Are all students 'hard to reach' in a digital higher education (H.E.) context?

JONES-DEVITT, Stella, AUSTEN, Liz, IRWIN, Brian, MCDONALD, Kieran and PARKIN, Helen (2017). Are all students 'hard to reach' in a digital higher education (H.E.) context? The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 3 (1), 147-158.

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Abstract

Students entering Higher Education (HE) have high levels of digital capability built on the need to be socially-connected; they should be 'easy to reach’ if thinking about connectivity underpinning the digital age. Yet findings based on commissioned work exploring digital capability and teaching excellence (Austen et al, 2016) indicate that student appraisals of this relationship relate to the logistical benefits of technology rather than to the development of capabilities for professional practice, i.e. the multi-faceted set of academic and information-retrieval skills. Our study highlights a pedagogical challenge in needing to re-frame digital capability for all learners new to HE as this 'hard to reach' phenomenon is maintained by a student focus on technological hygiene factors rather than supported risk-taking.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	digital capability, student engagement
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Student Engagement, Evaluation and Research
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.21100/jeipc.v3i1.526
Page Range:	147-158
Depositing User:	Liz Austen
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2017 09:19
Last Modified:	22 Feb 2023 09:12
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17106

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