ucisa Digital Education Group

Congratulations from the UCISA Digital Education Group.

The full programme for the joint DEG/DCG Spotlight conference is now available. This year's event is taking place in Birmingham on Tuesday 30th April 2024. Register now at ucisa.ac.uk/Events/2024/Ap… to take advantage of the early bird discount (available until 29th March 2024).

New blog post by @RichardM_Walker about the article we published on post-pandemic learning technology developments using data from the @UCISA_DEG technology enhanced learning survey. elearningyork.wpcomstaging.com/2023/09/06/new…

Waiting for @dompates to play the winner… #altc23

UCISA strategic planning day. All UCISA group chairs are here to reflect on the last 18 months and look forward, working with the trustees.

Technology has to work seamlessly, be scalable, flexible and secure, interoperate with LMS platforms, be easy to use by instructors, simple to access, provide analytics #EUNIS23

Hybrid presents challenges of trying to join two groups of students together, especially in terms of access to content. Co-ordination is critical and adapting style towards hybrid delivery. Classes need to be almost production quality. #EUNIS23

@sarahknight from @jisc asking us to reflect on what digital transformation means to us and introducing us to the Jisc framework for digital transformation in higher education. #EUNIS23

Sue Attewell (@Jisc) reporting that international students use AI to better understand the materials they receive from their institutions, especially key terminology. Students want guidance about which tools to use. Very concerned about ethical aspects. #EUNIS23

Three approaches to generative AI - avoid, outrun (with detection tools) or embrace. Glad to report that @CityUniLondon are of the "embrace" mindset. #EUNIS23

Where do we draw the line on use of generative AI? @Jisc #EUNIS23

Hearing about @Jisc's work on artificial intelligence. Student discussions raised concerns about inequity between universities in terms of approach to use of generative AI, importance of AI for employment and ethical aspects. Disappointed by focus on cheating/integrity #EUNIS23

Here at #EUNIS23 in Vigo with @m_barrand thanks to @EUNIS_IT and @UCISA representing @UCISA_DEG. Looking forward to today's sessions and will be focussing on AI in HE.

Looking forward to presenting at the @EUNIS_IT congress in Vigo in June with @m_barrand. We'll be talking about the new digital education landscape based on the @UCISA_DEG 2022 TEL pulse survey. eunis.org/eunis2023/sess…

Waving goodbye to a great day at #UDigCap - thank you all for joining us. It’s been great to see so many new and familiar faces and to be back together in person again. See you next year for the 10th anniversary conference. Watch this space…

Plagiarism is very complex and teaching someone to undo all their previous experiences and beliefs of how to use the words of others and give appropriate credit is not just as simple as attending a one-hour lecture on the topic of plagiarism. #UDigCap

Equal versus equitable provision #UDigCap

Digital “shocks” - the pandemic also revealed issues relating to expectations of how UK HE expects students to learn through digital. These UK HE expectations are not global and may create a ‘digital shock’ for international students transitioning into UK HE #UDigCap

2021/22: 680,000 international students from 200+ countries/territories (HESA data) 17% full-time UG and 67% full- time PGT are international students Significant increase in students coming from Southern and Eastern Asia and a decrease in EU students #UDigCap

Our final session for the day at #UDigCap - “Understanding international students' digital experiences” - Sarah Knight and Elizabeth Newall from Jisc