Demonstrating digital transformation - Building a sustainable digital culture
A collaborative exploration of designing engaging and inclusive learning experiences that support the University of Nottingham's ambition to develop digitally fluent graduates, equipped to embrace and solve challenges in an ever-changing world.
- One day
- Free
This event will be held on
04 February 2027
- Jubilee Conference Centre, University of Nottingham
- 10:00 – 16:00
This collaborative event brings together colleagues across the sector to explore how institutions can foster sustainable digital cultures that enhance engagement, belonging, and learner success. The University of Nottingham is one of 17 universities piloting the beyond blended framework to move beyond simple distinctions between online and face-to-face teaching and instead focus on the design of engaging, inclusive and purposeful learning experiences.
Drawing on Jisc's digital transformation framework and the University of Nottingham's participation in our beyond blended pilot programme, the event will showcase practical approaches to embedding digital fluency, developing digital pedagogical expertise, and driving sustainable culture change in blended learning design. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own institutional context and the experiences of those universities participating in the Jisc pilot, exchange ideas with peers and consider how blended learning can support strategic priorities for digital fluency, student success and educational transformation.
Programme
Registration and teas/coffee
Welcome
Speaker - Heidi Fraser-Krauss, CEO Jisc
Keynote
Speaker:
- Professor Katherine Linehan - pro vice-chancellor for education and student experience, University of Nottingham
Breakout sessions
Breakout session 1: Designing for engagement and belonging
Speakers:
- Dr Stephanie McDonald - digital learning director, University of Nottingham
- Sue Morrison - director of education and student experience enhancement, University of Nottingham
- Professor Cecilia Goria - professor of digital pedagogies and language education, University of Nottingham
- Dr Luis Neves, enterprise architect, University of Nottingham
Lunch
Breakout sessions
Breakout session 1: Digital fluency and TNE
Speakers:
- Professor Kim Edwards - deputy pro vice-chancellor, undergraduate education, University of Nottingham
- Professor Hazel Melanie Ramos, vice provost for teaching and learning, University of Nottingham Malaysia
- Professor Jonathan Eaton, pro vice-chancellor (learning and teaching, University of Nottingham
Breakout session 2: Applying the Beyond Blended pillars to inclusive curriculum and learning design through a universal design for learning lens
The starting point for this proposed workshop is Jisc's EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) strategic prompt: "How does the curriculum follow UDL (University Design for Learning) principles?”. Drawing on pilot activities from the University of Northampton and the University of Nottingham, participants will use authentic project examples to explore how UDL-informed curriculum and learning design decisions can be operationalised across interconnected Beyond Blended pillars.
Speakers:
- Dr Stephanie McDonald - digital learning director, University of Nottingham
- Dr Stacie Gray - academic practice lead / associate professor (learning and teaching), University of Nottingham
Break
Panel session
Speakers:
- Professor Katherine Linehan - pro vice-chancellor for education and student experience, University of Nottingham
- Professor Kim Edwards - deputy pro-vice chancellor, undergraduate education, University of Nottingham
- Dr Stephanie McDonald - digital learning director, University of Nottingham
- Professor Hazel Melanie Ramos, vice provost for teaching and learning, University of Nottingham Malaysia
- Professor Jonathan Eaton, pro vice-chancellor (learning and teaching)
Closing remarks
Participants will leave with:
- An understanding of the principles underpinning our beyond blended framework
- Practical examples of how the universities have adapted and embedded the framework within institutional policy and practice
- Insights into supporting student engagement, belonging and digital fluency through blended learning design
- Ideas and approaches that can be adapted to support teaching, curriculum enhancement and digital transformation within their own institution
- Opportunities to share practice and connect with colleagues working across digital education and student experience enhancement
Contact
For further information, please contact events@jisc.ac.uk.