Author: Helen Beetham

Since we reported on the HE findings from our Digital Student work, several reports have been published that shed light on aspects of students’ digital experiences. This is a brief round-up and commentary (views expressed are my own). The HEA’s UK Engagement Survey (UKES) aims to help institutions understand and improve students’ personal engagement with …

Now that we’ve completed our consultation with HE stakeholders, it’s time to ask what you are doing to enhance the student digital experience. There are no prizes but we’ll make sure everyone gets a mention here on the digital student blog, and some will be selected for a full write-up and promotion by Jisc as …

More than 50 people attended our workshop at the ALT conference, following an equally healthy turnout for Dave’s paper on the expectations of incoming school students. We introduced some findings from the HE study and asked participants to respond to five postcards from the future, outlining how student expectations and needs might change. You can …

There are two Digital Student related sessions happening at the ALT (Association for Learning Technology) conference in Warwick this week. On Tuesday at 11.35 in room 0.13 Dave White will be presenting outcomes of the schools report: Where did they get that idea from? Incoming expectations of the digital environment. Expect some provocative observations on …

Back in june we did a session for the Jisc Learning and Teaching Experts’ meeting where we presented an update on the HE study outcomes and on the consultation process. We also asked members to help shape and prioritise our recommendations for institutions. Although things have moved on a bit in the consultation process since …