Following a call in November 2014, we identified almost 50 exemplars of effective practice in support of students’ digital experiences in Higher Education. The exemplars have been written up with the support of the staff (and in some cases students) involved. They can be accessed via the seven challenges for institutions, or you can browse the whole set below. They are organised according to the main challenge addressed.
There is a separate page for a new set of FE exemplars added in the summer of 2015 which are part of the updated Jisc guide on Enhancing the student digital experience; a strategic approach.
Prepare and support students to study successfully with digital technologies
- Guide to using social media in learning (University of Leeds, University of York, University of Manchester)
- Developing digital confidence through authentic tasks (Nottingham Trent University)
- Core skills for professional learning in medicine (Imperial College)
- Digital English for international students (University of Glasgow)
- Tweets for newcomers – a social media approach to peer induction (City University)
- Stepping up to Postgraduate Study in the Arts (Birkbeck College)
- Students supporting students with study strategies (Southampton Solent University)
- Digital support for essay-writing skills (The Open University)
- Online induction for distance learning (University of South Wales)
- Students get clued-up at LMU (London Metropolitan University)
- Digital literacy for employability – the Edge Award (University of Ulster)
- Skills for life online (The Open University)
Deliver a relevant digital curriculum
- Updating education studies for a digital age (Blackburn College)
- Digital storytelling for employability (University of Bolton)
- Skills for professional practice in Biosciences (Glasgow Caledonian University)
- Living and working on the web (University of Southampton)
- Embedding digital literacy in Early Childhood Studies (Bishop Grosseteste University)
- Borderless practices in journalism studies (City University)
- Integrating digital literacy with enquiry-based learning (University of Liverpool)
- Borderless journeys in photography (Phonar/Coventry University)
- Communicating through animation in social care (Manchester Metropolitan University)
- Using social media to link theory and practice (University of Oxford)
- Snapping and tweeting from the chemistry lab (University of East Anglia)
- Supporting students on field trips abroad (University of Reading)
- All About Linguistics.com (University of Sheffield)
Ensure an inclusive student experience, using technology to overcome disadvantage
- Bring your own meets get your own at USW (University of South Wales)
- Recording demonstrations for inclusive learning in design (University of Greenwich)
- An app for that – supporting assistive technology users (Dublin Institute of Technology)
- Incoming student surveys – big data, local responses (University of Glasgow)
- iPads-for-all create a level playing field (Leeds University Business School)
- Digital English for international students (University of Glasgow)
Provide a robust, flexible digital environment
- Meeting students’ changing needs for information (Manchester Metropolitan University)
- A seamless digital learning environment (Plymouth University)
- A space to play with ‘disruptive’ technologies for learning (Coventry University)
- iPads and iBooks provide a rich distance learning environment (Manchester Metropolitan University)
- A communications portal for language learners (University of Warwick)
- Students have their say on Information Systems development (Nottingham Trent University)
Develop coherent policies for ‘Bring Your Own’
- Championing the student IT experience at Bristol (University of Bristol)
- Cross-institutional open course – BYOD4L (Sheffield Hallam University and Manchester Metropolitan University)
- PGCE students ‘get their own’ iPads (University of Hull)
- Bring your own meets get your own at USW (University of South Wales)
- 1 to 1 vs BYOD at Leeds Beckett University (Leeds Beckett University)
Engage students in dialogue about their digital experience and empower them to make changes
- Staff-student partnerships in app development (University of Reading)
- iChamps at the University of Southampton (University of Southampton)
- Students as digital change agents (University of Exeter)
- Student Ambassadors for Digital Literacy (London School of Economics)
- Incoming student surveys – big data, local responses (University of Glasgow)
- Connect, create, collaborate – UCL’s digifest (University College London)
- Students supporting students with study strategies (Southampton Solent University)
Take a strategic, whole-institution approach to the digital student experience
- Developing Digital Literacies – a cross-institutional approach (University of Liverpool)
- Graduate attributes and curriculum redesign (Oxford Brookes University)
- Expert professional staff support the student experience (Manchester Metropolitan University)
- Developing staff, developing courses, developing students (Sheffield Hallam University)
- Crowd-sourcing a university strategy (Liverpool Hope University)
- Incoming student surveys – big data, local responses (University of Glasgow)