Speakers: Shri Footring and Heather Price, senior co-design managers, Jisc Clare Killen, consultant Penny Langford, head of e-learning, Milton Keynes College Ian Francis, director of learning and leadership development, Milton Keynes College Martin Jenkins, head of academic development, Coventry University Nevin Moledina, programme manager - digital strategy, University of Leicester You will be presented with current examples from both colleges and universities on how they are supporting the development of their staff and students’ digital capabilities in their organisation. This workshop will also show how Jisc is supporting these organisations. You will have the opportunity to discuss challenges you encounter in your context and solutions offered as to how they could be solved.

1. How are HE and FE
approaching digital
capabilities?
6 March 2018 | ICC, Birmingham

2. The student
digital experience
Building digital capability
Organisational approaches in Higher and Further Education
6 March 2018 | ICC Birmingham

3. >Digital capabilities in context
>Organisational approaches in UK Higher and Further education
> Jisc Building digital capabilities project
> Coventry University – Martin Jenkins
> Milton Keynes College – Penny Langford and Ian Francis
> University of Leicester – Nevin Moledina
>Table discussions
>Panel discussion
Workshop outline

4. >Learn from the experiences of institutions leading
on developing the digital capabilities of staff at an
organisational level
>Hear about key enablers that are facilitating holistic approaches
>Participate in discussions on strategies for success
>Consider how Jisc resources could support staff and students
to develop their capabilities
You will have the opportunity to:

5. Building digital capability
project - background

6. “There are challenges in matching the speed of change in the
education sector, for example in changing curricula and training,
to the speed of demand, and the rapidly changing skill sets
needs in the economy and society.”
Digital skills for the UK economy (pdf), a report by Ecorys UK for the Department for Business Innovation and
Skills and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (January 2016)
“Many jobs have a digital element, and it is predicted that within
20 years 90% of all jobs will require some element of digital
skills. Effective digital skills provision is essential to ensure the
workforce is prepared for this and future technological changes.”
Review of publicly funded digital skills qualifications (February 2016), cited in UK Digital Strategy (1 March 2017)
Digital capabilities in context

7. Building digital capability
Advice and
guidance
Training
Digital
Discovery
tool
Consultancy
National community
of practice to support
collaboration, sharing
of practice

8. ‘The extent to which the culture,
policies and infrastructure of an
organisation enable and
support digital practices.’
Helen Beetham (2017)
How is your organisation
developing its organisational
digital capability?
Developing organisational digital capability
Beetham/Jisc 2017 model CC BY-NC-ND

9. > Organisational digital capability
in context
> The digitally-capable
organisation
> Building digital professionalism
> Strategic steps towards
organisational digital capability
> Case studies: journeys towards
digital capability
> Further resources
Developing organisational approaches to digital capability

10. The six-elements of digital capability
Available from: http://ji.sc/building-digicap

11. > Eight role profiles
> HE teacher profile mapped to UKPSF
> FE teacher
> Digital leader
> Library and information professional
mapped to CILIP PKSB
> Researcher mapped to RDF in
collaboration with Vitae
> Learning technology mapping in
collaboration with ALT
> Learner
> In draft: administrative staff
Role profiles
http://ji.sc/Digi-cap-different-roles

12. >101 organisations participating in
open digital discovery tool pilot
(Dec 17 – May 18)
>New platform from Potential.ly
>New question sets: core set for all
staff; for teachers (HE / FE&Skills);
for learners, more to come…
>Developing a prototype for the
Building digital capability website
March 18
Where are we now?

13. >Looking to baseline
evaluation and any change
around a specific intervention
– a new training programme
and introduction of iPads with
app toolkit for all staff and
students
>Data will be key to
understanding how things
have improved (if at all)
Teesside University
Examples from pilot organisations:
University of Westminster
>The development of staff
digital capability is seen as a
key driver for the parallel
development of a digital
strategy for the institution

14. >Senior leaders paper on
strategic importance of
digital/digital capability
for March 18
>How are HR departments
supporting the
development of staff
digital capabilities?
http://bit.ly/digcaphr
>Four new institutional
case study videos:
https://ji.sc/digicap_films
Where are we now?

15. The student
digital experience
Organisational approaches
to digital capability
Coventry University
6 March 2018 | ICC, Birmingham

16. Strategy
The university is committed to providing timely
opportunities to engage with new technologies
…
Increasing innovative practices … international
cross-partner interaction … ‘flipped classroom’
…
Students enter higher education with a variety
of digital fluency and technology experience …
… increase in blended and distance learning,
plus provide support to our collaborative
partners.

17. >Course Quality, Enhancement and Monitoring (CQEM) process
>Annual Review
>Every course has to report on how they are addressing the
Education Strategy
>Highlights narrow conception of digital literacy
>Focus on supplementary use of TEL
>Inequalities in provision and support across the CU Group
>(has been) Limited strategic governance for TEL across the
University
Monitoring

18. >Project focused activity
>Disruptive Media Learning Lab (DMLL)
–Space of experimentation and testing emerging
digital practices
–Challenge - adoption and embedding
>Local investment examples
>Certificate in Innovative Learning and Teaching
(Faculty of Business and Law)
>Digital Literacy Mapping (Health and Life Sciences)
>Staff support – IT and Digital Skills (London Campus)
Investment

19. >Established a Learning Technology Steering Group
>Learning Technologists are now a central resource –
locally situated
>DMLL still experimenting but also a greater focus
on embedding
>Investment in online learning – link with FutureLearn
>Rethinking the pedagogic model and how we blend
online and f2f
(being more) Strategic

20. >Develop understanding of digital literacy
>Encourage dialogue across CU at different levels
>Awareness of our institutional capabilities
>Inform ‘Teaching Excellence Initiative’ - academic professional
development programme – locally driven PD
(anticipated Benefits) Understanding

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Martin Jenkins
Head of Academic Development, Coventry University
martin.jenkins@coventry.ac.uk
I have been…

22. Thank you!

23. The student
digital experience
Developing digital skills
Penny Langford and Ian Francis, Milton Keynes College
6 March 2018

24. Developing
Digital Skills

25. The development of the
Oxford – Cambridge Arc
puts Milton Keynes
College in the centre of
new economic growth….

26. Institute of Technology

27. Milton
Keynes
College
Digital Skills for
Success
Curriculum
Design
We, our
curriculum and
our students
need to
ready…..

28. Culture- Mobile – ways of working and learning

29. Culture- Mobile – ways of working and learning
Staff office
Different Levels and zones to help collaborative
working. No personal “desks” – shared
stationary, mobile working and filing in the
cloud. Bags placed in cupboards.
Learning spaces
Different Levels and zones to help collaborative working.
Projects and active delivery using mobile devices

30. Culture - community
Using communities to
support practice
Yammer used, started as a
pilot and as is the way with
social media, snowballed on
its own. ( Although introduced
in induction) The Principal is
the most frequent participant.

31. Culture – Yammer stats

39. Digital
Strategy

40. A staff conference to start
our Digital Journey

41. Informal sessions, drone
flying, 3D object making,
creating infographics,
vlogging and managing
your social media.

42. A student digital day to start
their digital skills for success

46. Self-assessment
Milton Keynes College – October 2017
Using Microsoft Forms
JISC – Feb 18

48. Programme of online training
Mapped to Microsoft training materials
Digital Badges
Issued against bronze, silver and gold levels

49. Curriculum Design

50. Curriculum Design

51. Curriculum Design

52. Monitoring Progress
Observations
TLA Standards
with embedded
digital aspect
TLA actions plans
PDR – Appraisal – has Digital Strategy
alignment
Online Training (plus workshops 1;1 if
needed) One Friday afternoon in 3 a Digital
Day
Self reflection / Learning needs
analysis

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Penny Langford
Head of eLearning
penny.langford@mkcollege.ac.uk
We have been…
Ian Francis
Director of Learning and Leadership Development
ian.francis@mkcollege.ac.uk

54. Thank you!

55. The student
digital experience
University of Leicester
Digital Strategy
Digital skills and capabilities as a strategic priority
6 March 2018 | ICC, Birmingham

56. University of Leicester digital strategy
“All members of the
University community
are…confident operating
in a digital environment.
Digital is at the core of
how we operate, not an
afterthought.”
www2.le.ac.uk/institution/digital-campus

57. >Create a compelling vision for working collaboratively
>Establish steering groups bringing in key stakeholders from
across the institution
>View digital skills and capabilities initiatives as enablers for
institutional culture change
How?
Encourage a holistic institutional approach to digital

58. We are building our digital campus

59. We are building our digital campus

60. Governance - Steering groups and programme boards
Digital Learning
Environment
Programme
Digital Skills
and Capabilities
Programme
Digital Research
Environment
Programme{ {
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61. Digital skills and capabilities programme

64. > HR organisational
development
> IT services
> Careers
> Doctoral College
> Library
> Academic practice LLI
Core IT Skills
and Knowledge
Working with
Information,
Data and Media
Digital Creation
Problem Solving
and Innovation
Digital Learning
and Teaching
Communication
and
Collaboration
Digital Identity
and Wellbeing
Develop > Communicate > Embed
Leicester digital literacy framework

65. Digital Leadership Development
>Middle Managers, Senior Managers, University Leadership
>Attend JISC Digital Leaders course
>Develop in-house Leadership in a Digital Age - one day
course
>Develop in-house Leading Digital Change - half day course
>Build a community of Digital Advocates – Change agents in
teaching, research and professional services
– motivate and mentor digital change initiatives
– role model digital collaboration behaviours
– or may be leading digital innovation within their own disciplines.
– They will champion digital transformation
– support implementation

76. Youtube -
https://youtu.be/MjgH_zZL5pQ
Library digital reading room
Launched 5 Feb 2018

77. >Communicate a compelling vision with a strong academic lead
>Governance and collaborative working through programmes
and steering groups
>Establish initiatives to develop digital skills and capabilities and
change the organisational culture
>Digital literacy framework
>Digital leadership development
>Digital innovation partnerships
>Digital reading room

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Nevin Moledina
Digital skills and capabilities programme manager
nevin.moledina@leicester.ac.uk
I have been…
University of Leicester
www.le.ac.uk

79. Thank you!

80. Table discussions
>How ready do you feel in terms of
having the organisational culture,
policies and infrastructure to support
digital practices?
>What’s already working well that you
can build on?
>What more do you need to do?
>Who needs to be involved?
Questions for the panel
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81. Panel discussion

82. > Senior leaders paper on strategic
importance of digital/digital
capability for March 18
> How are HR departments
supporting the development of
staff digital capabilities?
http://bit.ly/digcaphr
> Four new institutional case study
videos: https://ji.sc/digicap_films
Where are we now?

83. > Community of practice event: 22nd May, University of Leicester
> Mailing list: jiscmail.ac.uk/JISC-DIGCAP-UG
> Digital capability blog: https://digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org
> Digital student blog: https://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org
Digital capabilities community of practice

84. > Building digital capability - http://ji.sc/building-digicap
> Digital capability project blog - https://digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org/wp
> Developing organisational approaches to digital capability –
http://ji.sc/developing-digicap
> Building digital capabilities framework - http://ji.sc/digicap_ind_frame
> Developing digital capability: an organisational framework -
http://ji.sc/digicap_org_frame
> Digital capability institutional videos - https://ji.sc/digicap_films
> Digital leaders programme –
http://jisc.ac.uk/training/digital-leaders-programme
Follow developments

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Sarah Knight
Shri Footring
Heather Price
Clare Killen
We have been…
Lisa Gray
Ruth Drysdale, Alicja Shah
Lawrie Phipps
Helen Beetham, Lou McGill
Tabetha Newman

86. Thank you!