Presentation on building digital capability delivered at the Staff Development Forum London Region Group Meeting on the 14th July 2016.

1. Building digital capability
James Clay, Project Manager, Jisc
14/07/2016
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2. Question
What do we understand
by digital capability?
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10. Location independent working
»Benefits to the individual
› Improve work-life balance
› Reduce commute time
› Reduce travel costs
› Remove unnecessary stress
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11. Location independent working
»Benefits to the university
› Provide employees with flexibility regarding their
working hours and location
› Reduce the occupancy of University premises
› Improve employees’ work life balance and thereby
reduce levels of absenteeism and stress
› Reduce pressure on car parking facilities
› Position the University as an ’employer of choice’
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12. But what else…
Capability
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13. Location independent working
»Issues in terms of capabilities
› ICT proficiency
› Digital communication
› Digital collaboration
› Digital participation
› Digital wellbeing
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15. Communication
…it’s not just about e-mail
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16. Tools
»Yammer
»Slack
»Basecamp
»Jira
»Confluence
»CRM
»Sharepoint
»Google Apps
»Skype, Lync
»Google Hangouts
»Invision
»Scribblar
»Dropbox, Google Drive
»Trello
»Padlet
»Adobe Connect, Collaborate
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17. Location independent working
Risk
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19. What we’re doing…
Building digital capability
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20. Building digital capability
Discovery
tool
Leadership
development
Digital
capability
framework
Online offer
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21. 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

23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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27. 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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28. Discovery tool
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29. 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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31. 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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32. Digital Leadership Course
»The first paid for course will be run in October.
› £2,200 per person
› https://ji.sc/digital-leaders-programme
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34. 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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35. 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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37. 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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38. Institutional digital capability
»Infrastructure
»Organisation
»Development
»Data
»Resources
»Intelligent campus
»Content
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39. 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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40. Institutional digital capability
»Infrastructure
› Ubiquitous wifi, eduroam
› Access to hardware
› Virtual desktops
› Collaborative tools
› Remote working
› Utilisation
› Innovation
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41. 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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42. Virtual learning environment
»Digital learning
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43. Virtual learning environment
»Digital learning
»Digital communication
»Digital collaboration
»Digital participation
»Digital innovation
»Digital media literacy
»ICT proficiency
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44. Virtual learning environment
»Now let’s throw in analytics
› Data literacies
› Information literacies
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46. 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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47. 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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48. Resources
»Tools
»Services
»Advice and Guidance
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50. 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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51. Training and development
What should we do?
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52. 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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54. »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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55. Twitter
»Follow the community using
the hashtag #digitalcapability
»https://twitter.com/hashtag/di
gitalcapability?vertical=defaul
t&src=hash
Twitter
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Get in touch…
Building digital capability
James Clay
Project manager
james.clay@jisc.ac.uk
14/07/2016
http://bit.ly/jiscdigcap
Building digital capability