Student experience experts group 50th meeting

• Liam Earney, Managing director for higher education and research, Jisc
• Sarah Knight, Head of learning and teaching transformation, Jisc

• Prof. Arunangsu Chatterjee, Dean of Digital Transformation, Vice Chancellors Office, University of Leeds

This session will outline the development of a framework for digital transformation and offer opportunities for members to feedback on the current draft and ways this framework could be used within a university or college.

Workshop one: Approaches to learning and curriculum design

Consultants Sheila MacNeill and Helen Beetham have produced a landscape review (2022) of approaches to curriculum and learning design in the UK higher education sector, in light of the experiences of online learning and teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. Outcomes of the review include:

- Summary of published research including staff/student experiences of online learning during the pandemic

- Definitions and an overview of curriculum and learning design methods and frameworks in current use

- A survey of UK HE organisations and interviews with expert practitioners, to describe current practices and the emerging challenges

- Recommendations for further resources, guidance and partnerships around curriculum and learning design, with a focus on student engagement across diverse modes of participation (online/in person, synchronous/asynchronous, guided/independent, large/small group settings)

This workshop will focus on the recommendations, asking participants to comment on resources planned and in development, and to share resources they have used or developed themselves

• Sheila MacNeill, Digital learning consultant, How Sheila Sees IT
• Helen Beetham, Researcher, University of Wolverhampton

Workshop two: Introducing Jisc Pathfinders: a partnership model for exploring challenges

This session introduces Pathfinders, Jisc’s new approach to working in partnership with the sector to solve the challenges facing education that matter to you.

We will give an overview of what Pathfinders is, how it works, and how you can get involved. You will also get a sneak experience of the process as we guide you through a workshop that we use to help identify the challenges and articulating them in a way that will help us solve them together. This is a hands-on session, so be prepared to be engaged and involved.

• Harvey Norman, Junior Product Lead, Jisc
• Marcus Elliott, Product Lead, Jisc

• Rob Howe, Head of Learning Technology, University of Northampton
• Steve Wileman, Head of Digital Learning, South Staffordshire College
• Scott Hayden, Head of Digital Learning, Basingstoke College of Technology
• Dr Jane Mooney, Senior Lecturer and Academic Theme Lead for Digital Skills and Literacy, Flexible Learning Programme, The University of Manchester
• Professor Deborah Longworth, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education & Professor of English Literature, University of Birmingham
• Chair: Lawrie Phipps, Senior research lead, Jisc

The University of Plymouth Student Digital Champions - our story so far.

This presentation will give an overview of the Student Digital Champion initiative running at the University. This is the start of our 3rd year where we have a group of students from various disciplines and years working alongside our Digital Education team. Their role is provide peer support, gather feedback on the student digital experience and help students to develop their digital skills in a range of ways. The Student Digital Champions also encourage students to try to make the most of the technologies available through promotion and awareness raising of what is available.

• Emma Purnell, Senior Digital Learning Designer, Plymouth University

Using Video Annotation in Assessment and Feedback: Results of a Pilot Study at WMG

This short presentation will outline a pilot study of the use of video annotation software in assessment and feedback within WMG at the University of Warwick. The pilot study looked at two modules which utilised the approach to deepen learning and to enhance the reflective capabilities of students. As well as the results of the pilot the presentation will outline further planned uses, the proposed approach to the pedagogical scaffolding for our use of the application and the proposed evaluation approach.

• Graeme Knowles, Director of education innovation, University of Warwick

An overview of current QEI team-led projects at the Open University: Pathways, learning gains, online assessment experiences and the changing learner

• Dr Simon Cross, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director (QE), Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University