Pecha Kucha presentation
Digital Leadership for Students: Development of an online resource
Presented by Vicki Garvey, Learning and information services manager, University of Staffordshire
2. THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE
Edinburgh University Business School's Dr Jim Hamill:
“Transforming digitally is the number one business
challenge facing organisations today”
Dr Josie Ahlquist
“Technology is a challenge that students have to deal
with, it requires flexibility and being able to adapt”
6. DIGITAL RESILIENCE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD =
DIGITAL CAPABILITY
Digital literacies - capabilities which fit an individual for living,
learning and working in a digital society. – JISC
JISC digital capabilities & universities
• Effective & appropriate use of technology vital for an
enhanced student experiences
Digital capabilities & employability
• Effective & appropriate use of technology by employee is
vital in providing an enhanced user experience
7. JOSIE AHLQUIST 10 DIGITAL COMPETENCIES,
BASED ON DIGITAL LEADERSHIP
1. Awareness of
technologies
2. Digital content
analysis &
evaluation
3. Online self
awareness
4. Establishing
personal values,
privacy, time
management
5. Cultivating
professional
strategic career
online branding
6. Building personal
learning network
7. Cyber conflict
resolution and
mediation
8.Positive &
constructive digital
decision making
9. Integration of
digital technologies
into leadership
presence
10. Using social
media for the social
good
8. DIGITAL LEADERSHIP REFERS
-
“THE ABILITY TO HARNESS DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES TO FACILITATE &
ENHANCE YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS,
AS WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP
RELATIONSHIPS WITH COLLEAGUES &
CUSTOMERS BEYOND THE PHYSICAL
ORGANISATION.”
(V MCGARVEY)
9. Digital Leadership Behaviour Competency
Digital Collaborator Confidently use technology to facilitate
and initiate working relationships & to
build networks.
Data Handler Locate, evaluate, organise and share
data in order to inform decision
making.
Digital Innovator Identifying & implementing new
practices.
Digital Self Developer Identifying digital learning
opportunities.
Digital Ambassador Projecting a positive digital identity
reputation.
15. WHAT PEOPLE GET
• Digital skills focus
• Contextual focus
• The reflection on existing digital skills
• Leadership as a quality rather than a
role
• & to a certain extent resilience
16. WHAT PEOPLE DON’T GET
Terminology e.g.
digital capabilities
The concept e.g.
digital leadership
These quotes identify the importance as well as the challenge of inhabiting the digital organisation and the need for students to adapt – the first quote is taken from the Edinburgh’s Digital Learning Bootcamp
Josie Ahlquist is a student affairs educator based in the states & has undertaken a considerable amount of work on student digital leaders
Digital World is a complex world and this the world students have to inhabit when they enter the world of work - they have to get to grips with a range of digital products and processes, there is no guarantee that they will enter into an organisation that using Microsoft it may use Google or open products as well as the challenge of presenting themselves online
The approach I wanted to take was workplace skills how they could be developed in learning & teaching as well as independent research
The genesis of the resource was 2 frameworks – JISC Digital Capabilities Framework, which we repurposed for the DigitalU resources at Staffordshire
Resilience being able to adjust to quickly to a time of change in a digital, become digital world to become digitally resilient - JISC and ourselves here at Staffordshire identified that we need to develop digital capabilities to adapt and turn to our advantage the disruptive world of digital – we know that digital is disruptive JISC have stated that this can be addressed by enhancing student’s capabilities – which relates to digital literacies – the first definition is JISC’s the 2nd is adapted by myself in relation to employability
Another reference point was Josie Ahlquist’s work on digital leadership where she has identified these competencies
So I created this definition for digital leadership When entering the workplace students need more than skills they need develop behaviours to adapt which I have called digital leadership. Students developing leadership behaviours that are linked to digital capabilities so that can make best use of digital in the workplace – how can we take this idea of resilience further I would like to propose that students need to digital leader in the workplace in order to be digitally resilient, this digital leadership as a behaviours not the role of leader, and applies some of the ideas of Josie Ahlquist
I repurposed these for Digital Leadership which formed my wireframe
Then I used libguides and our DigitalU template – I repurposed some our library content, curated some and when we eventually got the ok with Lynda.com used thsata
I have now started to develop an online guide provide resources that will help students to develop these behaviours - The aim of the framework is to develop something that can be repurposed in different context, either by using contextual examples or activities I have ambitions for a course or MOOC I recently presented at the UKSG conference that used the framework to develop a short online course in collection management much of the content could be reused.
Despite being designed for students it appeared too academic or teacherly
I changed the terminology and the headings – this is relatively new
People are genuinely interested in skills development - & I have observed that some are integrating and some are not roles and responsibilities issue – teachers, careers, the library?
The whole concept of digital leadership digital skills makes more sene
I did think is it needed, I have had a go at changing the audience, and possibly redesign but for me it only works if we integrate – maybe some work over the summer
In it’s simplest sense resilience is adapting easily to change this is a picture of my niece who was fascinated by hat she showed resilience by trying it on realising it was too big to see anything and then pushed it up and eventually took it off so she could see again, but at least she had tried it – I think that has been me
Still likes the larger things in life but she can see a little bit more clearly now. & so can I