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#OLsuccess day 1: what do you like about learning online?

Welcome to #OLsuccess day one! If you’ve landed here and are wondering what it’s all about, you might like to read the our introduction to #OLsuccess week. Today we’re asking online learners to tell us: What do you like about online learning? It might be the convenience of studying at a time and place and […]

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Exploring outcomes of the Tracker pilot

On Wednesday this week we ran a webinar for colleges and universities that were involved in the pilot implementation of the Tracker. Eight attended, along with several Jisc account managers representing other pilot sites. Then on Thursday around 50 members of the Jisc Student Experience Experts’ Group had the opportunity to explore the same findings. […]

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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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Digital student – what have we learned?

As part of the online learners’ study I was asked to write a short review of what the previous studies have taught us. Of course there is no substitute for engaging with that work, especially as each team took a different focus. The original HE study considered learners’ transactional and transformational engagements with technology, and […]

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Tracker

Digital learning experience Tracker – early findings from pilot

If you are one of our 24 pilot institutions for the Tracker you’ll know that all surveys closed on 29th April. Well done to everyone for getting learners involved right up until the last minute. We had a total of nearly 11,000 completed surveys – an enviable set of data, giving us a really comprehensive […]

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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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Tracker

Digital Experience Tracker pilot – why has it been so popular?

We had an overwhelming response to our call for universities and FE/skills providers to help pilot the Digital Experience Tracker – over 50 institutions completed the planning sheet and applied to take part. One outcome is that we have extended the number of institutions we are working with to more than twenty: 12 Universities, 10 […]

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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 […]