Sarah Davies, Jisc, UK

Developing digital literacies11/04/2023

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What is ‘digital literacy’?

»The capabilities which fit us for living, learning and working in a digital society

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DIGITAL LITERACY

ICT literacy

Information literacy

Media literacy

CommunicationCollaboration

Digital scholarship

Life planning

Learning skills

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Digital literacy development

access and awareness

skills

practices in context

attributesidentity

(Beetham and Sharpe 2009 & 2010)

'I am...'

‘I do...'

'I can...'

'I have...'

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What are your digital literacy challenges?

» What are you trying to achieve in the area of digital literacies?

› Who are you supporting, to do what, and how?

› What barriers have you encountered?

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Lessons learned

» Institutional policy and process

» Organisational culture and attitudes

» Developing a supportive infrastructure

» Professional services and student support

» Developing digital practices in the curriculum

» Developing academic staff

» Developing students’ digital literacies

» Students as change agents

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Institutional policy and process

Discuss digital

Evidence

Strategies

Senior champion

Reviews and

process

Context

Parallel activities

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Organisational cultures and attitudes

» What influences senior managers, academics, professional staff, students?

» Impact of organisational change

» Link with other drivers or initiatives

» Let the medium be the message

» Communities of practice

» Mini-projects

» Wide range of stakeholders

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Developing a supportive infrastructure

» Wifi is king

» Personal devices and services can be used effectively for educational purposes

» But ‘bring your own device’ is not yet fully supported in infrastructure & culture

» Students have different needs, digital practices and identities – flexible tasks and environments

» Dialogue between IT teams and lecturers, researchers and students

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Professional services and student support

» Rise awareness of digital tools and practices

» Time for professional development and networking

» Professional identity, accreditation and recognition

» Models or frameworks may help

» ‘Just in time’ integrated student support

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Developing digital practices in the curriculum

» Digital practices for academic success are subject specific and best practiced in a disciplinary context

» Subject-specific digital attributes?

» Curriculum design is key – embed digital into quality mechanisms and graduate attributes

» Academic vs general technologies

» How digitally skilled do teaching staff need to be?

» Digital learning activities should be creative and appropriately assessed

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Developing academic staff

» Developing professional digital identity is motivator

» Digital practices for research and collaboration

» Need examples of good practice, relevant to discipline

» Need time, space and support

» Models or practical approaches?

» Reflective practice is scary but powerful

» Cohorts can share ideas and develop into communities of practice

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Skills audits and quizzes

Information Junkie     Your Score = 10

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Developing students’ digital literacies

» Student confidence is usually ahead of their capability

» Even proficient users of technology need help with academic applications

» Diagnostic/audit tools are useful

» Different types and levels of guidance needed

» Opportunities to learn from peers

» Digital study practices are largely established in the first year

» Motivated by developing an online professional identity

» Tutor practices and course requirements are crucial

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Students as change agents

» Staff-student partnerships are powerful in driving change.

» Sharing complementary skills

» Models of engagement

» Student roles: researchers, ambassadors,designers/developers, representatives andchampions

» Great development opportunity for students

» Able to innovate as they understand user needs and have less stake in status quo

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11/04/2023 SURF Education days

Developing digital literacies

Sarah DaviesProgramme manager

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