The landscape report summing up the first stages of this EMA project is now available on the Jisc website: http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5599/ The next phase of the project will build on the initial findings of the study to refine and prioritise the challenges identified in the report and, in collaboration with the HE community and assessment system […]
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ALT Conference is here!
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 …
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Digital Student videos here!
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 …
We’re pleased to be able to announce dates and locations for FE staff consultation events for the Digital Student FE & Skills study. Please add the relevant date(s) to your diary. Jisc will open bookings for these events later in the year. 15 Jan 2015 Birmingham 20 Jan 2015 Manchester 25 Feb 2015 Bristol 04 …
Background and context Bedford College is a general FE College with a turnover in the region of £35 million per year it is around the 50th largest college in the UK with c.5,000 full-time and c.10,000 part-time students. It has three main campuses: Bedford town centre – general FE and vocational education, a sixth form […]
Background and context From 2010 to 2011 Keele University was supported by the Jisc Building Capacity programme to undertake project STAF: technology supporting assessment and feedback. The University does not specifically use the term EMA but there was a general feeling that they were not making effective use of technology to support assessment and feedback […]
Background and context Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is the largest campus-based undergraduate university in the UK with a total student population of more than 37,000. The university offers over 1,000 courses and qualifications, the majority of which have a strong professional bias. In 2010 MMU set up the EQAL Programme: ‘Enhancing Quality and Assessment for […]
Thank you to the many FE Colleges who registered expressions of interest in participating in the FE & Skills study. We had a terrific response and have closed the EOI form now. It’s great to see so much interest in contributing to developing policies and processes in the FE & Skills sector for supporting students …
Dear colleagues We have had a pleasing number of expressions of interest from FE Colleges in participating in the FE Digital Student study. We will soon announce participating institutions. In the meantime there is still time to register your interest in joining the study. We would especially appreciate hearing from more Welsh institutions. Register your …
The input from the community engaging with this blog has been incredibly valuable so far – so much so that we have decided to crowd source some sections of the report. The 8 blog posts that follow (posted in reverse order so that you can now scroll down from 1-8) are draft sections of the […]