Digital Education Strategy

Digital Capabilities

Ensuring every member of the University community has the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a digital world.

“We will grow and enhance the wide student experience to ensure our graduates have developed their talents and skills to become well rounded citizens.” Thinking Ahead 2016-21 (web)

Objectives:

B1 ❱ Digital learning resources are inclusive, available and accessible.

B2 ❱ Staff and students have access to face-to-face and online support that is informed by academic practice and drawn from community contributions, enabling them to develop their own digital skills.

B3 ❱ All members of the academic community understand when and how to use digital tools both appropriately and responsibly in a professional and social context.

Digitally Enhanced Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Embedding authentic digital teaching practices that genuinely enhances and extends learning opportunities for all of our students.

“We will support experimentation in our approach to teaching, to curriculum design and to wider student engagement… We will expect people to be brave, to try new things and continually strive for improvement and growth.” Thinking Ahead 2016-21 (web)

Objectives:

C1 ❱ The University trials and adopts new approaches to digital education as part of a blended learning experience.

C2 ❱ The use of digital tools are consistent and coherent, in a teaching context, in order to deliver an effective learning experience.

C3 ❱ The learning experience encourages staff and students to create, collaborate and communicate digitally across the University and beyond.

Digitally Enhanced Environments

Enhancing our physical and virtual learning environments to provide an experience that delivers deeper learning opportunities.

“Creating leading-edge teaching environments…whether real or virtual.” Thinking Ahead 2016-21 (web)

Objectives:

D1 ❱ Staff and students have unconstrained access to a flexible digital learning environment.

D2 ❱ Staff and students have access to tools that enable them to navigate seamlessly between digital devices and online environments. 

D3 ❱ The learning environment supports innovations that will underpin future digital strategies.   

Digital Communities

Sharing our knowledge to ensure everyone can benefit from the expertise being developed across the University.

“…we will create a flexible and Open University that encourages and supports collaborative working across boundaries and disciplines … We will draw on and use the wealth of material and knowledge available digitally to enhance our teaching practice.” Thinking Ahead 2016-21 (web)

Objectives:

E1 ❱ Staff and students are motivated to share their knowledge, practice and outputs to benefit the University and the wider community.  

E2 ❱ Digital collaboration is supported and encouraged to benefit staff, students and external partners.   

E3 ❱ Staff and students are engaged in effective communities of practice that inspire and enable.