This year the University of Sussex Library worked with the University’s new Technology Enhanced Learning department (TEL) to launch an innovative series of events promoting the use of mobile technologies to support teaching and learning. Mobile Technologies Week involved an unprecedented amount of collaboration across all levels of the University. The diverse and exciting programme was developed and delivered co-operatively, uniting the relevant expertise of staff engaged in skills training from the Library, TEL, Careers and IT Services. The week’s synergetic approach was further complemented by workshops and seminars led by academics, peer support sessions from doctoral researchers and undergraduate blog posts. With content suitable for all skills levels, from the complete novice to the avid consumer of technology, we reached out to the whole academic community to create a highly inclusive event. The programme focused on developing digital literacies across the board; transforming students into smart learners and supporting teachers in bringing technology into the classroom to increase student engagement. Sessions explored a range of dynamic themes such as: demystifying e-books, augmented realities, technologies informing pedagogy, lecture flipping and apps to enhance learning. This case study will benefit those interested in exploring cross-departmental collaboration with a skills development agenda. Attendees can expect to learn how we constructed a well-rounded programme of events with wide audience appeal by collaborating with colleagues from across the University. We will outline the logistics of promotion and delivery when working with other departments and share our experiences of what worked most effectively for different audiences and what challenges we faced. Drawing on our own reflections and recommendations, attendees will be provided with a framework that can be applied to their own collaborative working practices.

1. COLLABORATE
TO INNOVATE:
Developing a digital literacies programme
for the whole academic community
Antony Groves & Bethany Logan, University of Sussex

2. Skills support at Sussex

3. The problem
The
Library
Careers &
Employability
Technology
Enhanced
Learning
I.T.
Services
Students Researchers Tutors
Support
Staff

4. The problem
The
Library
Careers &
Employability
Technology
Enhanced
Learning
I.T.
Services
Students Researchers Tutors
Support
Staff
Writing &
Referencing
Library &
Research
I.T. Skills
Exams &
Assessment
Employability
Personal
Development

5. The problem
The
Library
Careers &
Employability
Technology
Enhanced
Learning
I.T.
Services
Students Researchers Tutors
Support
Staff
Writing &
Referencing
Library &
Research
I.T. Skills
Exams &
Assessment
Employability
Personal
Development

6. The idea...
The
Library
Careers &
Employability
Technology
Enhanced
Learning
I.T.
Services
Students Researchers Tutors
Support
Staff
Writing &
Referencing
Library &
Research
I.T. Skills
Exams &
Assessment
Employability
Personal
Development

7. Re-visualising
Students
Researchers
TutorsSupport
Staff

8. Re-visualising
Writing
&
Referencing
I.T. Skills Library &
Research
Exams &
Assessment
Em
ployability
Personal
Development

9. Re-visualising
Library
T.E.L.
I.T.S.
Academics
Students
Careers

10. I.T.
Services
Getting the most from your iPad
Job search and digital sector
How to build a simple 3D/AR App
Demystifying e-books
Collaboration and interactive tech.
Study smart not hard
App swap breakfast
Media on Demand
Cloud confusions: backing up work
#speakup: Using Twitter in lectures
Lecture flipping & blended learning
Lights, camera, apption
Apps for Researchers
The Programme

11. Getting the most from your iPad
Job search and digital sector
How to build a simple 3D/AR App
Demystifying e-books
Collaboration and interactive tech.
Study smart not hard
App swap breakfast
Media on Demand
Cloud confusions: backing up work
#speakup: Using Twitter in lectures
Lecture flipping & blended learning
Lights, camera, apption
Apps for Researchers
Researchers IT Services
Library
TEL
Careers Library
TEL Students
Library TEL
TEL IT Services
Tutors Library
Tutors TEL
TEL Library
Researchers Library
TEL Library
Careers
The ProgrammeFacilitators

12. Getting the most from your iPad
Job search and digital sector
How to build a simple 3D/AR App
Demystifying e-books
Collaboration and interactive tech.
Study smart not hard
App swap breakfast
Media on Demand
Cloud confusions: backing up work
#speakup: Using Twitter in lectures
Lecture flipping & blended learning
Lights, camera, apption
Apps for Researchers
Researchers IT Services
Library
TEL
Careers Library
TEL Students
Library TEL
TEL IT Services
Tutors Library
Tutors TEL
TEL Library
Researchers Library
TEL Library
Careers
Students, Tutors, Staff
Students
Researchers, Staff
Students, Tutors, Staff
Tutors, Staff, Researchers
Students, Tutors, Staff
Students, Staff, Researchers
Tutors, Students, Staff
Students, Staff, Tutors
Tutors, Staff, Researchers
Tutors, Staff, Researchers
Students, Staff
Researchers, Students
The ProgrammeFacilitators Audience

13. Promotion

14. Engagement

15. Delivery

16. Reflections

17. Recommendations

18. Careers
What are the training needs
of the groups you support?
New model

19. How can those needs be met?
Careers
What are the training needs
of the groups you support?
New model

20. How can those needs be met?
Careers
What are the training needs
of the groups you support?
Who is best
placed to
deliver?
New model

21. THANKS!
Any questions?

22. A.Groves@sussex.ac.uk
B.C.Logan@sussex.ac.uk