Surviving or thriving: digital skills for tomorrows world

1. Surviving or thriving: digital skills for tomorrows world #digitalcapability

2. Your digital capability.. • Describe where your staff are in terms of their digital capability…in one word • www.menti.com • Code 53 02 07

3. Changing working landscapes “One million additional people are expected to be required for digital roles by the middle of the next decade. And it's predicted that within 20 years, 90% of all jobs will require some element of digital skills”. “Gaining cross-disciplinary digital skills is the lifeblood of deeper learning outcomes that lead to fruitful careers” Matt Hancock MP, The Right Honourable Minister of State for Digital, 2017 Graduate work is being transformed by digital technologies and data Digital Literacy: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief (Volume 3.3, October 2016) IPPR 2017: Managing automation

4. Employer expectations • Employers focus above all on the attitudes and aptitudes that will enable graduates to be effective in the workplace – 90% of employers rated it as among the three most important factors, against 62% who rated subject knowledge CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey 2017

5. Skills gap • 38% of workplaces in Europe report that a lack of digital skills is harming their business. European Commission (2017): ‘Human capital: Europe’s Digital Progress Report 2017’ • 72% of large firms are struggling to recruit workers with digital skills ECORYS UK 2016: Digital Skills for the UK Economy

6. What the students are telling us Only a third of FE and HE students agreed that they were given the chance to be involved in decisions about digital services. Only about a third of students agreed that they were told what digital skills they would need before starting their course. Although 50% of FE and 69% of HE students thought digital skills were important for their chosen career….. Only 41% of FE and HE students felt their course prepared them for the digital workplace. About 40% of FE and HE students agreed that they had regular opportunities to review and update their digital skills. Building digital capability

7. What does an employable student look like in a digital age? • Basic work readiness • Professional skills and knowledge • High level capabilities • Key student attributes • Authentic learning experiences • Lifelong employability in a digital world • Lifelong learning capabilities

8. 5 ways to use technology to support employability Technology-enhanced lifelong learning and employability Digital communications and engagement with employers Technology-enhanced authentic and simulated learning experiences Technology-enhanced employability skills development Employer-focused digital capabilities development

9. Authentic and simulated learning experiences • Active and ‘real world’ learning experiences – supported by technologies – that help to develop employability skills • Simulated experiences Technology-enhanced authentic and simulated learning experiences

10. Lifelong learning and employability Technology-enhanced lifelong learning and employability • Self-directed personal and professional learning (planning, reflection, managing, recording, review) – supported by technology • (Digital) feedback and engagement with a variety of stakeholders including employers to help develop learner self-regulatory skills • Employer-supported / related assessment for learning • Recording/recognition Technology-enhanced authentic and simulated learning experiences

11. Digital communications and employer engagement Technology-enhanced lifelong learning and employability • Researching, identifying and developing contacts and relationships with employers • Developing ‘digital’ and ‘employability’ identity • Developing ‘digital collateral’ as evidence of student ‘rounded self’ • Showcasing student ‘rounded self’ to employers and personal clients Technology-enhanced authentic and simulated learning experiences Digital communications and engagement with employers

12. Employability skills development Technology-enhanced lifelong learning and employability • Learner skills diagnostics • Technology-enhanced development for skills gaps • Computer-aided assessment Technology-enhanced authentic and simulated learning experiences Digital communications and engagement with employers Technology-enhanced employability skills development

13. Digital capabilities Technology-enhanced lifelong learning and employability • Developing key digital capabilities aligned to employability skills • Not just functional skills… Technology-enhanced authentic and simulated learning experiences Digital communications and engagement with employers Employer-focused digital capabilities development Technology-enhanced employability skills development

14. A holistic approach to programme design and technology adoption 5 digital dimensions Connected curricula T-profile curricula Technology-enhanced lifelong learning and employability Digital communications and engagement with employers Technology-enhanced authentic and simulated learning experiences Employer engagement Assessment for learning Technology-enhanced employability skills development Employer-focused digital capabilities development

15. Establishing a common vocabulary • Does your organisation have a common understanding of digital capability?

16. The digital capability framework All available from: https://digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/ http://ji.sc/Digi-cap-different-roles

17. An employability lens Basic work readiness Digital capabilities • Ethical and moral behaviour • Appearance and presentation • Social skills • Numeracy • Spoken and written communication • Basic knowledge and management of digital safety, footprint, identity/reputation, security and compliance • Communicating effectively and with e-etiquette with different stakeholders including employers, using a range of digital media and devices

18. Building digital capability into the curriculum • How are opportunities for students to develop their digital capabilities integrated into the curriculum? • http://bit.ly/digcapcurric

19. A starting point for staff and students • The Discovery tool • A self-administered quiz about professional digital practices (in education) • Designed to give useful feedback including 'next steps' and links to resources • Reflective, informative and developmental

20. Student questions – digital skills for work

21. Institutional view • Provides institutional leads with anonymised data on: • Overall number of staff/students completing • Scoring bands by organisation (developing / capable / proficient) • By department, high level subject areas; sector comparisons for both

22. Benefits – students and staff ‘I enjoyed using it. The report accurately recorded my strengths and weaknesses’ ‘I thought the data and insights it provided just based on a quick assessment was really good’ ‘Made me think about things in more detail, and actually assess responses’ ‘[I’ve] shied away from this area, so having an abundance of help/ feedback was great’ ‘Really useful, and I particularly like how it is relevant to skills for both my course and my future career’ ‘Did give me an idea of specific areas which would be worth working on, targeted action’ ‘I thought the data and insights it provided just based on a quick assessment was really good’

23. Where are we now? The building digital capability service Find out more and sign up at: https://digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/subcribe/

24. Developing organisational digital capability ‘The extent to which the culture, policies and infrastructure of an organisation enable and support digital practices.’ Helen Beetham (2017) How is your organisation developing its organisational digital capability? Beetham/Jisc 2017 model CC BY-NC-ND

25. In practice…. “A digitally fluent institution is one that makes use of the tools and resources available to it, but it is also where a community of talented individuals are empowered and encouraged to innovate and design in new and different ways. The confidence that comes with this digital fluency is what can help drive our research ambition, our enterprise flair and our teaching creativity. Being digitally fluent enables everyone to contribute to the thing that defines us as an institution – being a place of learning, a place of discovery.” Dr Ross Parry, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Digital), University of Leicester

26. What are organisations doing in this space? Key success factors • Common vocabulary • How is this communicated? • Strategic support • Stakeholder group • Engaging HR • Recruitment, appraisal etc. • Developing staff and students • Reward and recognition • Building digital capability into the curriculum https://ji.sc/digicap_films

27. Community of practice • Launched in May 2017, run twice yearly since with 100 delegates from across FE and HE • Last event ran on 21st November 2018, University of Hertfordshire • Event summaries – from project blog • Join CoP mailing list • www.jiscmail.ac.uk/jisc-digcap-ug ‘Valuable for inspiring new ideas and making new contacts, for sharing resources.’

28. https://digitalinsights.jisc.ac.uk Building students’ engagement in their digital experience

29. Follow developments • Interested in the building digital capability service? • New service site: https://digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/ • Subscribe: https://digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk/subcribe • Discovery tool: https://jisc.potential.ly • Follow developments • Project blog: digitalcapability.jiscinvolve.org Communication • Email the project team at: digitalcapability@jisc.ac.uk • Follow #digitalcapabilityon Twitter • Resources • Employability toolkit and case studies from: ji.sc/employ-guide • Employability blog: employabilityproject.jiscinvolve.org/ • Developing organisational approaches to digital capability – online guide:bit.ly/digcapguide • Six elements framework: ji.sc/digicap_ind_frame • HR study: https://bit.ly/2ImZY4o • Four new institutional case study videos: https://ji.sc/digicap_films

30. Describe where your staff are in terms of their digital capability…in one word • www.menti.com • Code 53 02 07

31. Contact Lisa Gray Senior Co-Design Manager lisa.gray@jisc.ac.uk digitalcapability@jisc.ac.uk