The Digital Literacies Framework: What literacies are

staff interested in?Dr Fiona Handley, Centre for Learning and

Teaching, University of Brighton

Aims of the session

To briefly introduce the Digital Literacies Framework at the University of Brighton

To present some of the evaluation work on the Framework based on data on staff engagement with literacies

To discuss how this has influenced the next iteration of the Framework

What are Digital Literacies?

“Those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society.” (Jisc, 2012)

Now framed as Digital Capabilities (Jisc, 2016)

Competence and confidence with current technology and the ability to keep up to date by evaluating the appropriateness of new technology and acquiring new skills as necessary

University of Brighton’s Digital Literacies Framework

Launched in July 2014A generic framework for

all academic staffAn online web portalCovering 39 literaciesEvaluated in 2015Refreshed in May 2016

Organised into 4 categories

What data did we look at?

Webpage visitsRequests for face-to-face sessionsProgrammed sessions as part of the Blended

Learning staff development programme

Webpage visits

Webpage visits – Learning and Teaching

Finding and Creating Resources the most popular (257)

Followed by Implementing Blended Learning

High visits across all pages apart from programming

Webpage visits - Research

Most popular are Evaluating Information (122), and Keeping Up-to-date

Webpage visits – Communication & Collaboration

Most popular – Managing Digital Identity (248), followed by Using Mobile Technologies in Lectures

Webpage visits - Administration

Most popular is Managing Digital Media (88)

Least popular Managing Tasks

Low visits generally

Most and least popular

Most popularFinding and creating resources

257

Managing digital identity

248

Implementing Blended Learning

230

Minimum use of VLE

190

Detecting plagiarism

156

Least popularUsing wikis 34Understanding data analytics

32

Using mobiles in fieldwork

26

Managing budgets 14Managing tasks 12

Requests for DLF bespoke support sessions

General introductions to the FrameworkUsing social mediaUsing mobile technologies in teaching

Engagement with programmed sessions

Most interest and attendance in social media, blended learning/flipped, and mobile technologies sessions

More interest this year in Blended learning/flipped

Less interest this year in eFeedback

Combining the data, the key areas are:

Digital identities

Blended learning

using new media/

mobile tech

Using social media

Communication and Collaboration

Blogging Emailing Managing digital

identity Presenting Using mobile

technologies Using social

media

Administration

Using calendars

Using spreadsheets

Word processing

Learning and Teaching

Detecting plagiarism

eMarking and eFeedback

eSubmission Finding and

creating resources Implementing

Blended Learning effectively

Minimum usage - studentcentral

Understanding learning analytics

Research

Finding, evaluating and managing information

Keeping legalPublishing and

promoting your work

Referencing

Influence on the refreshed Digital Literacies Framework

Conclusions

Staff engagement gives a snapshot into their digital concerns

At Brighton this is about developing up-to-date learning environments and creating a positive digital identity

References

Jisc 2012 Developing Digital Literacies, [online]. Available at: http://web.archive.org/web/20141011143516/http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/digital-literacies/

Jisc 2016 Building Digital Capability: the six elements defined [online]. Available at:http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6239/1/Digital_capabilities_six_elements.pdf