This document discusses a college's use of digital capabilities and online learning. It provides details on how digital is currently used, including having 10-20% of courses online, full-time online learning for levels 2 and 3, webinar classes, and using Office 365 and Stream. It asks about what has worked well and how teachers can prepare. It emphasizes that the focus should be on teaching, not technology, and engaging and guiding students. It provides examples of impact, such as improved guidance and links between online and classroom learning, and students valuing online time more. It stresses the importance of teachers innovating and accessing support and training to take ownership of digital capabilities.

1. Digital
Capability
Alicia Wallace
Digital Learning Manager
@arelearning
Alicia.Wallace@gloscol.ac.uk

2. How we use digital
• 10 – 20% online
• L2 and L3 full time
• Time tabled sessions
• Webinar classes
• Take register
• Build community
• ePortfolio work
• Reflective Diary
• Evidence for assessment
• Office 365
• Class Notebook
• Stream

3. How we use digital
• 10 – 20% online
• L2 and L3 full time
• Time tabled sessions
• Webinar classes
• Take register
• Build community
• ePortfolio work
• Reflective Diary
• Evidence for assessment
• Office 365
• Class Notebook
• Stream

4. Is it working?
And what did we try that did work?

5. How do we prepare?
• Models offered by other colleges
• Best impact on teaching
• Most engaging for students

7. Model best practice

9. Teachers develop their own course materials

11. We take guidance from students

12. It’s not about the technology
It’s about the teaching

14. The same, but different

15. So what? Impact
• Before
• Minimal guidance – materials
prepared to be talked through
• No clear link between classroom
and online teaching/ subjects
• Students very critical about online
learning time
• After
• Explicit guidance including
anticipated duration of exercise
• Online teaching/ materials
referred to in classroom
• Students value online learning
more highly

16. Now what?
• Taking personal ownership
• Don’t wait to be offered training
• Innovate
• Teachers have the best teaching ideas
• Accessibility
• One size does not fit all

17. What does that look like?
• Know where the skills gap is
• Know how to resolve it
• Know where to find the resources and support needed
• Student first and teaching to the top

18. Digital Capabilities
How will it help us?

19. The assessment tool
• Private
• Report
• Learning plan
• Recommendations
• Public
• Helping others
• Overview data
• Tailored packages

20. How and when?
• Staff induction
• Initial report requested by HR
• Digital induction customised based
on report
• Training plan for first six months
• Tie into probationary review
• Annual Review
• Self assessment once per year
(September)
• Review progress
• Tie in to appraisal process
• Central data update