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What makes Online Learners Successful? A week to find out!

As part of the Jisc Online Learners Expectations and Experiences study we are launching #OLsuccess – a week of interactions to engage online learners and find out more about their experiences. #OLsuccess will run from 4 to 10 July. In this time we want to reach out to as many online learners as possible and […]

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Technology in prisons; untapped potential?

Posted on behalf of Nick Jeans, Senior Consultant (Learning Technology) at Sero.  (Please note the addition to the original post which was added on 6/5/16) Our learner focus groups have concluded with a couple of visits to prisons, which have been particularly interesting. Shotts prison near Glasgow is a Category A, high security establishment, while […]

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Review into online learners’ expectations and experiences of the digital environment

We are pleased to announce the next phase of this work as we begin a review into online learners’ expectations and experiences of the digital environment. The scope of the study is broad and will consider a wide range of online learners in HE, FE and the skills sector. The review will run from March […]

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Digital student at the NUS Reps’ conference

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to run a workshop at the NUS Course Reps’ conference exploring outcomes of the digital student work, and specifically looking at uses of the Jisc/NUS Digital Student Experience benchmarking tool. There was a huge turn-out at Goldsmiths’ College for the London leg of the conference. Like the […]

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Digital Student Skills sector consultation event – Bristol 17 February

Posted on behalf of Giles Pepler, project manager for the Jisc Skills sector study: The first of three provider and learner consultations was held in Bristol on Wednesday 17th February. The event was full to capacity, with over 50 participants, with colleges, private training providers, ACL, universities and college learners all represented. We were particularly […]

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Join the pilot of the Student/Learner digital experience tracker

Pilot of the Student/Learner digital experience tracker Following feedback on the Digital Student Data service from the consultation events to date, expert input, and intensive testing of the questions with learners from HE and FE, we are now ready to pilot a beta version of the digital experience tracker with a small number of universities, […]

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Skills sector project: Five more learner focus groups and some preliminary thoughts from these

Posted on behalf of Giles Pepler,Skills Study Project Manager, and NIck Jeans,Senior Consultant (Learning Technology): In the run up to Christmas we ran five further learner focus groups: three in ACL and two at private training providers. The ACL learners included a large and lively group at Carmarthen and smaller groups in Leicester and Derby, […]

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Invitation to Jisc Digital Student – Skills sector consultation events

Registration is now open to those who would like to take part in one of a series of national consultation events being run as part of our Digital student: Skills sector study from February to April 2016.  Jisc will cover staff and learners’ travel expenses for their attendance at these events. This project is exploring […]

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Digital Student Data Service moves into beta pilot phase

Following an informative and successful small scale user testing with staff and students, the Digital Student Data service has received the go ahead to move forward with its developments. The project will be carrying out a beta phase in the new year with a small set of institutional pilots across further and higher education. Background: […]

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Digital student data – follow up from the pilot workshop

Sarah Knight has already posted about the recent pilot workshop in London where we tested out drafts of the digital student survey questions and ideas about what different stakeholders could do with the results. Students, Heads of Student Experience, Heads of IT services and e-learning specialists from over 20 institutions were represented so we felt […]