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 […]
Introduction My name is Harvey Norman, a Junior Product Lead at Jisc. I only graduated university earlier this year, so my university experience was impacted by the pandemic. It began midway through my first year of university, and my learning and teaching was made remote/hybrid to the end of my third year. Due to my […]
The last few years have seen more drivers for change in education than normal. This has made our work to identify challenges and ideas around technology that will transform education in the future quite a challenge. What we need are some stable trends to help us to focus the direction of our activities. To be […]
Credit goes to Dan Perry (CIO and University librarian, Keele University) for the quote in the title, which encapsulates some thinking we’ve been doing about taking the plunge into innovation. Going first with an innovative idea It is difficult to be the forerunner. Innovation adoption is not for everyone because it involves risk-taking and […]
In Part 1. Scaling Education we set out our assumptions to be used to compare scenarios for scaling education to meet the suggested global growth in learners in the future. The calculator A simple spreadsheet calculator was created using the carbon emissions figures we established in Part 1. Please email innovation@jisc.ac.uk if you would like […]
One great part of working in a team is when we get new people coming into the team. They always bring innovative ideas and different experiences. Over the past few months, we have welcomed several team members, into new posts, from our graduate scheme and replacing colleagues who have gone to pastures new. I asked […]
I have lost count of how many times over the past two years, someone has raised the carbon impact of zoom calls. It usually comes up in a discussion around the environmental benefits of working or studying from home. Is there data that we can use to get a real comparison? We had also been […]
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Jisc Pathfinders
What is the future of HE, FE and skills? How do we get there? What do you think is the ‘next big thing’ in edtech? How can we put your institution on the map? What would you love to do if only you weren’t firefighting all the time? We want to help you answer […]
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Dissecting Digital Marking
“Incredibly helpful, stressful, time saving, time consuming” are just some of the ways that digital assessment marking has been described. We have spent the last month exploring digital assessment with some of our members. We wanted to understand their experiences, listen to the challenges, and learn about the different ways institutions are using digital […]
We heard a mixed, bittersweet perspective on group work, so explored whether we could contribute something to help with group formation. Background In late 2021 we began to explore experiences and challenges around student group work, having noted what seemed to be a trend in their rising use. We conducted a literature review, drawing on […]