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Scaling the digital literacy mountain

www.jisc.ac.uk/rsc

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Overview of this session

• Sample definitions of digital literacy

• Icebreaker: “What challenges does your organisation

face when scaling the digital literacy mountain?”

• An overview of how the Regional Support Centres

can help you address key challenges relating to

digital literacy

• Details of where to find further resources and support

• Questions and Answers

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Sample definitions of digital literacy

Our graduates will be confident users of advanced technologies; they will lead others,

challenging convention by exploiting the rich sources of connectivity digital working allows.

University of Wolverhampton

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Icebreaker

What challenges does your organisation face when

scaling the digital literacy mountain?

A. Providing an holistic approach to digital literacy

B. Ensuring that staff are digitally literate

C. Sourcing appropriate resources

D. Developing communities of practice with others

E. All of the above and more!

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1. Scoping consultation to identify personalised

support for your organisation

http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/digitalliteracy.aspx

• Contact your Regional Support

Centre for an initial

consultation

• Bring together key

management contacts with a

stake in driving the digital

literacy agenda forward

• Identify next steps and key

areas of support for your

organisation

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2. Digital Literacies Organisational Review

http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/digitalliteracy/organisational-review.aspx

• Based on the SLIDA Digital

Literacies Institutional Audit tool,

CC license

• Offers a birds-eye view of

existing practice (and gaps)

• Encourages discussion about

digital literacy across roles and

departments

• Serves as a tool for action

planning and identifying next

steps

2. Digital Literacies Organisational Review

• Piloted with Solihull College and West Cheshire

College

• Available both online and as a F2F meeting with

RSC support

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"The Digital Literacy Organisational Review

was thought provoking and produced some

clear and immediate actions to help us

move forward.” Sue McGregor, Director of Curriculum, Solihull College

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3. Ensuring staff are digitally literate

• RSCs provide digital

literacy themed events

• Work in collaboration

with Jisc Services to

offer a broad range of

CPD opportunities

• Skills Scan – useful for

identifying gaps in staff

competencies

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4. Resources to inform curriculum and

staff development

• Peer-assessed

resources from the Jisc

Services and wider

academic community

• Intended to inform staff

development

programmes or be

embedded into lessons

• Further resources

available from the Jisc

Developing Digital

Literacies Programme

Further resources and support

RSC national website:

http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/digitalliteracy.aspx

RSC blog:

http://jiscrsc.jiscinvolve.org/wp/tag/digital-literacy/

RSC peer-assessed resources on Diigo:

https://groups.diigo.com/group/digital-literacy-jisc

RSC digital literacy twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/JiscRSCDigLit #jiscdiglit

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