Open Data Service, University of Southampton

In this interactive session with Dr Becki Vickerstaff, Higher Education Senior Consultant at Jisc, we discuss and explore why understanding and developing digital capability is important for all who study and work in higher education. We will explore the research informed key skills and priorities, summarised in the Jisc six areas of digital capability model and how this contributes to developing agile digital transferable skills for both the workplace and personal life. The discovery tool will be introduced, and examples shown of how this can support and develop a digitally confident institution.  

The breakdown of the session will be:  

What is digital capability?

Why does it matter?

Sector temperature on digital skills

Student digital skills

Jisc digital capability framework

Realistic expectations on embedding digital skills

Questions