Building digital capability for new digital leadership, pedagogy and efficiency

What does it mean to be digitally capable? Not just for an individual, but from an organisational perspective. How will you lead using the plethora of digital tools and channels available to you? The Jisc building digital capability project has been addressing these issues for institutional leaders, for those on the front line of teaching and research, and those who support them.

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1. Building digital capability
   James Clay, Project Manager, Jisc
   08/06/2016
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2. Building digital capability
   Discovery
   tool
   Leadership
   development
   Digital
   capability
   framework
   Online offer
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3. Digital capability: the six elements
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   ICT
   proficiency
   Information,
   data and
   media literacies
   Digital
   learning and
   self development
   Digital creation
   innovation and
   scholarship
   Communication,
   collaboration and
   participation
   Digital identity
   and wellbeing
   

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5. Teacher profile
   »Participate in digital teams and working groups e.g.
   around curriculum development and review.
   »Collaborate effectively in digital spaces e.g. building
   shared resources, sharing calendars and task lists.
   »Support learners to collaborate using shared digital tools
   and media, and to work effectively across cultural, social
   and linguistic boundaries.
   Digital collaboration
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6. Teacher profile
   »Participate in digital teams and working groups e.g.
   around curriculum development and review.
   »Collaborate effectively in digital spaces e.g. building
   shared resources, sharing calendars and task lists.
   »Support learners to collaborate using shared digital tools
   and media, and to work effectively across cultural, social
   and linguistic boundaries.
   Digital collaboration
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7. Researcher profile
   »Develop new research questions, hypotheses and
   explanations and explore new approaches relevant to the
   digital age.
   »At higher levels, develop new research methods and
   practices with digital technology; identify digital
   challenges and opportunities in a field of scholarship; lead
   research teams, centres and departments in new
   directions in response to digital risks and opportunities.
   Digital innovation
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9. Discovery tool
   »We have built a discovery
   tool to help staff discover
   their digital capability and
   provide them with
   feedback that will help
   them to build their
   capability and digital skills
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10. Discovery tool
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11. Discovery tool pilots
    »As well as large scale tests we have a number of
    institutions, FE, HE and Skills who are undertaking small
    scale pilots with groups of staff.
    »In addition we have provided the Digital capability user
    group of eighty plus institutions with a version of the tool
    for them to test with small groups.
    »As a result we have had further user feedback that will
    inform development and functionality.
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13. Digital Leadership Course
    » The Jisc Digital Leaders programme has been designed
    specifically to equip current and aspiring leaders and
    managers with the tools and knowledge to inform their
    digital practice, enabling them to:
    › Become a more effective digital leader or manager
    through personal and professional development
    › Explore how their organisations can engage more
    effectively with the technology at their disposal – at both
    strategic and operational levels
    › Lead, manage and influence digitally-driven strategy across
    organisations, departments, services and teams
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14. Digital Leadership Course
    »We continue to work with Jisc training on the roll-out of
    the Digital leaders course following the successful pilot.
    »The course is next scheduled to run in October, and that
    run will be part of the transition from project output to
    Jisc’s service offer.
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16. Digital capability online offer
    »Personalised dynamic online offer.
    »“Playlists” of activities, resources, content, guides.
    »Creation of dynamic and static “playlists”.
    »Bespoke institutional “playlists”.
    »Professional framework lenses.
    »Social sharing, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.
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17. Online Offer
    »We are basing the online offer on the upcoming Jisc app
    and content store.
    »Development on the app and content store is now at the
    stage where we hope to be able to link to tagged
    ‘playlists’ of relevant content and resources from the
    discovery tool results page within the next couple of
    weeks.
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19. Question
    What do we understand
    by digital capability?
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27. Building institutional digital capability
    »Effective use of digital technology by university and
    college staff is vital in providing a compelling student
    experience and in realising a good return on investment in
    digital technology.
    › Teaching & Learning
    › Research
    › Public Engagement
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28. Institutional digital capability
    »Infrastructure
    »Organisation
    »Development
    »Data
    »Resources
    »Intelligent campus
    »Content
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29. Institutional digital capability
    »Infrastructure
    »Organisation
    »Development
    »Data
    »Resources
    »Intelligent campus
    »Content
    »IT Services
    »People Services
    »Organisation development
    »Student records, MIS
    »Finance
    »Estates and facilities
    »Library
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30. Institutional digital capability
    »Infrastructure
    › Ubiquitous wifi, eduroam
    › Access to hardware
    › Virtual desktops
    › Collaborative tools
    › Remote working
    › Utilisation
    › Innovation
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31. Institutional digital capability
    »People services
    › Job descriptions
    › Skills analysis and audit
    › Matrix working
    › Appraisal or performance review
    › Silo working
    › Home working
    › Communication
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32. Virtual learning environment
    »Digital learning
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33. Virtual learning environment
    »Digital learning
    »Digital communication
    »Digital collaboration
    »Digital participation
    »Digital innovation
    »Digital media literacy
    »ICT proficiency
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34. Virtual learning environment
    »Now let’s throw in analytics
    › Data literacies
    › Information literacies
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36. Dashboard
    »Bringing together information and aggregation of data
    from usage of the discovery tool.
    »We are currently designing the prototype institutional
    dashboard based on our emerging understanding of what
    the institutional leads want to know about their staff’s
    results in the discovery tool.
    »Link in with resources and services currently in use and
    what is available.
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37. Resources
    »Tools
    »Services
    »Advice and Guidance
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39. So…
    Digital capability is core to: Teaching & Learning, Research
    and Public Engagement
    Dependent on the infrastructure, organisation,
    development, data, resources, the campus and content.
    Which are the domains of the different functions of the
    organisation.
    Who need to understand digital and the impact on the
    organisation.
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40. Training and development
    What should we do?
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41. Building digital capability
    »This is about staff digital knowledge, skills and attitudes
    »Universities, colleges and skills want help in:
    › identifying the digital skills needed
    › identifying their skills gaps
    › planning, implementing and evaluating initiatives to
    improve skills
    »#digitalcapability
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42. Staff development
    »Assumption that staff have the digital capabilities to carry
    out their role.
    »But do they?
    »How would you know?
    »How would they know?
    »Who knows?
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44. Service Design
    »We are working closely with the upcoming pilot
    institutions to understand how the emerging digital
    capability service works on the ground, which will inform
    the ongoing service design.
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45. Further development
    »We know from the interest in the project among Jisc
    member institutions, and from the reactions and
    experiences from pilot sites, that we could usefully
    expand the organisational capability side of the service to
    help institutions ensure that they have all of the building
    blocks in place for a fully digital capable organisation
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47. »There is the main site on the
    Jisc website.
    »https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/proje
    cts/building-digital-capability
    Web site
    »Follow the project on the blog.
    »http://digitalcapability.jiscinvol
    ve.org/wp/
    Project Blog
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48. Twitter
    »Follow the community using
    the hashtag #digitalcapability
    »https://twitter.com/hashtag/di
    gitalcapability?vertical=defaul
    t&src=hash
    Twitter
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49. jisc.ac.uk
    Except where otherwise noted, this work
    is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
    Get in touch…
    Building digital capability
    James Clay
    Project manager
    james.clay@jisc.ac.uk
    08/06/2016
    http://bit.ly/jiscdigcap
    Building digital capability
    

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