DigiLit Leicester: TEAN Conference
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This presentation was given as part of the Teacher Education Advancement Network Conference on 16th May 2014, at Conference Aston
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DigiLit Leicester: TEAN Conference
- 1. DigiLit Leicester Lucy Atkins - Digital Literacy Research Associate
- 2. A bit of context… 2 year Knowledge Exchange Project: •Lucy Atkins – Research Associate •Richard Hall – De Montfort University •Josie Fraser – Leicester City Council •23 Leicester City BSF schools •Developing secondary school staff digital literacy, through the implementation of a self-evaluation framework.
- 3. A bit of context… The project has three key objectives: •To investigate and define digital literacy; •To identify current school staff confidence levels; •To support staff in developing their digital literacy skills and knowledge.
- 4. Defining Digital Literacy In the context of secondary teaching practice
- 5. DigiLit Definition ‘To be digitally literate, educators must be able to utilise technology to enhance and transform classroom practices, and to enrich their own professional development and identity. The digitally literate educator will be able to think critically about why, how and when technology supplements learning and teaching.’
- 7. Identifying current confidence Strengths and areas for further support
- 9. 2013 DigiLit Survey • Online survey • Open between April and July 2013 • All staff who support learning - school leadership, teachers, classroom assistants and library staff • 24% completion rate across city - 450 staff out of the total cohort of 1912
- 10. 2013 Headline Findings • High overall confidence • 52% Pioneer • 26% Entry • Highest confidence: E-Safety and Online Identity • Lowest confidence: Communication, Collaboration and Participation
- 11. Supporting Staff Development Raising baseline skills and confidence
- 12. 2013 Recommendations • Sharing and promoting pioneer practice • Supporting entry-level staff in raising skills and confidence • Strengthening links between E-Safety and Online Identity and Communication, Collaboration and Participation practices • Increasing knowledge and confidence in OER use and creation • Encouraging engagement with CPD online – particularly through the development of Personal Learning Networks
- 13. Links to Initial Teacher Education The importance of reflection
- 14. Teacher’s Standards ‘Appropriate self- evaluation, reflection and professional development activity is critical to improving teachers’ practice at all career stages.’ (DfE 2011, p.7)
- 15. Standards for ITE ‘taking responsibility for and being committed to their own professional development arising from professional enquiry and reflection on their own and other professional practices, and being involved in collegial professional development with colleagues.’ (GTC Scotland 2006, p.7)
- 16. Resources The Project Website: http://www.digilitleic.com/ Project Reports: http://www.digilitleic.com/? page_id=261 BSF ICT blog: http://lccschooltech.our.dmu.ac.uk/ Lucy’s Blog: http://latkin00.our.dmu.ac.uk The CELT Hub @ DMU: http://celt.our.dmu.ac.uk/
Notas do Editor
- To investigate and define digital literacy, in the context of secondary school based practice; To identify current school staff confidence levels, and what the strengths and gaps across city schools are, in relation to this definition; To support staff in developing their digital literacy skills and knowledge - raising baseline skills and confidence levels across the city, and promoting existing effective and innovative practice.
- Iterative and Collaborative Process Involving: Literature review – which produced draft working definition and framework, highlighting key themes of digital literacy and need for teacher specific definition Consultation – with schools and academics from the field – helped to
- This recognises the importance for staff: first, in developing the skills to utilise technology purposefully within the classroom; second, in critiquing the underlying knowledge and attitudes that enhance their existing practices; and third, in being positive role models for the critical use of technology.
- Discuss strands and levels
- How framework became a survey – staff read statements and rate themselves on a scale of ‘none some all’ this is then aggregated up to the levels (E C D P). At the end of the survey, staff are present with a summary – stating their level for each strand – along with suggestions for areas of practice they may wish to investigate to take their skills and confidence forward (taken from the level above).
- The survey opened by asking staff “How confident do you feel about using technology to support teaching and learning practices?”. On a scale where 1=Not at all confident and 7=Extremely confident, the majority of staff marked their overall confidence in using technology to support teaching and learning as 6, suggesting that the majority of staff feel very confident. Fifty-two per cent of the staff across the city who participated in the survey classified their skills and confidence at the highest level – Pioneer - in one or more of the six key digital literacy areas. The Pioneer level is described as a member of staff who has fully integrated technology into their teaching practice and shares their experiences with colleagues and others. They may seek out opportunities to develop their professional understanding, skills and practice, and may be reflective about their use of technology. Twenty-six per cent of all those who participated in the survey placed themselves at Entry level in one or more of the six key areas, highlighting a significant minority of staff who identify themselves as not being confident in using technology to support these aspects of their practice.
- Staff across the city rate their skills and confidence highest in the area of E-Safety and Online Identity, with 43 per cent of all respondents scoring at Pioneer level. The Pioneer level of this theme describes staff who have a positive, active online identity, take a whole school community approach to e-safety and cyberbullying activities and education, and are able to advise learners and colleagues. City-wide, staff feel least confident in the area of Communication, Collaboration and Participation, with 12 per cent of staff rating themselves as Entry level. This suggests that they may require further support in the use of social and collaborative technologies, for example wikis, blogs, social bookmarking tools and networking sites. Used effectively, collaborative technologies can increase learning opportunities, enhance learner engagement and help to connect communities across schools.
- The project has highlighted a wealth of confidence across the city (52 per cent Pioneers). The project team will be exploring ways in which Pioneer level staff can be supported in sharing and promoting their practice. The project has also drawn attention to a significant minority (26 per cent) of practitioners who have scored themselves at the Entry level across one or more of the six strands. The project team will be investigating ways in which Entry level staff can be supported in developing their skills and confidence, both centrally and within the school community. Although the city as a whole scored strongly on the E-Safety and Online Identity strand, the corresponding scores for Communication, Collaboration and Participation were not in alignment. This suggests that e-safety education is being managed within a context of restriction and limits on access to certain technologies and digital environments. This indicates that schools would benefit from support in understanding ways in which social and collaborative technologies can be used to effectively support learners and school communities, in e-safety resources specifically linked to social and collaborative tools and environments, and in expanding existing practice in this area.
- Forty-three per cent of staff rated their skills and confidence in the lower levels of the framework (Entry and Core) in Creating and Sharing. Also, when given the opportunity to leave comments, staff informed us that they were particularly unfamiliar with Open Educational Resources (OERs). These findings are in line with European Commission concerns that education and training providers are currently not taking advantage of the use and creation of Open Educational Resources. This runs the risk of ‘losing the opportunity to innovate the teaching and learning practices, to increase the efficiency and equity of the education and training provision and to raise the digital skills of learners necessary for a more competitive and knowledge-based economy’ (European Commission 2013). The project team will be looking at how we can support staff across the city in understanding and making use of Open Licensing, and creating and sharing their own Open Educational Resources. The sixth frame work strand – Technology supported Professional Development – will enable staff and schools to effectively take staff digital literacy forward – particularly in relation to raising the profile of and sharing the outstanding practice going on across the city, to support less confident staff members, and to develop staff skills in collaborative technologies and the creation and sharing of resources. The project team will be looking at how it can take forward work in this area, particularly relating to staff use of online Personal Learning Networks. Discussion of activities: Central School