Rethinking Digital in Welsh FE:A Sector Opportunity

@ProfTomCrick

Cardiff Metropolitan University

8 March 2017

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Introduction

Terminological Diversions

“Learning technology is the broad range ofcommunication, information and relatedtechnologies that can be used to support learning,teaching, and assessment.’

FELTAG Recommendations (October 2013)

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Introduction

The Educational Challenge

What does being“digitally competent” mean for a

4/8/12/16 year old?

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Introduction

...the Societal Challenge

What does being“digitally competent” mean for a

5/25/45/65/85 year old?

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Digital Citizens

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Digital Citizens

But Not Just About Jobs

“...the inability to access or use ICT has effectivelybecome a barrier to social integration and personaldevelopment.”

DG Information Society & Media Group, European Commission (2008)

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Digital Competence Framework

Context

Identifying the core digital skills that all learners need to have, nowand in the future;

Clear adaptable framework for learning and progression, supportingflexibility and creativity;

Driven by pedagogy, based on enduring principles, rather thanspecific/transient tools and technologies;

Promoting why digital competencies matters: educationally,societally, economically.

Clear alignment to the four purposes of the new Curriculum forWales

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Digital Competence Framework

Digital Competence Framework

1 CitizenshipIdentify, Image & ReputationHealth & WellbeingDigital Rights, Licensing & OwnershipOnline Behaviour & Cyberbulling

2 Interacting & CollaboratingCommunicationCollaborationStoring & Sharing

3 ProducingPlanning, Sourcing & SearchingCreatingEvaluating & Improving

4 Data & Computational ThinkingProblem Solving & ModellingData & Information Literacy

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

e.g. Curriculum design

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/using-technology-to-improve-curriculum-design

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Analogy: Innovation in [Digital] Public Services

Improving quality and efficiency

New models of transparency and governance

No longer...closed, top-down, bureaucratic and paper-basedtransactional models;

Now...online, integrated [digital] services that encourage a new kindof interaction between citizens and the state.

Service design: user-led, evidence-based (stop repeating pastmistakes)

Co-design/co-production of projects and outcomes

Challenge: Moving from research =⇒ policy =⇒ practice

Requires interdisciplinary mindset/teams

Digital skills, digital culture

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Analogy: Innovation in [Digital] Public Services

Improving quality and efficiency

New models of transparency and governance

No longer...closed, top-down, bureaucratic and paper-basedtransactional models;

Now...online, integrated [digital] services that encourage a new kindof interaction between citizens and the state.

Service design: user-led, evidence-based (stop repeating pastmistakes)

Co-design/co-production of projects and outcomes

Challenge: Moving from research =⇒ policy =⇒ practice

Requires interdisciplinary mindset/teams

Digital skills, digital culture

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Analogy: Innovation in [Digital] Public Services

Improving quality and efficiency

New models of transparency and governance

No longer...closed, top-down, bureaucratic and paper-basedtransactional models;

Now...online, integrated [digital] services that encourage a new kindof interaction between citizens and the state.

Service design: user-led, evidence-based (stop repeating pastmistakes)

Co-design/co-production of projects and outcomes

Challenge: Moving from research =⇒ policy =⇒ practice

Requires interdisciplinary mindset/teams

Digital skills, digital culture

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Analogy: Innovation in [Digital] Public Services

Improving quality and efficiency

New models of transparency and governance

No longer...closed, top-down, bureaucratic and paper-basedtransactional models;

Now...online, integrated [digital] services that encourage a new kindof interaction between citizens and the state.

Service design: user-led, evidence-based (stop repeating pastmistakes)

Co-design/co-production of projects and outcomes

Challenge: Moving from research =⇒ policy =⇒ practice

Requires interdisciplinary mindset/teams

Digital skills, digital culture

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Digital Is Much More Than Tech

Digital technology is not the end goal in itself;

Government cannot, and should not, provide all the answers;

Ownership by the sector is key.

Effective pedagogies;

Professional capability: CPD and upskilling;

Investment in infrastructure;

Changing wider perceptions of “digital” and “tech”...

...and fostering a digital culture.

Not being risk-averse (innovate, fail early/often);

Establish new communities of practice;

What does excellent/outstanding practice look like (and how best toshare/embed it)?

Student-centered: what is the digital learning experience goingto look like?

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Digital Is Much More Than Tech

Digital technology is not the end goal in itself;

Government cannot, and should not, provide all the answers;

Ownership by the sector is key.

Effective pedagogies;

Professional capability: CPD and upskilling;

Investment in infrastructure;

Changing wider perceptions of “digital” and “tech”...

...and fostering a digital culture.

Not being risk-averse (innovate, fail early/often);

Establish new communities of practice;

What does excellent/outstanding practice look like (and how best toshare/embed it)?

Student-centered: what is the digital learning experience goingto look like?

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Digital Is Much More Than Tech

Digital technology is not the end goal in itself;

Government cannot, and should not, provide all the answers;

Ownership by the sector is key.

Effective pedagogies;

Professional capability: CPD and upskilling;

Investment in infrastructure;

Changing wider perceptions of “digital” and “tech”...

...and fostering a digital culture.

Not being risk-averse (innovate, fail early/often);

Establish new communities of practice;

What does excellent/outstanding practice look like (and how best toshare/embed it)?

Student-centered: what is the digital learning experience goingto look like?

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Digital Is Much More Than Tech

Digital technology is not the end goal in itself;

Government cannot, and should not, provide all the answers;

Ownership by the sector is key.

Effective pedagogies;

Professional capability: CPD and upskilling;

Investment in infrastructure;

Changing wider perceptions of “digital” and “tech”...

...and fostering a digital culture.

Not being risk-averse (innovate, fail early/often);

Establish new communities of practice;

What does excellent/outstanding practice look like (and how best toshare/embed it)?

Student-centered: what is the digital learning experience goingto look like?

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

Digital Is Much More Than Tech

Digital technology is not the end goal in itself;

Government cannot, and should not, provide all the answers;

Ownership by the sector is key.

Effective pedagogies;

Professional capability: CPD and upskilling;

Investment in infrastructure;

Changing wider perceptions of “digital” and “tech”...

...and fostering a digital culture.

Not being risk-averse (innovate, fail early/often);

Establish new communities of practice;

What does excellent/outstanding practice look like (and how best toshare/embed it)?

Student-centered: what is the digital learning experience goingto look like?

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Opportunities for FE in Wales

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For more information about the DCF:

learning.gov.wales/resources/browse-all/digital-competence-framework/?lang=en

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Thank You

@ProfTomCrick

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