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Further Education Digital Student Project Prof Rhona Sharpe, Dr Metaxia Pavlakou

Further Education Digital Student Project Prof Rhona Sharpe, Dr Metaxia Pavlakou. Birmingham, 15/10/14. # digitalstudent http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org. FEDS Project Team. Professor Rhona Sharpe, OCSLD Dr. Greg Benfield, OCSLD Dr. Elizabeth Browne, School of Education,

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Further Education Digital Student Project Prof Rhona Sharpe, Dr Metaxia Pavlakou

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  1. Further Education Digital Student ProjectProf Rhona Sharpe, Dr MetaxiaPavlakou Birmingham, 15/10/14 #digitalstudenthttp://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org

  2. FEDS Project Team • Professor Rhona Sharpe, OCSLD • Dr. Greg Benfield, OCSLD • Dr. Elizabeth Browne, School of Education, • Dr. MetaxiaPavlakou, OCSLD • Marilyn Hockley, independent consultant Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  3. FEDS Literature Review: What we looked for Research questions: • what technology learners own and have access to when they enter FE • what technology learners expect to be provided with by their college • how learners make use of the technology and digital environments they are provided with • how learners’ expectations of technology use are formed and change during time spent in FE Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  4. FEDS Literature Review: Where we looked • Databases: Academic Search Complete, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts, British Education Index, ERIC, IngentaConnect, PsychInfo, Web of Science and TELL database. • Abstracts and proceedings of conferences: ALT-C , Jisc, BERA • Journals: British Journal of Educational Technology, Journal of Research in Post-compulsory Education, Journal of Research in Lifelong Learning, Journal of Further and Higher Education, Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Journal of Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector.    • Websites of organisations: Excellence Gateway archive , Jisc RSCs, Education and Training Foundation, , Association of Colleges, Association of Learning Technology, DBIS, DfE, Colaresce Ltd., Gazelle Group, LSN, Becta, AELP, NIACE, LSIS. • Ofsted reports • Institutional documents collected from Colleges Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  5. FEDS Literature Review: Difficulties • Few published papers from FE in the academic literature • Difficulty to locate case studies • Not much research on learners’ experience Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  6. FEDS Literature Review: Nice surprises But, some very good finds: • The JUBILEE project • Literacies for Learning in FE project • The MoLeNETprojects • Learner and their context, Chris Davies, University of Oxford for Becta (2008-10) Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  7. FEDS Literature Review: What we included • 7 peer reviewed articles • 22 sector reports • 21 case studies • 6 unpublished institutional documents • Excluded: papers before 2006 and in non-UK context. Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  8. FEDS Literature Review: Endnote database • Shared Endnote database • Allocation of keywords http://www.myendnoteweb.com/EndNoteWeb.html?cat=myrefs& Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  9. FELTAG • “FELTAG’s research and conversations consistently referred to the under-exploitation of learners’ skills, devices and technical knowledge when it came to the use of learning technology. • The greatest resource available to FE and Skills providers in this domain is their learners. • More effort needs to be made to engage and empower learners’ use of digital technology - and the use of their own devices – in the learning process.” Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  10. How do learners experience the digital environment in FE? Background Prior educational/work experience Achievement 14-90 years old Full/part-time Day release Vocational Higher education A levels Basic skills Apprenticeships Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  11. Chris Davies, the Learner and their Context, Becta Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  12. Experiences of the minority… 82% have access to Internet connected computers in their homes (Becta, 2009) 235 didn’t use computers at college, and these were the ones who didn’t have access at home (Becta, 2008) Mobile technologies help overcome the digital divide between learners who have broadband access and at home and those who do not (Attewell et al, 2009 for Molenet) Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  13. Experiences of the majority… • 7/10 learners in FE expected by their tutors to use computers to produce assignments or learn about the subject (Becta 2008) • Technologies used for homework in order to research (Google and wikipedia) and improve appearance and content of work (Davies et al, 2010) • 74% of learners prefer f2f contact and 53% prefer to read a book (Becta, 2008) Webinars for employability, Abingdon & Witney CVs on Mahara for interview, Lewisham ‘Amazing Apps’ Clydebank Students say: Interesting, engaging, fun, new, dynamic Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  14. At the other end of the scale… Digital literacy practices developed in personal context have a high degree of purposefulness and ownership which are not apparent in the tasks learners are asked to complete in college (Mannion et al, 2009) Some learners mobilise their personal digital literacy practices between the contexts of home, college and work (Bhatt, 2012) Young people in general are enthusiastic and confident technology users but only a minority of students had developed self-directed approaches to their formal learning. (Davies 2010) Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  15. Overview Learners who are: Experience the digital environment as: Best where Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  16. FEDS Focus Groups Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  17. FEDS Consultation Events Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  18. Activity • Each table has a summary of our initial findings from one of the following sections of the review: • How do learners experience the digital environment in FE? • What do learners expect of digital environments in FE? How are these expectations formed? • What aspects of learners’ experiences of expectations are distinct to FE? Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  19. Questions for discussion • Are these finding as you would expect? If not, why not? • How similar are these findings from FE similar to your context of e.g. HE, sixth form college, specialist college. • What have we missed? Post your thoughts to your padlet Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  20. For conclusions and recommendations: http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

  21. Find out more… Digital Student #digitalstudent Rhona Sharpersharpe@brookes.ac.uk MetaxiaPavlakou mpavlakou@brookes.ac.uk http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND Jisc Digital Student http://digitalstudent.jiscinvolve.org.uk

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