SOLSTICE CLT Conference 2013 Project Digit ISE linking

SOLSTICE & CLT Conference 2013 Project Digit. ISE: linking digital literacy and employability Emma Woods, University of Westminster 5 th & 6 th June 2013

This session will provide: • An introduction to the project • A report on questionnaire & focus group findings • An overview of our one day student conference, “Get the Digital Edge” • Information on our legacy plans

University of Westminster Typing class at the Regent Street Polytechnic: Photograph taken from an album of 1899 http: //flic. kr/p/8 Cx 18 H • Vision - “building the next generation of highly employable global citizens to shape the future” • 19, 800 students across 4 sites • Diverse student body

The project • Jisc Transformations Programme • One year project (Spring 2012 – 2013) exploring the links between students’ attitudes towards digital literacy and employability • Project Board and delivery group include staff from across the University Digit. ISE Delivery Group www. photovisi. com

Student digital literacy questionnaire • Distributed online in Autumn 2012 • Approx. 400 respondents in first round • Some schools (more science based ones) underrepresented so opened again • Total responses = 563 PG Diploma Office Technology and Business Administration - using a word processor package Students from the Polytechnic of Central London, 1989 http: //flic. kr/p/d 1 f. Q 25

Questionnaire – key findings 87. 6% love digital technology 81. 5% believe they are digitally literate 92. 3% consider it important for students to develop digital skills 56% agreed that most students like to engage with learning material while travelling 1. 6% use their smartphone for study

Focus Groups and workshops February 2013 - 3 focus groups were held to follow up on questionnaire findings: • DL skills - whose responsibility? • Awareness of current provision • DL skills assessment • Method of delivery May 2013 – further 2 groups held on what students think a digitally literate Westminster graduate will look like. July 2013 – workshops for academic staff to draft a definition of a digitally literate graduate for each faculty.

Get the Digital Edge – 21 March 2013 Student views: http: //youtu. be/i. JUl. SM 2 zuh 8

Sustaining Project Digit. ISE • WIRe. S (Change Academy proposal for embedding information skills into the curriculum) • • University strategy for digital literacy • Digital literacy guide for students • www. westminster. ac. uk/digital-edge

Questions or comments? School of commerce Students from the Regent Street Polytechnic http: //flic. kr/p/c. RDf 2 q. Emma Woods (Academic Liaison Librarian) e. woods@westminster. ac. uk Digit. ISE project site: http: //blog. westminster. ac. uk/jisc-employability Digital Edge web page: www. westminster. ac. uk/digital-edge With thanks to the University of Westminster Archive Services for the photos http: //www. westminster. ac. uk/about-us/facilities-and-services/archive-services