Digital literacies as a postgraduate attribute Lesley Gourlay, Martin Oliver Institute of Education Objectives
Context
To gain in-depth understanding of our students’ digital literacies via analysis of existing datasets and new ethnographic research To evaluate our current provision and opportunities for our students
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To review our institutional readiness for change around digital literacies
Approach
To implement four pilots developing digital literacies across different contexts
x Digital literacies as social practice x Organisational change as social practice x Assumed to be interlinked
To explore the needs of staff tasked with developing student digital literacies To develop exemplar organisational strategies focused on digital literacies as a graduate attribute To maintain constant dialogue with our partners SEDA, ALT and SCONUL, to ensure dissemination and sector embedding of project findings
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Postgraduate Masters, Doctoral, PGCE Specialist Mature students Professional focus
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Data review Evaluation of change processes Student focus groups Multimodal ethnographic journaling Changing four areas of provision