Outcomes of discussions at the DDL programme meeting, Birmingham, 16th October 2012.

1. What do we need to join up /
do better?
• this afternoon is all about:
– how can we make our outputs better?
– how can we join them up more effectively?
• it’s not about
– doing something new

2. What do we need to join up /
do better?
• Conceptual frameworks? Does diversity matter?
– Quizzes/diagnostic tools hang off conceptual
frameworks
– Need for a common language?
• Materials on using specific tech in academic settings
• Organisational change models
– Bring together into a toolkit/guidance? Do we need
another (what’s different about DL?)
• Work with employers / work with the community sector -
how to broker these conversations better?
• Employability story
– Students need to be fluent, confident, entrepreneurial:
are we articulating this clearly?

3. What are we really offering?
• Conceptual frameworks - understand DLs /
understand your DL setting
• Competence frameworks (for staff and students) -
map what you’re doing already and fill the gaps
• Staff development resources - try these
• Student development resources - try these
• Case studies, examples - this is what ‘doing DL
development well’ looks like
• Themes, findings and lessons learned - this is how it
was for us (+recommendations for you)
• Models and methods for embedding digital literacies
institutionally - recommendations, ways of working

4. What are we really offering?
Design studio pages

5. What is the promise?
•Employability
•Self-assessment/self-development
materials
•Digitally literate organisation
•Teaching/curriculum team: open
this box for...
•(Soon-to-be) graduate: be your
best...
•other...

6. Stage 1: define the promise
•2.25-2.45 in groups (you can go to
another room with your poster)
•The promise (one sentence/phrase)?
•Who is it being promised to?
•How will it help them?
•What should be in the box? (Ideally,
from the user’s point of view)
•Nominate somebody to feed back

7. Stage 2: what is really in the
box?
•2.45-3.10 (all posters in main
room)
•Add project outputs as post-its to
the posters
•Make sure you include your project
name on outputs
•Get around to all the posters
•Go back to your original poster and
review (ready to feed back)

8. Stage 3: feedback/pitch
•(3.10-3.30 - tea and continue
making links from this morning)
•Feedback from posters:
– What are you offering?
– How does it help users meet challenges
identified at the start?