1. UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey
Gillian Fielding, UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey Project Lead
Associate Lecturer, University of Salford
Slides on Slideshare
Survey: www.ucisa.ac.uk/digcap
g_fielding | g.fielding103@salford.ac.uk
#digitalcapability
4. Survey background
UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey
Inspired by and complements the UCISA TEL Survey
We believe in the C21st Digital Revolution
Promotes digital capabilities
Allows benchmarking
Identify sector developments/trends
5. Survey background
UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey
Longitudinal surveys: 2014, 2017 and 2019
Six sections (2017): Context | Strategy | Delivery, Implementation and
Practice | Accessibility for all | Looking to the Future | Concluding remarks
Wide consultation: You/institutions | JISC | UCISA Groups | Society of
College, National and University Libraries, SCONUL | CILIP | Association
of Director of Estates (AUDE) | Universities Human Resources | Heads of
eLearning (HeLF) | Association of Learning Technologist (ALT) | Staff and
Educational Developers Association, (SEDA) | Higher Education Academy
| Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services, (AGCAS) | Higher
Education Funding Council for England, (HEFCE) | National Union of
Students (NUS)
6. Survey background
UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey
Named DC Institutional Representatives identified
157 institutions invited to complete in 2017 (156 in 2014)
68 completed (43%) in 2017 (63 in 2014)
75 target in 2019
7. Survey 2017
UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey
Report 2017 (167 pages)
37 Conclusions
22 Recommendations
16 Further research suggestions
Executive Summary (9 pages)
Alternative formats: PDF | Web version | Audio version | epub |
HTML | electronic braille
Conferences – Spotlight on Digital Capabilities, ALT-C, LILAC,
HEWIT/Gregynog
Discussion on the Digital Capabilities Community
http://digitalskillsanddevelopment.ning.com
8. Findings
Section 2: Strategy
Question 2.3
How important are these
institutional strategies (or
nearest equivalent) for
supporting and reinforcing the
importance of digital capabilities
in your institution?
Teaching, Learning, Assessment strategy
Library/Learning Resources strategy
Student Experience strategy
Employability strategy
Disability Support strategy
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) or eLearning strategy
Mobile strategy
Information & Communications Technology (ICT) strategy
Digital strategy
Access/Widening Participation strategy
Distance Learning strategy
Estates/Learning Spaces strategy
Communications strategy
Research strategy
Open resources strategy (covering use and management of open resources)
Staff Development strategy
Marketing strategy
Procurement strategy
9. Findings
Section 2: Strategy
Question 2.3
How important are these
institutional strategies (or
nearest equivalent) for
supporting and reinforcing
the importance of digital
capabilities in your
institution?
Institutional strategy – students Base Score
Teaching, Learning, Assessment strategy 60 92%
Library/Learning Resources strategy 59 90%
Student Experience strategy 51 86%
Employability strategy 55 84%
Disability Support strategy 57 84%
10. Findings
Section 2: Strategy
Question 2.3
How important are these
institutional strategies (or
nearest equivalent) for
supporting and reinforcing
the importance of digital
capabilities in your
institution?
Institutional strategy – students Base Score
Staff Development strategy 56 50%
Marketing strategy 51 43%
Procurement strategy 49 27%
11. How the Survey has been used
• To benchmark against the survey, e.g. 92% of respondents said their Teaching,
Learning, Assessment strategy was very important
• To have conversations with strategy/policy makers
e.g. Staff development, Marketing, Procurement
12. Recommendations
Section 2: Strategy
Recommendation 2.4 That institutions place more emphasis on digital
capabilities (of both students and staff) when marketing
courses promoting the fact that students will leave the
university as digitally capable subject specialists
(which can but enhance graduate employability).
Institutions also need to place more emphasis on digital
capabilities when recruiting staff
13. Findings (2017)
Section 3: Delivery, implementation & practice
Q3.4 Which
activities/processes
directly encourage and
support staff digital
capabilities?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Internally provided training in digital capabilities (60)
Development of innovative pedagogic practices (60)
Community/ies of practice/peer learning (60)
Induction processes (60)
Staff-student partnership projects (60)
Awards, celebrations or similar (60)
Annual appraisals/performance development reviews (60)
Policies for use of personal devices/services (60)
Staff digital champions or similar (60)
Efficiency savings (60)
Support from suppliers (60)
Creation of a common user experience (60)
Staff recruitment standards (60)
Staff expected to have and manage digital profile (60)
Can form part of promotion or financial reward case (60)
Time off in lieu/backfill of time (60)
Yes No, but working towards this No
14. How the Survey has been used
• To support activities - 77% said that “internal training directly encouraged and
supported staff digital capabilities”
• To support requests for resources
15. Recommendations (2017)
Section 4: Accessibility for all
Recommendation 4.19 That institutions ensure staff awareness and training
reinforces the understanding that accessible resources
are not just about disability but there to benefit everyone
16. How the Survey has been used
• Citing recommendations to support accessibility and inclusion, and good
practice re digital capabilities
17. Recommendations
Section 4: Accessibility for all
Recommendation 4.16 That UCISA produce guidance and standard
phrases/questions on accessibility which can be
included in institutional tender documentation for IT
systems reviews
18. How the Survey has been used
• UCISA VLE Toolkit is launched soon and includes accessibility
19. Recommendations
Section 5: Looking to the future
Recommendation 5.22 That in order to address the barriers above, senior
leadership within institutions should fully engage
with, and pro-actively drive the digital agenda across
all areas of their institution, for example, by appointing
an executive member with sole responsibility
21. Further research
16 suggestions
5. To investigate how students are engaged and their roles specifically related to digital
capabilities, or as part of broader student engagement in activities and processes.
8. Whether staff are not expected, by the institution, to have and manage a digital profile or that, if
they are, it’s not contributing to their digital capability.
9. The extent to which digital capabilities are embedded within the full range of HR processes,
e.g. investigating the inclusion of digital capabilities in job descriptions, job titles, recruitment
procedures, induction, appraisal, CPD, etc.
11. The usefulness of the Social Media Toolkits (UCISA and JISC), as well as the concept of a
positive digital identity and what is being done to help students develop a positive digital
identity (as well as who takes the lead on this within institutions).
24. How you could get involved
Be a Digital Capabilities Institutional Representative
What it involves:
Check who the DC Institutional Representative internally, or by emailing admin@ucisa.ac.uk
If established support them, if not be the DC Institutional Representative
Complete the Survey for your organisation
Use the Survey to consult internally (Word version)
Email particular questions/complete set
Set-up meetings (soonest)
Complete the survey
Discuss potential opportunities to raise awareness and progress the DC agenda
Compile the results into the single online institutional return
25. How you could get involved
Be a Digital Capabilities Institutional Representative
Timescales:
Word version emailed out/on website 10th December
Online Survey open 8th January – 14th February 2019
Deadline 14th February 2019
Report launched at the Spotlight on Digital Capabilities event in June
Use the findings and the recommendations
Share on social media and via networking
26. Spotlight on Digital Capabilities
5th conference in 2019
2 days of use cases, discussions, ideas, best
practice
Content from 2018
Change management | CPD | Training |
Building DCs into the curriculum |
benchmarking | strategies | practice |
changing hearts and minds
Launch of the Digital Capabilities Survey 2019
Monday 3rd – Wednesday 5th June 2019
York
c£360 includes conference, accommodation,
conference dinner, lunches
Call for papers opens soon
Space for pictur
27. Who we are
UCISA Digital Capabilities Group (DCG)
UCISA has 10 groups
The DCG aims to share knowledge and good
practice, and raise the profile of digital
capability development throughout the sector
What the DCG do:
Digital Capabilities Forum
Survey
Case studies
Webinars
Influence e.g. HE Commission
Spotlight on Digital Capabilities conference
28. Who we are
UCISA Digital Capabilities Group
Universities and Colleges
Join us?
Benefits
Cross-sector knowledge
Networks and influence
Career development
Requirement
Meeting attendance: virtual (4-6 x 1 hr p.a.)
and hybrid/face-to-face (2-3days p.a.)
Work outside on activities
Email - with role, experience and why
Your
photo?
29. 3 key takeaways
UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey
1. Use the Survey’s recommendations and findings to progress Digital Capabilities
2. Become a Digital Capabilities Institutional Representative to progress Digital Capabilities
3. Complete the Survey to progress Digital Capabilities
30. Thank you
How have you used the Survey?
Questions?
Slides on Slideshare
www.ucisa.ac.uk/digcap
g_fielding
g.fielding103@salford.ac.uk
#digitalcapability
