Presented at LILAC 2016

2. Liz Dore, University of Limerick
Blaneth McSharry, National University of Ireland, Galway
LILAC 2016.
Staff and Students Flourishing
in the Digital Age.

5. A Flexible open framework:
Confidence

7. Key recurring themes and topics emerging from
feedback…

8. Why a digital skills framework?

9. Digital Skills
Working Definition
define digital skills, literacies or competencies as …
“the capabilities which fit someone for living, learning and working in a digital society,
with the knowledge that a digital society is ever evolving”.
An extension of the definition used by JISC in Developing Digital Literacies –
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-digital-literacies

10. Back to basics…a review of existing frameworks for information and
digital literacy:

11. Digital skills a complex range of multiliteracies
• Information literacy
• ICT
• Visual literacy
• Media literacy
• Transliteracies
• Multimodal literacies

12. Models for digital skills

13. Skills for Students & Staff
‘I am’ higher order
capability than…
Engage as creators
Employment readiness
Students
Staff
Balance between
innovation & the learning
experience of students
Professional Development

14. Projects/Case Study Examples…

17. Digital Champions Innovation Fund

18. References
All Aboard! (2015) Towards A National Digital Skills Framework For Irish Higher Education,
available: http://allaboardhe.org/DSFramework2015.pdf
JISC (2014) Developing digital literacies, available: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-
digital-literacies

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29. Digital Badges Examples

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37. DIGITAL CHAMPIONS
Develop and showcase your digital skills