The DigiLit Leicester Project

Lucy AtkinsJosie FraserRichard Hall

Project Context

• 2 year Knowledge Exchange Project• Leicester City Council, De Montfort University and 23

Leicester BSF schools

• Lucy Atkins – Research Associate• Josie Fraser – Leicester City Council• Richard Hall – De Montfort University

Developing secondary school staff digital literacy, through the implementation of a self-evaluation framework.

Project Approach

• Literature Review and Consultations

• Framework and Survey Development

• 2013 Survey

• Recommendations and School Activities

• 2014 Survey

Project Impact• Significant cultural change

• Engagement with all schools

• Digital literacy strategy and implementation plan within the University

• Shared understanding of digital literacy situated in practice

• Comparative analysis shows that a statistically significant change in staff confidence has occurred

• Openness

DigiLit Leicester Framework

• Finding, Evaluating and Organising

• Creating and Sharing

• Assessment and Feedback

• Communication, Collaboration and Participation

• E-Safety and Online Identity

• Technology supported Professional Development

Entry Core Developer Pioneer

Activity

1. In groups, select a strand or create a new strand

2. Populate strand with statements/practices relevant to each level

3. Group presentations – feeding back to the group

Feeding back at 9:40am

GroupPresentations

Project Reports and LinksInitial Project Report (outlining the secondary school digital literacy framework and including all of the survey content), June 2013

2013 Survey Results , October 2013

Defining a self-evaluation digital literacy framework for secondary educators: the DigiLit Leicester Project – Research in Learning Technology, April 2014

Project Activities Report, May 2014

2014 Survey Results, September 2014

www.digilitleic.com