My Digital LifeImproving student engagement

with digital projects at UAL

Charlotte Webb

@otheragent

inconsistent approach

students engaged too late

Why?

What is

student

engagement?

“ the interaction between the time, effort and

other relevant resources invested by both

students and their institutions intended to

optimise the student experience and enhance

the learning outcomes and development of

students and the performance and reputation of

the institution

“

Trowler & Trowler 2010

student learning

structure & process

identity

Foci

Co-creation of

change

Turner 2010

Timing

Reproduction of Sanders & Stappers, 2008

Reproduction of Turner, 2010 adapted from Sanders and Stappers, 2008

Co-creation

Digital culture

traffic

revenue

innovation

sustainability

Case study 1

for it to have integrity and for it to be real,

we couldn’t have started without students

being really pivotal to the project

“ “

I didn’t think it had the same sort of

stuffy formulaic feeling of maybe

some of the other web presences of

UAL. I guess it’s again the big

organization thing, (which) is always

going to dictate a lot about style and

all of that kind of stuff

““

Commonplace is basically speaking to

students in a medium they relate to“ “

Role of student(s) Developer Content creator/node network

Zoe’s Advice Listen

Take a risk

Tutors are oracles

Face to face is essential

Invested students promote stuff

BARRIERS?Commonplace

Charlotte Webb@otheragentc.webb@arts.ac.ukmydigitallife.myblog.arts.ac.uk/

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