51st Student experience​ experts meeting Introduction slides 3 May 2023

1. 51st Student experience
experts meeting
#jiscexperts23
3 May 2023

2. Welcome to our 51st meeting of the group
• We now have over 300 members and the group
has been established since 2004 formerly known
as Learning and Teaching Experts group
• Subscribe to our mailing list
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/EPED-EXPERTS
• Schedule for today
• 11:15 – 11:30 Virtual tea and coffee break
• 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
• 15:30 – Close
• Twitter tag - #jiscexperts23
• Feedback please – online evaluation form will be
circulated

3. Student experience experts group – what we
do
Sarah Knight, Head of learning and teaching
transformation, Jisc
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4. The group’s role…
• Our student experience experts group provides advice and feedback on Jisc
work in this area
• You offer valuable input on the direction of future Jisc activities
• You help ensure the relevance of Jisc activities to the FE and HE learning
and teaching community and have enabled our work to develop a strong
community profile
• You provide a valuable steer in terms of how Jisc outputs and outcomes should
be communicated and disseminated
• You are our champions for our student experience work

5. Schedule for this morning…
10:30 Keynote - Leading curriculum transformation at the University of
Nottingham
Katharine Reid, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student
Experience, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham
11:15 Tea and coffee break
11:30 Understanding international students’ digital experience
Dr Tabetha Newman
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
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6. Schedule for this afternoon…
13:30 Choice of workshops:
Developing a maturity model for digital transformation in HE – Sarah Knight and
Simon Birkett
Beyond blended – new curriculum design considerations and principles for
rethinking space, place and modes of interaction – Helen Beetham, Sheila
MacNeill and Elizabeth Newall
14:30 Rethinking assessment and feedback – Professor Simon Walker
15:00 Members Showcase
15:30 Close and tea available

7. Members showcase sessions
First year micro credentials and diagnostics for student success - Luke Millard,
Dean of teaching and learning, Abertay University
Developing academic skills support for international students - Laurence
Morris, Academic skills development manager / CLT associate library and student
services, Leeds Beckett University
Without freedom of choice there is no creativity”: The power of dialogue as
creative praxis for (digital) education - Dustin Hosseini, Learning Innovation
Officer (Learning Innovation Support Unit); Associate Tutor (School of Education);
Co-lead UofG Decolonising the Curriculum Community of Practice; part-time
Doctorate in Education student, University of Glasgow
15:30 Close and tea available

8. What one
thing…
What one thing are you hoping to
take away from today’s meeting?
Introduce yourself to someone on
the table who you don’t know and
share what you want to take away
from today
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9. Updates from Jisc
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10. Digital strategies in UK higher education:
making digital mainstream
How UK universities are developing and implementing
their digital strategies (January 2023)
Interview with senior leaders
Exemplar strategies
Available from http://bit.ly/3JVHciT
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11. The framework - a structure for digital transformation
Available from ji.sc/digital-transformation-framework
The six elements and their four key areas of activity
11 Demonstrating digital transformation: a framework for higher education

12. Review of learning and curriculum design
•Literature review: established approaches; studies and
reports from the past 2 years
•Survey of current practice in higher education
•Interviews and vignettes
•Summary of models in use
•Listen to our new podcast
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/podcasts/beyond-the-technology-
reviewing-learning-and-curriculum-design-06-sep-2022
•Briefing paper with UUK
ji.sc/curriculum-and-learning-design-report

13. Four phases of Jisc ISDX research
• International student digital experience
(ISDX)
• Phase 1 reviewed issues and perspectives
from UK HEIs policy makers, academic and
grey literature, and advocates working in this
space
• Phase 1 report available from
ji.sc/international-students-digital-
experience
• Phase 2 works directly with international
students at 10 HEPs to better understand
their experiences
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14. Join us at our
Demonstrating digital
transformation events
Hosted in partnership with
universities, designed to
inspire new thinking and
share good practice, to
support you with your
transformation journey.
10 May
Innovating physical and virtual spaces for
digital learning in health care
hosted by Staffordshire University
https://ji.sc/DTE-Staffordshire
5 June
Reimagining assessment and feedback
hosted by University College London
https://ji.sc/DTE-UCL
6 July
Rethinking learning and curriculum design
hosted by University of Northampton
https://ji.sc/ DTE-Northampton
18 July
Developing and implementing a digital strategy
hosted by University of Greenwich
https://ji.sc/ DTE-Greenwich

16. Keynote - Leading curriculum transformation at the
University of Nottingham
Katharine Reid, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student
Experience, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham

17. Understanding international students’ digital
experience
Dr Tabetha Newman

18. Members showcase

19. Thank you for your contributions!
What one thing are you going to do as a
result of this meeting?
Please complete the evaluation form!
See you in October 2023 for our 52nd meeting!
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20. Get in touch …
help@jisc.ac.uk
Sarah Knight
sarah.knight@jisc.ac.uk
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