I spent some time over Christmas reflecting on digital education and the post I wrote about digital capabilities and climate back in July, mostly because I was sat in a “bomb cyclone” in New England – another of the extreme weather events which are becoming more regular. I’m not sure what direction I am taking here, but […]
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There’s an app for that!
Some members of the EdTech and Co-design team did a co-design activity around Student Loneliness. From this sprang an idea for an app, to be called Peer Connect, which would allow online students to connect with their peers on their course to help support their learning outcomes. The idea for Peer Connect came from speaking to […]
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Engaging with Edtech in 2023
Having spent the last two years working with the sector and understanding their needs around the edtech market; we have learnt that a big priority for our members is to have access to insightful information about this market. There has been an incredible number of changes since 2020 and we aim to make sense of […]
In education, we often hear the same issues cropping up again and again: lecture capture, learning analytics, internationalisation, and so on. These are all important, and we often approach them thematically, within their own bubbles. In Paul Bailey’s recent post about macro trends, he says “we believe that significant and accelerated change can be expected […]
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The Metaverse in Education
We have published a news article Times Higher Education , Should we be worried? An educators’ introduction to the metaverse that provides a guide to the metaverse for education. What is it and what might it mean for the future of education? There is now a version on the Jisc website of An educators’ guide […]
It is widely recognised across the HE sector that there is potential for improvement in the way that student records data is stored, managed, and processed at all stages of the student lifecycle. We are working with UCISA and ARC on a project which initially aims to build a consensus on the challenges that members […]
In January 2020, the Prime Minister’s package of science announcements included: “…launching a major review of research bureaucracy and methods, including unnecessary paperwork, arduous funding applications and research selection processes. This will free up and support the best researchers to focus on ground-breaking, ambitious and meaningful research…” Sounds great, right? We can certainly all understand the […]
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Getting ideas fast
On Tuesday 22 November, Harvey Norman and I were asked to run a session at the Jisc Student Experience Experts group in Birmingham. We took the opportunity to introduce the Pathfinders initiative and to give the delegates a chance to experience one of the many methods we use as part of our innovation process. With […]
In recent times we have seen technology become central to the operation of educational institutions and supporting the student learning experience. The shift towards digital learning skyrockets the need for this to be embraced by the education sector. With the right guidance, digital transformation can, for example, enhance the student learning experience, improve the quality […]
Background During the pandemic, Jisc and The associations of colleges (AoC) conducted some research, resulting in a report Shaping the Digital Future of FE and Skills. Amongst other things, the report highlighted the need for government to invest in a centralised Further Education (FE) and skills digital content search and discovery platform that highlights high-quality […]