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Findings from 2020/21 student digital experience insights surveys

Learning continued despite challenging times At a time when learning was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, our 2020/21 student digital experience insights survey findings highlight many positives and examples of good practice to build on for the future, as well as some areas of concern. A record number of 62,658 students from further education (FE) […]

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A great community effort

Co-hosted with Manchester Metropolitan University, the latest building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event held on 19 May 2021 engaged community members in sharing ideas and practice, discussing issues and potential solutions and participating in co-design and feedback activities as we develop new resources for the building digital capability and digital […]

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Boosting staff capability to deliver your blended learning agenda

Posted on the Jisc data analytics blog site, this blog reflects on findings from our digital experience insights survey and the need to support staff as they continue to explore how best to design and deliver effective online learning – a key employability requirement. Read the blog in full.

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The digital economy is growing – are your students ready for the workplace?

This blog is posted on the Jisc data analytics blog site but reflects on findings from the digital experience insights service and draws on data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Educause, British Chamber of Commerce and Barclays life skills. With new and different ways of working continuing to evolve, how well prepared […]

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A collaborative, agile, resilient, and future-focused community

Building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice event – 17 November 2020 The joining of two established communities of practice for building digital capability (opens in new tab) and digital experience insights (opens in new tab) services has brought new energy to the drive to transform the digital environment and the digital […]

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Launch of effective online teaching discovery tool question set

The Jisc Building digital capabilities team are pleased to announce the launch of a new question set in response to the changing landscape faced by providers as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic. Overview As a result of the pandemic, many further and higher education providers have been assessing their ability to deliver learning […]

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University of Newcastle (Australia): creating and implementing a digital capabilities framework for students

A guest blog posting from Ruth Cameron, digital capabilities project officer (library), University of Newcastle (Australia)     Background A few years ago, our University Library was included in a discussion about a new education framework for the institution. One of our staff members indicated that digital capabilities weren’t specifically mentioned, and so the library […]

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Our first joint (and online) building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice

“An interesting, informative, and practically focused event” Our first joint building digital capability and digital experience insights community of practice was originally due to be a face-to-face event kindly hosted by the University of Northampton at their Waterside Campus. Unfortunately, that was not to be, but Rob Howe, head of learning technology at the University […]

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Re-thinking the importance of developing student digital capabilities in a post Covid-19 world

A guest blog post from Laura Hollinshead, learning technologist at University of Derby   During the full lockdown the government asked us to work at home where possible with remote working becoming the norm for many people. A recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey has suggested that 45% of adults in employment said they […]

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Strategies to support your digital wellbeing whilst adapting to online delivery

During these unprecedented times, you are showing remarkable resilience to adapt. Within days of full lockdown, strategic plans were being rolled out across the UK to move learning online and ensure that students could still access their learning. At Jisc we haven’t underestimated the scale of this challenge. The stress and additional burden on you […]