Enabling & Empowering Staff & Students to Flourish in the Digital Age

NUI Galway: Iain Mac Labhrainn, Blaneth McSharryUL: Gobnait O’Riordan, Aoife Geraghty, Liz DoreUCD: Áine Galvin, Leone GatelyMIC: Anne O’Keeffe, Deirdre Ryan

Start-up Phase Recruitment of Project Workers

Learning Technologist/Developer (Galway)

Digital Literacies Specialist (UL)

Set up Project Management site (basecamp)

Scoping & initial consultations Badge Alliance/MacArthur Foundation (Dan Hickey, James Willis; Indiana)

Mozilla Foundation (Megan Cole, Doug Belshaw)

Library community

JISC projects

Helen Beetham

UBC and Purdue project teams

Students’ Union, Student Services, HR & Staff Development, Teaching & Learning Centres, IT Support.

Draft Communications Strategy

Events & Activities Open Education Week (March)

Visitors & Residents Mapping Workshop

Dave White & Donna Lanclos (facilitated by Catherine Cronin)

Epigeum ‘Impact’ and Evaluation Workshop (April) Case Study of Badge Implementation, contact with HE Academy & Vitae

The Academic Library’s Role in Supporting New Students (April) CONUL Staff Training & Development

EdTech15 (May) National conference for Irish Learning Technology Association (230+

participants)

Two presentations

Consultation session, seeking feedback/ideas

Badges Pilot Groups Workshops & commitments

Basis for support materials and roll-out across other institutions

‘Getting real about virtual learning’ (June) Galway Symposium, 260+ participants

Consultations, presentations, workshops

Outputs/Outcomes Project Website www.allaboardhe.org and applications server

Review of Digital Skills/Literacies Projects and Frameworks (complete)

Review of Badging implementations and systems (writing up)

Contribution to national consultation on professional development framework

Technical evaluations of badging systems & platforms and learning materials development tools

Issued badges and evaluating existing implementations Student Volunteering Badge: 903 issued (May/June)

GTA module: 360 ; Academic Development modules: ~200 (Jan-June)

First release of Digital Skills Framework (June)

iStockphoto Licence paid

Operating Systems

Jargon Busting

Devices & Hardware

Databases

Word Processing

Spreadsheets

Data Storage

Presentation Skills

Presentation Tools

Online Teaching

Simulations

Response Systems

Digital Badges

Learning Design

Search

Blogs Podcasting

Discussion Boards

Online Identity Digital Footprint

Social Networks

Messaging

Collaboration Tools

Email

Web Mechanics

BrowsersOnline NavigationEthics

Data Protection

Password ManagementCollate Content

Digital Copyright

Wikis

Publication TypesReputation

Privacy

Safety

Tablets

Security

CodingApp Development

Search EnginesSources

Mobile Technologies

Smartphones

OERs

Web Content

E-portfolios

Avoiding Plagiarism

Sharing Data

Referencing

Metacognition

Accessibility Tools

Time Management

Digital Cameras

Organisational Tools

Keywords

Critical Evaluation

Screencasts

Journals

Design Thinking

Remixing Content

Course Design Learning Design

Lecture CaptureClassroom Technologies

Interactive Displays

Flipped Classroom

Filetypes

VLE

Mind Mapping

Project Management

Animation

Online Communication

Digital Images

Accessible Content

Video Conferencing

Streaming

Audio ResourcesVideo Resources

Creative Commons

Producing Content

Tools & Technologies

Teach & Learn

Create & Innovate

Communicate & Collaborate

Find & Use

Identity & Wellbeing

Connecting with each other and sharing ideas, regardless of distance or time.

The skills and literacies needed to find relevant information and data and how to apply such information in an effective way and subject it to scrutiny, whether for effective learning or for research, scholarship and professional purposes.

The technical and the practical aspects of the range of tools and technologies available and useful in the support of learning, teaching, research, managing and thriving in the digital age.

Understanding the nature of your online self, data and information, privacy and protection, and taking care of yourself, others and information, in ways that are ethical and respectful

Being confident and empowered over the use of technologies to make new resources, express yourself, and take opportunities to develop new approaches and ways of interpreting ideas and the world around us.

How to get the most out of technologies and materials to encourage engaged learning and make sense of new knowledge.

Challenges, Opportunities & Next Steps

Administrative issues at project start

Student representation on group

Nurturing sense of ownership and participation

Profile raising, communication and dissemination Training materials

Information packs

Events

Opportunities & Next Steps

Production of Training Materials and Badges

Mapping with Graduate Attributes, Professional Development Framework & competency profiles

Planning for Pilot implementations across institutions

Video/podcast series (monthly) on technologies and education – link with seminars, framework and other activities

TEL Weeks in 2nd Teaching Enhancement Fund Call Framework

Training materials

Badge Issuing

Top 3 benefits

Community-owned Framework for discussion and development of Digital skills, knowledge, attributes

Training and education resources (CC licensing) for individual self-study, courses and workshops

Embedding of Digital Badges as a form of credentialing/demonstrating individual skills development