Institutional Student ePioneer Partnerships

Richard Francis18th November 2011

Developing Digital Literacies programme

Institutional Student ePioneer Partnerships

Richard Francis18th November 2011

Developing Digital Literacies programme

InStePP

Richard Francis18th November 2011

Developing Digital Literacies programme

InStePP

Get into InStePP: learning to learn from each other

in a digital age

Richard Francis18th November 2011

Developing Digital Literacies programme

InStePP

InStePP

Institutions

ePioneers: students as change agents

Professional Associations

About the programme

JISC Developing Digital Literacies programme£1.5 million over two years12 projectsJuly 2011 to December 2013

Aim: “to promote the development of coherent, inclusive and holistic institutional strategies and organisational approaches for developing digital literacies for all staff and students in UK further and higher education.”

Preceded by learner experience research, scoping study, exemplars and case studies. Brookes involved from outset.

Programme overviewhttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies.aspx

About the project

Scope: Institutional changeDuration: 2 yearsBudget: £200,000 total

JISC funding in year 1 Matched institutional funding in year 2

Based in Media Workshop and Careers CentreEvaluated by OCSLDDedicated Project Management in year 1Cascades into Faculties in year 2

Students as change agents

Strategic commitment to

engaging with students as agents of change in learning and teaching activities to develop and enhance personal and leadership attributes for employability.

InStePP will draw together existing experience and expertise to create a new role of ‘e-pioneer’ to influence a range of organisational activities.

Build on existing strong relationships between careers services and professional associations to explore new forms of recognition of student leadership activities.

SESE governance will oversee cascading of successful partnerships into all Faculties.

Educational developers with learner experience research experience will explore, evaluate and illustrate how partnerships develop digital literacies.

Objectives

The project will embed a variety of active partnerships with students into curriculum development activities

It will develop, implement and exemplify: institutional approaches to partnerships as an integral part of digital literacy development in the curriculum and in employability policy and practice; digital literacies contextualised for disciplines and for career development; and student roles and activities which support the development of staff digital literacies.

Supporting SESE

Strategic approach: integrate  provision for digital literacies for staff and students across the institution; establish, support and build recognition for the role of student ‘e-pioneers’ within existing core academic and e-learning development activities; evaluate how partnerships enhance the student experience and benefit the development of both student and staff digital literacies.

InStePP will help Brookes meet commitments in SESE to both digital literacies and student engagement.

Potential ePioneer roles

Curriculum design

in Course Design Intensives Teaching

supportas Module Assistants

Course development and approval

on validation panels

Researchthrough

Undergraduate Research

Scholarship Scheme

ICT environment

as Moodle mentorsStudent

experiencewith Student Support

Co-ordinators and Course Reps

Students as

ePioneers

Aim of today

To address the question:

“how can we build on existing forms of student partnership to establish mutually beneficial partnerships with students which will embed digital and information literacies as a graduate attribute in the curriculum and enhance our own digital capabilities as staff?”

Times

Morning session: 10:00 - 13:15 (incl. lunch from 12:30 -13:15)

Afternoon session: 12:30 - 15:45 (incl. lunch from 12:30 -13:15)

10:00 - 10:20 - Summary of project.

10:20 - 10:40 - Review existing projects.

10:40 - 11:15 - Is this list complete?

11:15 - 20 Coffee/tea

11:20 - 11:40 External schemes

11:40 - 12:20 What’s good about these schemes?

Breakout activity. Objective: to draft models for InStePP ePioneer roles.

(x3/4 groups, each with a recorder)

12:20 - 12:30 Plenary

Share objectives/schemes

Session repeats 13:15 - 15:45