This document discusses learning and teaching in the digital age. It notes that rapid changes in technology and knowledge advancement present both challenges and opportunities for higher education. Key trends include the integration of digital technologies, diverse student bodies, demands for more flexible and online education, and emphasis on connected and collaborative pedagogies. Quality education requires supportive relationships between students and tutors, active and social learning, ongoing feedback, and treating staff and students as partners. Digital tools can enhance flexibility, collaboration, and social learning if implemented to empower learners and stimulate engagement.

1. Learning and teaching in the digital age
challenges as opportunities
Chrissi Nerantzi @chrissinerantzi

2. today
tools
treasures plus
examples
from own
practice

3. • Global economy
• Collaborative working practices
• Rapid knowledge advancements
• Digital technologies integrated in our everyday lives
• The world in our pocket
• Consumers > producers, (co-)creators
• Wider access to informal learning
• Digital identity and privacy
today in the world

4. • Rapid changes
• Rapid knowledge advancement through cutting edge research & open access
• HE Reform > White Paper, Funding changes (part-time, postgraduate students)
• Diverse student body
• More with less and innovative
• Professionalisation of teaching
• Raising the quality of teaching across the sector
• Pedagogies > connected, collaborative
• Closer links to employers, work-based learning
• Opportunities for flexible and online education
• Global trends and fads? > MOOCs new players?
• Marketisation? New Business models?
• Disruptive? open education > open learning > open badges and accreditation
• Intellectual Property and Creative Commons
• Digital literacies gap?
• Giving back to the society
today in HE

5. today: students

6. Quality: What does really matter?
class size: 1 tutor 20 students tutor load: 1 class
tutor full-time
tutor has teaching qualification
students: time on task
‘close contact’
student tutor
interactions and
relationship for
educational gains
focus on formative
assessment
quick feedback
for learning intellectual challenge
positive
research
environment
tutors as
reflective
practitioners
activelearning
collaborative
and social learning
clear and high
expectations
peer assessment
learning hours matter
programme
teams to work
togethersocial
relationships
programme team
students as partners
students using feedback
Prof. Graham Gibbs
today: evidence-based practice

7. https://fdol.wordpress.com/
today: opening up

8. tools

9. tools: flexibility
learning, teaching and assessment
•pace
•place
•mode
•pathways
global learning opportunities in our
pockets

10. enhance > extend > empower
(3E Framework)
•growing as learners >
autonomy
•stimulating, varied, inclusive
learning design
•creative curriculum
connections increase
•motivation
•engagement
•learning
social learning
•peer-to-peer learning and
support
•community
•module> programme> global
beyond walled gardens
•social media, BYOD, PLN, NMC
Horizon Report HE 13
tools: collaboration

11. ongoing effective
support, academic,
pastoral, administrative
•1 tutor – 20 students
•professional
relationships,
partnership
•students focus on
learning
tools: support

12. tools: what they enable counts

13. treasures

14. treasures: change agents

15. happy staff, happy students
•educators as learners
•staff love what they do
•feel supported
•initial and continuous
development
•peer review
•qualifications
•community
•networks
treasures: development
•HEA
•JISC
•ALT
…

16. treasures: together

17. treasures: connecting

18. treasures: discoveries

19. treasures: impact on practice

20. Learning and teaching in the digital age
challenges as opportunities
Chrissi Nerantzi
@chrissinerantzi