform called AUCL in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to deliver over 1,000 assessments remotely.
- Since then UCL has expanded usage of AUCL, with over 1,600 exams and 65,000 students using it in year two.
- Student and staff surveys showed mostly positive feedback but also areas for improvement like assessment weightings, duration, and content representation.
- UCL is piloting lockdown browsers, improving academic integrity, and partnering with
The document summarizes UCL's pilot of using a lockdown browser for digital assessments. It describes the rationale for using a lockdown browser, details four pilot programs conducted or planned at UCL involving different locations, devices and numbers of students, and key areas of interest being evaluated including device type, online management and invigilation, and student and staff perspectives. The goal is to assess the viability and scalability of using lockdown browsers to help ensure academic integrity for digital assessments conducted in-person.
Digital Assessment Team 2022 - a day in the life.pptxMarieke Guy
The Digital Assessment Team at UCL provides support for digital assessment across all faculties. The team consists of specialists in different subject areas as well as learning technologists. They provide training to staff and departments on UCL's digital assessment platform AssessmentUCL. Additionally, the team works on improvements to the platform, investigates new assessment tools, and supports the use of other tools like Turnitin and Moodle. The team's workload is consistent throughout the year with no downtime between project sprints and ongoing support requests.
This document discusses various approaches to assessment using AssessmentUCL. It describes using dynamic questions and variables in multiple choice assessments. It also discusses allocating different papers or versions to students, using videos for assessments, group activities, mock scenarios, and providing improved feedback including audio/video. Other approaches mentioned include industry case studies, portfolios, infographics, rethinking coursework, and online marking.
Designing alternative assessments requires analyzing how technology tools can help or hinder learning goals, getting student feedback on new approaches, and adapting processes based on data. Assessment should be integrated into course and program design from the start and linked to learning outcomes, and attending workshops or speaking with a Digital Assessment Advisor can provide support on effective strategies.
MCQs_ The joys of making your mind up.pdfMarieke Guy
Explore the benefits and challenges of using MCQs in both formative and summative assessment, and get practical guidance on designing good MCQs in AssessmentUCL.
4 March, 10.30am-11.30am. Online event.
Multiple choice questions have often had a bad rap in education, sometimes seen as assessing only lower level skills such as factual recall. However, with good question design this assessment approach can allow for testing of more complex cognitive processes. Add in the increasing sophistication of options offered by digital assessment platforms, which allow automatic grading and statistical analysis, and you can begin to significantly streamline your marking processes.
This workshop will explore the benefits and challenges of using MCQs in both formative and summative assessment and provide practical guidance on:
Constructing good MCQs
The range of MCQs available on digital platforms, focussing on AssessmentUCL.
There will be time for discussion and questions.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
Create worthwhile MCQs that test a range of learning outcomes.
Understand the range of MCQs available on digital platforms and how they can be used, focussing on AssessmentUCL.
Who should attend this session
All those engaged in teaching, assessment and the support of learning (academics, administrators, professional service colleagues).
Rubrics_ removing the glitch in the assessment matrix (1).pdfMarieke Guy
Rubrics bring together criteria, grades and feedback into a single scoring matrix. This session will explore how to design a good rubric and the benefits and potential challenges of using rubrics in assessments.
Would you like to increase reliability and consistency in marking, ensure alignment with intended learning outcomes and provide an efficient feedback mechanism for students? If so, this session on rubrics is for you.
Rubrics are a useful way of bringing together criteria, grades and feedback into a single scoring matrix to help streamline marking, provide transparency and support learners to understand how their performance will be judged.
This workshop will focus on the benefits and potential challenges of using rubrics in assessment within your subject area and provide practical guidance on:
How to design a good rubric
Creating and marking with rubrics in Assessment UCL
There will be opportunities for discussion and questions.
After attending this session, you will be able to:
Understand the benefits and potential challenges of using rubrics in assessment
Design an appropriate rubric for your assessments
Understand how to create and mark with rubrics in Assessment UCL
Who should attend this session
All those engaged in teaching, assessment and the support of learning (academics, administrators, professional service colleagues).
The document describes several video assessment techniques that can be used for students:
1. Students record or upload a video presentation on a topic and receive automatic feedback to improve their presentation skills.
2. Students upload a video demonstrating a skill and receive feedback to enhance their competency.
3. In a virtual classroom, students collaborate to record a group presentation and provide peer assessment on each other's contributions.
4. Students record video responses to pre-recorded questions to practice interview techniques through a standardized question/answer approach.
This document discusses alternative assessment methods and provides rationales and ideas for various approaches. It proposes using video assessments to allow students to practice real-world skills, eportfolios to enable continuous assessment and reflection, and industry case studies/scenarios to provide authentic assessments aligned with industry. Other suggestions include mini-quizzes for varied engagement and assessment, and balancing new approaches with resources. The goal is to better prepare students through assessment practices that mimic the real world.
1) The document discusses using multimedia like video and audio to enhance teaching. It provides reasons for using multimedia, such as positive student feedback about supplemental materials.
2) Options for creating multimedia at RAU are reviewed, including available hardware, Panopto for uploading and sharing videos, and tips for storyboarding and producing content.
3) Various types of multimedia that could be used are suggested, such as lecture recordings, how-to guides, interviews, and virtual open days. Accessibility and interactive options are also covered.
Who are you online? Or how to build an academic online identity…Marieke Guy
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The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has embarked on positive digital change by developing four blended learning courses with funding from HEFCE. This catalyst project is in collaboration with the University College of Estate Management and the Countryside and Community Research Institute. The RAU has taken steps to develop a digital strategy including reviewing their virtual learning environment, encouraging diverse teaching approaches using tools like video, and building staff digital capabilities with training. They aim to further digital transformation by nurturing digital champions, creating policies, expanding facilities like digital classrooms, and planning future technologies such as virtual reality and online assessment.
A Learning Technologist provides a summary of her role and responsibilities at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) 5 months into the position. She supports staff development through managing various digital tools and platforms like Panopto, the university's digital strategy, and building digital capabilities. The Learning Technologist is also involved in curriculum redesign initiatives and other projects to enable learning through technology.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
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Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
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4. The Royal Agricultural
University
• At the forefront of agricultural education for more than 170 years
• Around 1,200 students – undergraduate, postgraduate, international
• Courses cover agriculture, animal science, business, environment,
equine science, farm management, food, real estate and rural land
management
• New blended learning courses being developed
• Have digital aspirations - https://digitalrau.wordpress.com/
5. • January 2018 - tracker working group established (staff
& students)
• IT survey had been run in past
• April 2018 - Tracker run for the first
• All students in all year groups asked
• Students sent the link by email, also advertised on
Facebook, Twitter and through internal news
mechanisms
• Poster campaign across campus
• Students entered into prize draw to win £50 Amazon
voucher
• Weekly update emails sent to students and to staff
indicating response rate by programme
Running the tracker
6. • 218 of our students responded to the tracker (18% response rate)
• Gender split (Q2)
• Male (44%)
• Female (56%)
• Stages of study (Q3)
• 1st year (56%)
• Middle year (15%)
• Final year (18%)
• Masters/postgrad (10%)
• 20% self-identify as needing to use assistive technologies (Q6)
Student sample
7. Tracker results
59% rate the quality of digital teaching and
learning on their course as good or above (Q18)
34% agree their course prepares them for the
digital workplace (Q17d)
50% agree software used on their course is
industry standard and up-to-date (Q16c)
• 74% rate the quality of our digital provision
(software, hardware, learning environment)
as good or above (Q13)
• 69% agree we support them to use their
own digital devices (Q9a)
• 79% can access reliable WIFI whenever
they need it (Q7)74%
69%
79%
59%
34%
50%
Quality of digital
provision
Own device
support
Reliable WIFI
Quality of digital
teaching &
learning
Preparation for
digital
workplace
Up-to-date
software
8. • The amount of technology available at RAU is fine – students want us to
make it more user-friendly and get better at training staff and students in
how to use it
• Wifi is very important to students but they actually think our coverage is OK
• Students like consistency – on Gateway (VLE), in lessons, in tools
• Students want us to prioritise online, free, up-to-date resources
• Students don’t feel they are getting the right amount of digital training in
tools they need for their course or in the skills they need for the work place
• Students like computer rooms, printers and charging points
• Students want more multimedia - videos (of lectures) and images
• Students appreciate IT support and would like more help with technical
issues
Key findings
9. Make sure everyone knows what software is available to
support them and how to use it to its full potential. Ensure
that the dyslexia disability support department is more
switched on about the technology available and ensure
students who do not know what is available for them can be
supported to find technology based solutions to their
problems.
To improve your experience of digital teaching and learning ... what one thing should we DO?
Lecturers should improve
the quality of the resources
put on Gateway, as
although some are good,
often they are very out of
date and re-used.
Step by step guides and more coverage at the
beginning of the year as it was rushed and I
found myself learning to use as I went along.
Lecturers should assume that part time
post graduate students may not be
able to attend lectures. Therefore
lecture content must be
comprehensive allowing students like
myself to choose whether or not to
drive 3 hours to attend lectures.
10. • Data analysed and shared with working
group, management and academics
• Action plan created & shared with relevant
people
• 31 page PDF shared with students (as
document and as ‘you said, we did/we
will/an explanation’ posters)
• Covered digital literacy, accessibility, digital
spaces, Gateway, IT support, learning and
teaching, library and mobile
• Blog post on SU website and Digital
transformation blog
Sharing the results
12. Next steps
• Plan to run the tracker again
• Want to add in additional questions on digital skills, RAU Resource lists
and app
• Improved internal communications – will integrate with app
• New GDPR requirements – need to rethink prize situation
• Possible eChamps work
• Understanding expectations and experiences of digital should become
a more integrated part of student voice cycle
As student all we want is easily navigated and simple to use technology. Pretty much a system that does what it says on the tin.
The RAU does this by simplistic means of having a easily navigated and simplistic website called Gateway, this allows for students to find information themselves. The System incorporates the use of Module pages this is where course and module specific information can be found, including the PPTs for lectures, coursework briefs as well extra reading. This means that as students we don’t have to chase our tails around looking for information, and that the lectures can easily communicate with us. The University also has a policy of realising PPTs the day before this allows the students to assimilate the information before it is delivered, it also allows for easier note taking, especially for myself as I have DSA’s which allow for recordings, this coupled with the PPTs means I have exceptionally comprehensive notes.
Due to the RAU’s courses being rather practical the use of professional software is essential to prepare students for the job roles they’ll be undertaking. For myself the RAU allows me to have access to Promap, mapping software, Metropix for creating floorplans and Argus a valuation software. The lecturers do teach us how to use these software's however an aspect the RAU could improve is by educating students on how to use basic word and excel skills. As during some course works it was trail and error as well as the long route to the answer.
The Library also has extensive online resources and the access to them anywhere in the world is great, as I have written coursework in a multitude of random places including on the English Channel. The Ability to reserve as well as read books also means that you can quickly and efficient gather resources, the variety of course specific material as well as general knowledge is great and allows for extra reading in many spheres.
Overall the centralised system the RAU uses means that the Student IT experience is great for a IT Idiot like myself, icing on the cake is the contact you can have with IT if you don’t understand or cant find any information and their long opening hours and range of communication methods means that there is always an answer.