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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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