This document summarizes a project aimed at developing digital literacies for staff and students in UK higher education. The project is funded by JISC for £1.5 million over two years from July 2011 to July 2013. The project involves 12 partner institutions and professional organizations. The objectives of the project include gaining understanding of students' digital literacies, evaluating current provision, reviewing institutional readiness for change, implementing four pilot programs across contexts, exploring staff needs, and developing exemplar strategies for digital literacies as a post-graduate attribute. The document outlines focus groups conducted with PGCE, Masters, Doctoral and distance students to understand their technology uses and identities. It also discusses next steps such as multimodal journaling and staff interviews

1. Digital Literacies as a
Post-Graduate
attribute
Gwyneth Price. Institute of Education
LILAC, Glasgow
11th April, 2012

2. JISC funded Developing Digital
Literacies programme
 £1.5 million
 July 2011 to July 2013
 12 projects + Professional organisations
 The aim of the programme is to promote the development of
coherent, inclusive and holistic institutional strategies and
organisational approaches for developing digital literacies for all staff
and students in UK further and higher education.
 All projects have blogs http://bit.ly/rIxCEi

4. Two year JISC funded project
Objectives
1. To gain in-depth understanding of our students’ digital
literacies
2. To evaluate our current provision and opportunities for
our students
3. To review our institutional readiness for change
around digital literacies
4. To implement four pilots developing digital literacies
across different contexts

5. Objectives 2.
5. To explore the needs of staff tasked with developing
student digital literacies
6. To develop exemplar organisational strategies
focused on digital literacies as a post-graduate
attribute
7. To maintain constant dialogue with our partners
SEDA, ALT and SCONUL, to ensure dissemination
and sector embedding of project findings

6. About the IOE

7. Project team
Dr Lesley Gourlay: Academic Writing Centre
Dr Martin Oliver: London Knowledge Lab
Susan McGrath: Student Union
Gwyneth Price: Library
Dr Jude Fransman: Research Officer

8. Definitions ....
JISC understands Digital Literacy to "define
those capabilities which fit an individual for
living, learning and working in a digital
society".

9. Focus groups:
4 groups: PGCE,
Masters, Doctoral,
Distance
Draw map indicating
your uses of
tecahnologies
Distinct identities

10. PGCE
 Role of school placement
 Marginal role of IOE
 Using new technologies eg.
IWB and visualisers
 VLE “like Pandora’s box”
 Use of iPhone, Google Docs etc

11. Masters students
Focus on VLE and access to lecture slides and
readings
Managing identities , eg using Facebook as
students and professionals

12. Doctoral students
Focus on library databases, library
classification, access to other libraries
Organising research, eg EndNote

13. Distance Learners
Students studying on the same
programme but in different
countries
Issues of connectedness and
community
Using “unofficial” channels of
communication when necessary

14. Next phase
 Multimodal journalling using iPod touches
 Interviews
 Pilot by staff involved inventories of digital resources
used, maps of spaces inhabited, examples of digital
practices (photo, video or audio), diaries of digital
experiences.

15. Change management
Open Mode
Assessment
Undergraduates

16. Any questions?
Contact Gwyneth Price
Email: g.price@ioe.ac.uk
Twitter @gwynethp or @ioelibrary
Blog: http://newsamnews.ioe.ac.uk