Dear colleagues,

 

Thank you to all those who participated in the Jisc meeting on the 25^th April at the Studio in Birmingham.  All presentations are now available from https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/student-experience-experts-group-meeting-25-apr-2018

 

We had a packed agenda and excellent discussions on how institutions are supporting data informed curriculum design and delivery led by Sarah Davies.

 

We heard from Lisa Gray and Heather Price on the latest developments on our Digital capability discovery tool and from Gunter Saunders at the University of Westminster and Penny Langford from Milton Keynes College on how the Digital discovery tool is supporting their staff with the development of their digital capabilities.

 

Professor Paul Bartholomew, PVC of Ulster University, presented the keynote on his work on institutional approaches to curriculum design which is well worth a view on our Periscope recording here (https://www.pscp.tv/w/1djxXdOYqlXxZ )

 

Lisa Gray also presented on the outcomes of a Jisc review on how technology can support the delivery of higher degree apprenticeships.

 

In addition we had 3 excellent members showcase sessions:

Showcase 1:  How to provide effective feedback to individual students, in large cohorts, on their examinations, without increasing the time it takes to mark each paper
Andy Grayson, Associate Professor, Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University

Showcase 2:  Challenges of designing Learner Dashboards
Dr Liz Bennett, Director of Learning and Teaching School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield

Showcase 3: Developing the Blended Learning Consortium

Peter Kilkoyne, ILT Director, Heart of Worcestershire College

 
You can add to and view reflections’ from the day on the padlet and view the series of tweets using the #jiscexperts18 tag in the Storify https://storify.com/sarahknight/jisc-student-experience-experts-meeting-25th-april

 

Useful Jisc links and resources mentioned in the meeting:

• Visit our blog: https://elearning.jiscinvolve.org for updates on student experience activities
• Find out more about our Building digital capability work from https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/building-digital-capability and follow our blog https://digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org
• Register now for the Building digital capability community of practice meeting on 22^nd May to share ideas and discuss approaches to developing digital capability - https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/digital-capabilities-community-of-practice-22-may-2018 
• You can sign up for the Curriculum confidence workshop – a one day course to support curriculum staff with designing for digital capabilities in the curriculum https://www.jisc.ac.uk/training/curriculum-confidence
• Find out more information on the Student and staff digital experience tracker www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/student-digital-experience-tracker
• We’re looking for Student Partners to help shape our thinking and drive improvements to the technology that helps enhance our students’ educational experience. Please promote to your students and if they are interested in becoming a Jisc student partner, please contact us using [log in to unmask] to express their
• We're looking for technology ideas from students that would make life better for learners, teaching staff and researchers in the UK. Please promote the competition to your students and visit https://Ji.sc/student-ideas with ideas submitted by 13^th May 2018
• Next generation digital learning environments present and future report- http://bit.ly/ngdlemarch18
• New Designing learning and assessment in a digital age online guide – https://ji.sc/design-learn-assess
• The apprenticeship toolkit - http://ji.sc/apprenticeship-journey   
• FE and skills assessment benchmarking tool - http://bit.ly/feassess
• The evolution of FELTAG: A glimpse at effective practice in UK FE and Skills - https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/the-evolution-of-feltag

 

Thank you for your continued support of this valued group and we look forward to our seeing you again at our next meeting on 18^th October 2018 in Birmingham.
 
Kind regards,
Sarah

 

 

Sarah Knight

Head of Change: Student Experience

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