Well here we are at the end of the year, if you’re anything like me then it is indeed the season to be jolly. However, if you’re one of the many thought-leaders out there on the internet then you’ve probably been looking forward to this point in the year for a while and have been […]
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This week I have been engaged in a MOOC, the 12 Apps of Christmas run by Regents University. It looks at a mobile app each day in the context of mainly learning and teaching practice. The course is a great and fun way of engaging with some apps you may not have heard of. On […]
On Tuesday and Wednesday next week Leaders from Further Education and Skills come together in Bristol to pilot Jisc’s first Digital Leaders Programme, followed on Thursday and Friday by Leaders from Higher Education. This first residential is highly interactive, focusing on the individual digital capabilities of leaders and developing ways of assessing their own skill …
The Jisc Digital Leaders programme, part of the Jisc Building Digital Capability project, has been informed by the collaborative work that was done through the highly successful Leadership Foundation – led Changing the Learning Landscape (CLL) programme. The Leadership Foundation’s director of programmes, Professor Paul Gentle sums up the provenance well: “The CLL programme was …
We have had a tremendous response to the Digital Leaders Programme running this Autumn, we are now finalising the programme and confirming with delegates that they are registered sending joining instructions. Sadly whilst we still have a few places left on the Further Education Programme the Higher Education Programme is now full. We are currently …
“Understand your own practice, identify where you want or need to develop, build the capability in you and your team.” This may seem like common sense, but often we don’t take the time to really reflect on what we do and how we do it. This can be especially true when it comes to digital …
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Jisc Digital Leaders Programme
The Jisc Digital Leaders Programme is linked strongly to the work being done in Jisc Digital Capabilities and will aim to give leaders tools and ideas to help in making best use of digital in both their own practice and in leading their teams. Helping them to increase the digital capability of their organisation. The …
The role of digital skills, and the roles of leaders in education engaging in digital skills has been highlighted in a variety of reports including the Select Committee on Digital Skills own report, Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future. However, the recognition of need for leaders to exploit technology goes back as far as …