Scaling the Digital Landscape

Elaine Swift -CPLD, Sandra Price, Sharon Potter- LLR Jane Challinor- Social Sciences, Holly Pettifor and Sarah Metherell

Scaling the Digital Landscape

Introduction

Changing the Learning Landscape Programme – a sector wide programme strategically supporting the use of technology within learning and teaching.

NTU looking at Digital Practice as a core competence

Higher Education Academy offering small scale funding for projects to look at elements of this.

Opportunity to combine SCALE-UP project with broader CLL project.

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Embedding Learning Technologies

Opportunity to employ second year students to be Digital Skills Mentors to work on SCALE-UP module and with library to help understand digital literacy needs of students

Focus on digital skills of students needed for SCALE-UP flipped learning approach.

Library keen to understand how support for digital literacy/practice could change in library.

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NTU Library

ObjectivesEnable students as drivers of innovative practice by using students as agents of change in the form of Digital Skills Mentors

To develop staff student partnerships and engagement to co-develop an agenda for change

To facilitate the development of innovative strategy to engage with learning technology and provide direct support for students developing their digital literacy skills

AimTo develop library IT/digital support services

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Library activities undertaken by the Digital Skills Mentors

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Some observations and suggestions from the mentors

Add voiceovers to off-campus access

videos

Add voiceovers to off-campus access

videos

Dedicated IT support from

mentors useful

Dedicated IT support from

mentors useful

Dropbox Turnitin

Dropbox Turnitin

Some students expected workshops to be

delivered by staff instead of student mentors

Some students expected workshops to be

delivered by staff instead of student mentors

Create smaller NOW guide to fit in induction wallets

Create smaller NOW guide to fit in induction wallets

Passwords / logging on to

resources

Passwords / logging on to

resources

Some students prefer 1-2-1 peer support; others

prefer staff expertise

Some students prefer 1-2-1 peer support; others

prefer staff expertise

WiFiWiFi

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Supporting digital skills in the Scale Up environment – large classes with team teaching support (including Library staff, Learning Support Coordinator and student observers)

The classroom project

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Highly interactive classes using a variety of technology

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•Problems getting to grips with the Macs•Not finding material on NOW•Groups too large and noisy•Sessions rushed•Not understanding the task•Not understanding relevance

Term 1 observations

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•Using own devices and Macs with ease•Following tutor presentations on NOW•Smaller classes•More individual support from tutor•Focus on group projects•Helpfulness of focus on referencing

Term 2 observations and Evasys

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Comparing student survey results: Summer 2013 and end of Term 1

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What digital skills do students need?

e.g.Evaluating internet sources

What skills do you need to be able to help them?

e.g.Technology enhanced learning & teaching

What kind of teaching environment would be helpful?

e.g.Group tablesLaptops

What support or resources would be helpful?

e.g.Teaching assistantsWifi

Over to you!

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Questions??

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Looking forward ….

• Embed digital skills in the wider curriculum

• Develop peer support in library and classroom

• Facilitate staff development • Review resources and service

provision• Provide holistic support