Transcript Digital Literacies Baselining

DIGITAL LITERACIES
BASELINING
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN
HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORK
Dr Bex Lewis
Technology
Enhanced
Learning
Fellow
University of
Winchester
OVERVIEW
What is digital literacy?
 Definitions exercise
What is the project?
Survey Results
 Fears/Possibilities Exercise
 Who are our students?
 With reference to the SDF baselining report
What actions do we take in the light of this?
What’s in our potential toolbox?
INTRODUCTION
 The ODHE has been successful in winning £10,000 funding
from JISC for a two-year project on Digital Literacies (DL),
which JISC defines as:
"digital literacy defines those
capabilities which fit an
individual for living, learning and
working in a digital society"
Image Credit: http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/video-assist
PROJECT BID: WHAT DOES ODHE WANT
TO GET FROM THIS PROJECT?
 Digital Literacies are becoming increasingly embedded within
organisational processes. Few, if any, organisational changes do not
have DL aspects. HE Staf f cannot escape engagement. As the Times
Higher Education comments , current hierarchical modes of working are
outmoded. For many this is a positive, democratic change, for other s,
an unwelcome shif t. Change management is a core aspect of
Organisational Development (OD) and practitioners are therefore
central to embedding a more digitally literate culture.
 Anecdotal evidence suggests that many OD practitioners are not
comfor table with DLs. Oppor tunities for the ef fective use of DLs can
easily be missed or not enthusiastically promoted. This bid is about
helping organisational developers to gain confidence with DLs through
building better understanding of best practice. ODs would then be able
to contribute much more ef fectively to organisational take -up of DL
initiatives.
 Davidson, C. ‘So last century’, Times Higher Education, 28/04/11
(http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=4
15941&c=2)
 http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/page/48784157/ODHE%20DL
DAVID BAUME, SEDA
‘If we all do it properly, and
climb and stay out of our
bunkers, this will be a crosscommunity project on a grand
and productive scale’
https://programmesupport.pbworks.com/w/page/478
52388/DL%20Overview%20(Associations)
HTTP://WWW.SURVEYMONKEY.COM/S/ODHEDIGLIT
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT
RESPONDENTS
TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS
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Oh no
Life
I T s y s te m s
C o m p ute r s
A ny t h i n g t h a t r e q u i r e s a n i n te r f a c e
l i ke a P C , M a c , i P h o n e , v i d e o
c o n f e r e nc i n g f a c i l i t i e s , d a t a
p r o j e c to r, e - w h i te b o a r d , et c .
S o f t wa r e s u p p o r t / s o l ut io n s , ' k i t ' to
e n a b l e a c t i v i t ie s ( w o r k o r l e i s ur e ! )
N ew I T s y s te m s , a p p s , p l a t fo r m s ,
d ev i c e s , et c .
I n te r e s t i n g d ev i c e s !
C o m p ute r s , m o b i le d ev i c e s , m u l t i
f u n c t io n a l d ev i c e s et c .
H m m . w h a t ’ s n ew ! ?
N ew w ay s o f d o i n g t h i n g s
D e p e n d s o n t h e c o n tex t , b u t
s o m et i m e s c a n b e d a u n t i n g !
 A ny t h i n g to d o w i t h c o m p ute r s / IT
 M a c h i n e s f r o m w a t c h e s to s p a c e s hi ps
 E l e c t r o ni c / d ig i t a l m e d i a
 A r a n g e o f to o l s a n d p r o c e s s e s t h a t
support the work I do.
 S o m et h i n g t h a t e i t h e r h a s e l e c t ro n i c
o r m o v i n g p a r t s c o u l d b e a te l e p h o n e ,
p c a c a r o r a t r a c to r !
 A ny t h i n g to d o w i t h e l e c t ro n i c v e r s i o n
o f s o m et h i n g
 C o m m un i c a t io n
 P C , i P a d s , V L E s et c s
 C o m p ute r s
 C o m p ute r b a s e d a n d p r o b a b l y
c h a l l e ng i n g !
 iPad2. I want one
TECHNOLOGY CONFIDENCE
EXERCISE (20 MINS)
POSSIBILITIES
FEARS
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS
EMAIL
 A workflow tool as well as
communication method
 For work and per sonal use
 Far too much really but it is
the culture of my working
environment
 I use email on my lap top
which conver ts to a desk top
via a docking station which
provides easy access to the
University network , and on my
iPhone.
 Work and per sonal use, inform
and question
 Used to have separate
personal email but easier to
manage just one account
 I have 5 accounts for dif fering
reasons
 I don't use personal e-mail
ver y much as I am sick of it
because it is so much a
feature of working life!
 This is University policy
(Acceptable Use Policy)
although there is some leeway
to receive personal email e.g.
professional membership
information.
 I have 4 other personal
accounts that I use or
dif ferent purposes
ENGAGING WITH THE TOOLS
 T he three m ost u sed ‘professional’ tools are:
 E-Surveys
 Google Docs
 University proprietary systems
 T he three tools with highest awareness, but haven’t used are:
 E-Portfolios
 Podcasting
 Twitter
 T he three tools that have been used professionally but are no longer
being used:
 Wikis
 VLE (Moodle/VLE)
 Podcasting/Virtual Classroom/Virtual Response Systems
 T he three tools about which t here is least awareness are:
 Bookmarking
 Personal Response Systems
 Online presentation tools such as Prezi
THE MISSING TOOLS?
Other?
SOCIAL MEDIA
http://www.theconversationprism.com/presentation/
WHO ARE OUR STUDENTS?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8577
272.stm (March 2010)
 1/3 Part-Time
 1/6 from Overseas
 More mature students
 More at-home students
 Familiarity online
 Global perspective
 Business partnerships
 Pick & Mix degrees
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS?
 Global (Used to creating their own YouTube
videos, and expecting a quick response – from
anywhere in the world!)
 Responsive (Used to rapid response/feedback,
3 week guarantee “too long”)
 Flexible (Used to having more than one starting
point)
 Interactive (Looking for a relationship of trust,
staff/student partnership: The teacher has a
role of leader, but needs ‘distributed
leadership’)
 Often facile or trivial
DIGITAL VISITOR/RESIDENT
http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2011/12/visitors-residents-with-daveowhite-jisc/
HTTP://BIT.LY/9NOI1Z
 Instead of trying to massproduce children who are
good at taking tests and
memorizing things,
schools should emphasize
personal development,
Robinson said. Not all kids
are good at the same
things, and the education
system shouldn't pretend
they should all turn out
Sir Ken Robinson
the same, he said.
Why teaching is 'not like making motorcars’,
by John D. Sutter, CNN, March 17, 2010 7:00
a.m. EDT
READ MORE…
http://www.slide
share.net/drbexl
/the-21stcentury-learnerblended-learningtools-and-theuse-of-socialnetworks
nearly 3000 views
CLASSROOM MATERIALS
TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING ROOMS
LOCATIONS ACCESS
LEARNING & TRAINING: FORMAL
LEARNING & TRAINING: INFORMAL
 Informal: None
 I of ten get help from colleagues in the
of fice to use the computer system
 Most is informal e.g. Prezi, wiki, Google
docs
 Most of the stuf f I've tried informally has
been ver y intuitive - you just need the
time to be able to experiment (and
someone to advocate, encourage!)
 Self taught, learned all the bad habits
 S e l f t a u g h t Tw i t t e r a n d B l o g g i n g a n d W e b
design - has its limitations.
 I find that this is really the only way to
learn - and at the point of need
 A bit hit and miss and easy to leave for
another day
 Self taught e.g. the introduction of
M i c r o s o f t 2 0 1 0 f r o m 2 0 07. A l s o o n e t o
one support provided by colleagues
 M o s t o f m y l e a r n i n g i s b y t r i a l a n d e r r o r.
Sometimes this works well - of ten I forget
how I did something so find it dif ficult to
repeat
 Not muc h, not ver y - dabbled in Fac ebook
b u t d o n ' t r e a l l y g e t i t , s a m e w i t h Tw i t t e r
 Informal: None
 I'm mostly self-taught because the formal
versions (above) are mainly really poor
and I don't have time to fiddle with poorly
designed on-line learning packages that
tend to frustrate as they are not designed
to answer specific issues.
 Advice and learning from colleagues
 S e l f - t a u g h t w i t h Tw i t t e r, F a c e b o o k , G o o g l e
docs, blogging sites etc. These
technologies are very intuitive and are
s u p p o r t e d b y g o o d Yo u Tu b e t u t o r i a l s e t c .
so have been fairly easy to learn and
understand.
 Loads of self taught stuff
 Formal: None
 Te l e l c a s s e s a n d Te l e w o r k s h o p s
 Formal: None - self taught
 1-2-1 sessions with my daughter perfect!!
 No formal learning - done on the hoof!
FURTHER COMMENT
I made some assumptions about the
terminology you used in this survey something in that?! I wonder how many
of us do that? Learning the basics of
when to use what tool would be good and
save hours trying to use something
where another tool would serve better.
TOOLBOX: AN OVERVIEW
 http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/3474752
 http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2011/06/digital -media-trends-4-0/
FURTHER COMMENTS
 As an older worker and a senior manager I have tried
hard to be enthusiastic and engage with new tools
despite the fact that most of them are not needed in my
role. I am also hugely frustrated at the lack of discipline
in the use of these tools by others and the tendency to
drop face-to-face conversations in favour of remote
discussion. Tools need to be fit for purpose and fit for the
people using them. The language needs to be simple and
understandable and the tools themselves easy to use and
reasonably obvious. My experience of 'technology' is that
it has added endless amounts of time to my working day
instead of making it quicker. It also provides me with the
greatest source of negative stress .
MOVING FORWARD
MOVING FORWARD: TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS
 http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/networks/od/odgroup.html
WHERE TO GO FOR RESOURCES?
 SOME STARTING POINTS:
 JISC webinars:
 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/webinars.aspx
 Digital Fingerprint:
 http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/
 http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/category/times-higher-education/
 Winchester blog:
 http://www.winchester.ac.uk/blog/archive/tags/Technology%20Enha
nced%20Learning/default.aspx
 http://www.winchester.ac.uk/blog/archive/tags/Blended%20Learnin
g/default.aspx
CONTACT DETAILS
Email:
[email protected]
Twitter: @drbexl,
@digitalfprint, @TELWinch
Phone: 01962 826455