Supporting learners to become more effective in a digital age : JISC

Supporting learners to become more effective in a digital age

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Session presentation Supoorting learners to be more effective in a digital age Helen Beetham (e-Learning Technologies)
Session presentation Mapping graduate attributes for a digital age Greg Benfield (Senior Lecturer/Educational Developer, Learning Technologies) Oxford Brookes University
Session presentation Developing a digital and learning literacy induction at Abingdon and Witney College Ellen Lessner (ILT Development Coordinator) Abingdon and Witney College
Session handout: Mapping graduate attributes for a digital age Oxford Brookes University aims to ensure that all programmes explicitly describe the digital literacies their students will develop.
Session handout poster: Supporting the development of effective learners in a digital age Becka Currant (Dean of students) University of Bradford
Responding to learners pack This resource pack synthesises the outcomes from the Learner Experiences of e-Learning theme of the JISC e-Learning Programme which funded a total of ten projects from 2005 to 2009, and had the sustained involvement of over 200 learners and more than 3000 survey respondents to explore learners’ perceptions of and participation in technology-enhanced learning in a digital age.
Learning literacies in a digital age This briefing paper draws on a JISC report, Thriving in the 21st century: Learning Literacies for the Digital Age, which explores examples of learning literacies provision in UK further and higher education
Effective practice in a digital age Effective Practice in a Digital Age is designed for those in further and higher education whose focus is on designing and supporting learning: academic staff, lecturers, tutors and learning support staff, facilitators, learning technologists and staff developers. What unites this diverse group is their interest in enhancing the quality of learning and teaching, and a curiosity about how technology can assist them.
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Session abstract
The Learner experiences of e-learning theme of the JISC e-Learning programme, had the sustained involvement of over 200 learners and nearly 3,500 survey respondents to explore learners’ perceptions of and participation in technology-enhanced learning in a digital age. The findings from this research highlighted what learners in further and higher education expect from the use of technology and the choices they make about using technology to support their studies. In addition, the Learning literacies in a digital age (LLiDA) project collected substantial data concerning current practice in digital literacies provision in UK further and higher education. This session explores the institutional impact of this research through a series of case studies which illustrate how colleges and universities are supporting positive learning experiences with technology, for example through: staff development; embedding the learner voice into core institutional processes; embedding educational uses of ICT into the curriculum; and supporting learners' use of ICT informally and for personal development.
Session Chair Helen Beetham, e-Learning Consultant Speakers Becka Currant, Dean of Students, University of Bradford Greg Benfield, Senior Lecturer/Educational Developer (Learning Technologies), Oxford Brookes University Ellen Lessner, ILT Development Coordinator, Abingdon and Witney College
What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session? Through the institutional case studies, the session will provide recommendations on how institutions can better respond to learners’ expectations and uses of technology and better support learners to develop their learning literacies to meet the demands of 21^st century employment. The session will offer practical guidance on how to embed the learner’s voice more effectively into institutional processes and practice and how to develop learning literacies more effectively.
Who should attend? This session will be of interest to those with responsibility for the delivery and management of teaching and learning, and IT networks, as well as those involved with implementing and supporting e-learning in their institution.
Room Abbey, 4th floor

Session abstract

The Learner experiences of e-learning theme of the JISC e-Learning programme, had the sustained involvement of over 200 learners and nearly 3,500 survey respondents to explore learners’ perceptions of and participation in technology-enhanced learning in a digital age. The findings from this research highlighted what learners in further and higher education expect from the use of technology and the choices they make about using technology to support their studies. In addition, the Learning literacies in a digital age (LLiDA) project collected substantial data concerning current practice in digital literacies provision in UK further and higher education.

This session explores the institutional impact of this research through a series of case studies which illustrate how colleges and universities are supporting positive learning experiences with technology, for example through: staff development; embedding the learner voice into core institutional processes; embedding educational uses of ICT into the curriculum; and supporting learners' use of ICT informally and for personal development.

Session Chair

Helen Beetham, e-Learning Consultant

Speakers

Becka Currant, Dean of Students, University of Bradford
Greg Benfield, Senior Lecturer/Educational Developer (Learning Technologies), Oxford Brookes University
Ellen Lessner, ILT Development Coordinator, Abingdon and Witney College

What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session?

Through the institutional case studies, the session will provide recommendations on how institutions can better respond to learners’ expectations and uses of technology and better support learners to develop their learning literacies to meet the demands of 21^st century employment. The session will offer practical guidance on how to embed the learner’s voice more effectively into institutional processes and practice and how to develop learning literacies more effectively.

Who should attend?

This session will be of interest to those with responsibility for the delivery and management of teaching and learning, and IT networks, as well as those involved with implementing and supporting e-learning in their institution.

Room

Abbey, 4th floor

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