Enabling & Empowering Staff & Students to Flourish
in the Digital Age
NUI Galway: Iain Mac Labhrainn, Blaneth McSharry
UL: Gobnait O’Riordan, Aoife Geraghty, Liz Dore
UCD: Áine Galvin, Leone Gately
MIC: Anne O’Keeffe, Deirdre Ryan
Start-up Phase
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Recruitment of Project Workers
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Learning Technologist/Developer (Galway)
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Digital Literacies Specialist (UL)
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Set up Project Management site (basecamp)
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Scoping & initial consultations
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Badge Alliance/MacArthur Foundation (Dan Hickey, James Willis; Indiana)
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Mozilla Foundation (Megan Cole, Doug Belshaw)
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Library community
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JISC projects
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Helen Beetham
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UBC and Purdue project teams
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Students’ Union, Student Services, HR & Staff Development, Teaching &
Learning Centres, IT Support.
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Draft Communications Strategy
Events & Activities
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Open Education Week (March)
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Visitors & Residents Mapping Workshop
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Dave White & Donna Lanclos (facilitated by Catherine Cronin)
Epigeum ‘Impact’ and Evaluation Workshop (April)
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The Academic Library’s Role in Supporting New Students (April)
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Case Study of Badge Implementation, contact with HE Academy & Vitae
CONUL Staff Training & Development
EdTech15 (May)
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National conference for Irish Learning Technology Association (230+ participants)
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Two presentations
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Consultation session, seeking feedback/ideas
Badges Pilot Groups
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Workshops & commitments
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Basis for support materials and roll-out across other institutions
‘Getting real about virtual learning’ (June)
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Galway Symposium, 260+ participants
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Consultations, presentations, workshops
Outputs/Outcomes
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Project Website www.allaboardhe.org and applications server
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Review of Digital Skills/Literacies Projects and Frameworks (complete)
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Review of Badging implementations and systems (writing up)
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Contribution to national consultation on professional development
framework
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Technical evaluations of badging systems & platforms and learning
materials development tools
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Issued badges and evaluating existing implementations
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Student Volunteering Badge: 903 issued (May/June)
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GTA module: 360 ; Academic Development modules: ~200 (Jan-June)
First release of Digital Skills Framework (June)
Video ResourcesAudio Resources
Producing Content
Operating Systems
Design Thinking
Jargon Busting
Creative Commons
Remixing Content
Response Systems
Learning Design
Course Design
Lecture Capture
Classroom Technologies
Online Identity
Screencasts
Word Processing
Online Teaching
Search
Devices & Hardware
Databases
Simulations
Learning Design
Interactive Displays
Spreadsheets
Journals
Flipped Classroom
Data Storage
Discussion Boards
Podcasting
Blogs
Critical
Evaluation
Digital Footprint
App Development
Social Networks
Coding
Keywords
Security
Filetypes
Presentation Skills
Sources
Organisational Tools
Presentation Tools
Messaging
Smartphones
VLE
Digital Cameras
Streaming
Search Engines
Mind Mapping
Tablets
Mobile Technologies
OERs
Time Management
Collaboration Tools
Safety
Web Content
Project Management
Metacognition
Video Conferencing
Animation
Digital Images
Email
Publication Types
Web Mechanics
Online Navigation
Wikis
Ethics
Avoiding Plagiarism
E-portfolios
Digital Copyright
Digital Badges
Collate Content
Accessible Content
Reputation
Referencing
Sharing Data
Online Communication
Privacy
Accessibility Tools
Data Protection
Password Management
Browsers
Find & Use
Tools &
Technologies
Identity &
Wellbeing
Teach &
Learn
Communicate &
Collaborate
Create &
Innovate
The technical and the practical
aspects of the range of tools and
technologies available and useful in
the support of learning, teaching,
research, managing and thriving in
the digital age.
How to get the most out
of technologies and
materials to encourage
engaged learning and
make sense of new
knowledge.
Understanding the nature of your
online self, data and information,
privacy and protection, and taking
care of yourself, others and
information, in ways that are ethical
and respectful
Connecting with each other and
sharing ideas, regardless of distance
or time.
Being confident and
empowered over the use
of technologies to make
new resources, express
yourself, and take
opportunities to develop
new approaches and ways
of interpreting ideas and
the world around us.
The skills and literacies needed to
find relevant information and data
and how to apply such information
in an effective way and subject it to
scrutiny, whether for effective
learning or for research, scholarship
and professional purposes.
Challenges, Opportunities &
Next Steps
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Administrative issues at project start
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Student representation on group
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Nurturing sense of ownership and participation
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Profile raising, communication and dissemination
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Training materials
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Information packs
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Events
Opportunities & Next Steps
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Production of Training Materials and Badges
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Mapping with Graduate Attributes, Professional Development
Framework & competency profiles
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Planning for Pilot implementations across institutions
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Video/podcast series (monthly) on technologies and education
– link with seminars, framework and other activities
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TEL Weeks in 2nd Teaching Enhancement Fund Call
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Framework
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Training materials
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Badge Issuing
Top 3 benefits
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Community-owned Framework for discussion and
development of Digital skills, knowledge,
attributes
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Training and education resources (CC licensing)
for individual self-study, courses and workshops
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Embedding of Digital Badges as a form of
credentialing/demonstrating individual skills
development