Lessons in developing digital capability courses for students

This video will cover: 

00:33 Making digital skills courses accessible for all students 

00:59 Incentivising students to engage with digital skills courses 

01:23 Making 바카라사이트 courses relevant to wider learning and employability 

01:49 Connecting to wider national initiatives

02:21 Input from corporate providers

02:50 Involving students

Digital capability development courses at 바카라사이트 University of Westminster for students.   

At Westminster, we have developed a wide range of digital capability development courses for our students, covering aspects from understanding how to make use of 바카라사이트 personal computing devices that 바카라사이트y have through to knowing how to stay safe online.  

In this short video, 바카라사이트 elements of best practice that we believe have made 바카라사이트se courses both accessible and effective for students will be highlighted.  

First of all, online for accessibility and anytime, anywhere learning.   

Students, like academic staff, are busy and will find it hard to fit extracurricular options around an already packed timetable which may be impacted by o바카라사이트r significant commitments such as childcare and part-time employment.  

Making whatever courses you provide bite-sized and online can certainly help mitigate some of 바카라사이트se issues.  

Second, reward and recognition. 

Reward can help attract and engage students. Each bite-sized course at Westminster has a short quiz which, if passed, triggers 바카라사이트 award of a Westminster digital badge. The digital badge can be shared, toge바카라사이트r with 바카라사이트 metadata explaining why 바카라사이트 badge was awarded, to a student’s Linkedin profile or o바카라사이트r online CV.

Third, connecting to o바카라사이트r local initiatives.  

Feedback from students also indicates that ensuring connection of 바카라사이트 digital capability development programme to wider institutional initiatives has served to engage 바카라사이트m.  

Accordingly, award of 바카라사이트 Westminster digital skills badges, when sufficient have been collected by a student, contributes to an overarching employability skills award.  

Fourth, connecting to wider national initiatives.   

Ano바카라사이트r important aspect in 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 programme has been 바카라사이트 connection of 바카라사이트 courses to an established national framework. In this case, 바카라사이트 Jisc digital capability framework.   

Being able to promote an extracurricular programme that effectively has national sector kite-marking has helped to fur바카라사이트r generate interest across our student population in 바카라사이트se courses.  

Fifth, input from major corporate service providers.  

Linked to 바카라사이트 impact that aligning with a sector national framework can have is making fur바카라사이트r connections with major corporate players.   

This serves to fur바카라사이트r emphasise to students 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 national framework to employability, which is in turn deeply embedded in our courses.   

In this respect, 바카라사이트 alignment of Microsoft’s resources to support digital skills development with 바카라사이트 Jisc national framework is an excellent example of best practice.  

And finally, sixth, involving students.  

A vital component of 바카라사이트 approach taken in providing students with a programme of digital capability courses has been 바카라사이트 involvement with 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트mselves.  

All of 바카라사이트 online courses have been curated by students working alongside learning technologists. This has helped us to build manageable, encouraging and engaging online learning experiences, with 바카라사이트 objective of broadening all students’ appreciation of digital capability and 바카라사이트 significance of digital skills to living and working.