CITSCAPES 1 Trends and Developments in C&IT Literacy Provision in UK Higher Education Karen Barton & André Reibig
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Trends and Developments in C&IT Literacy Provision in UK
Higher Education
Karen Barton
&
André Reibig
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1. Aspects in Policy and Practice from a UK-wide Survey
2. Specific Examples from Case Study Investigations
Objectives
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Questionnaire Return Rate
40%
57%
43%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
All sections At least 1 section None
HEIs
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Questionnaire Return Rate - HEI Size
48%
41%
29%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Small Medium Large
All Sections
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Questionnaire Return Rate - HEI Type
42%
29%
37%
68%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Pre-1992 Unis Post-1992 Unis Monotechnics Other HEIs
All sections
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Questionnaire Return Rate – FT League Table
32%34% 32%
47%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Top Middle Bottom Not in League
All Sections
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Origin of Strategic Response
None8%
Others16%
Head of Comp.8%
Head of IS27%
Head of LT/Lib.29%
Princ./VP/PVC12%
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Strategic Organisation of C&IT Provision - HEI Size
31%
57%
11%
36% 33%30%
60%
20%20%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Small Medium Large
Devolved to facultiesCentrally developedA mixture of both
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Strategic Organisation of C&IT Provision - HEI Type
24%
38% 38%
77%
18%
5%
24%
62%
14%
50%
38%
13%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Pre-1992 Unis Post-1992Unis
Monotechnics Other HEIs
DevolvedCentralisedMixed
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Strategic Organisation of C&IT Provision FT League Table
29%29%
41%38% 38%
25%
71%
24%
6%
35%
49%
16%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Top Middle Bottom Not in League
DevolvedCentralisedMixed
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Provider of C&IT Course Delivery to Students
Part of skills course18%
Stand-alone course13%
None of these1%
Part of support services11%
Part of academic course33%
Course provided by a service department24%
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Provider of C&IT Courses to Staff
Stand-alone course23%
Course provided by a service department52%
Part of support services9%
Part of academic course9%
Part of skills course7%
None of these0%
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Mode of Course Delivery
No answer1%
Taught43%
Any combination53%
Self-taught paper1%
Self-taught on-line2%
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Syllabus
Wordprocessing 81%
E-mail 81%
Login/Network 81%
Internet Basics 80%
Printing 74%
File Management 73%
OP Environment 70%
Spreadsheets 63%
Web/Lib Search Skills 60%
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Effective Doc Design 53%
PowerPoint 52%
Data trans. betw. appl. 52%
Bibl. databases 47%
Eval. on-line content 43%
Using elect. help sys. 43%
Effective use of ICT 39%
Writing a CV 34%
EPR issues 33%
CAL 26%
No answer 5%
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Glasgow Caledonian University
Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
Oxford University
Stirling UniversityGlasgow University
Case Studies
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Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Post-graduate
Availa
bility
thro
ug
h a
cad
em
ic c
are
er
Using the Internet for Learning (SF126)
Information Skills for Independent learning (SF206)
Postgraduate skills support programme
Staff training programme for research students
Eu
rop
ean
Com
pu
ter
Dri
vin
g L
icen
ce (
EC
DL)
Com
pu
ter
Lit
era
cy a
nd
In
form
ati
on
Tech
nolo
gy (
CLA
IT)
Sen
ior
Info
rmati
on
Ad
vis
ors
(S
IAs)
Info
rmati
on
Skills
Pro
gra
mm
e
Bach
elo
r of
Ed
ucati
on
(B
Ed
)
Computing for Leisure Tourism and Hospitality (HM101)
Fine Art (FA211)
Professional Media Studies (PM217)
PGCE (Primary) MBA
= compulsory for defined route
= Postgraduate Certificate of Education= Credit towards degree at C&G
= Recognised external certification
= Non-credit bearing. No recognised award.
Information Technology Module (BT101)
PGCE (Secondary)
Learning Development (SF121)
Information Management (SF122)
Programme/Subject Specific C&IT Training
Generic C&IT Skills Training
Compulsory Voluntary Compulsory Voluntary
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Programme/Subject Specific C&IT Training
Generic C&IT Skills Training
Compulsory VoluntaryExternal Certification
Non-Credit Bearing
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Post-graduate In
form
ati
on
Tech
nolo
gy M
od
ule
s e
mb
ed
ded
in
sp
ecifi
c s
ub
jects
(N
um
ber
of
C&
IT m
od
ule
s is
su
bje
ct
dep
en
den
t)
Su
bje
ct
Sp
ecifi
c O
pti
on
al M
od
ule
s
EC
DL (
not
off
ere
d y
et,
lib
rary
ap
plied
to b
e t
esti
ng
cen
tre)
Library Induction
Eff
ecti
ve L
earn
ing
Serv
ice
Dro
p-I
n C
lin
ics
Lib
rary
Resou
rces
Glasgow Caledonian University
Internal Certification
Stu
den
t IC
T S
kills
Pro
gra
mm
e
(Curr
entl
y o
n t
rial -
Will
com
e into
eff
ect
for
full-
tim
e level 1
und
erg
rad
uate
s in
A/Y
20
01
-20
02
).
The p
rog
ram
me w
ill b
e c
om
puls
ory
for
all
stud
ents
b
y 2
00
3/2
00
4)0
Compulsory Voluntary
= Not compulsory until academic year 2001-2002
Level 4
= Credit-bearing courses (subject dependent)
= Non-credit bearing. No recognised award.
= Recognised external certification
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Voluntary Generic Training Provided by Central Services
Generic Training Provided by Colleges
Compulsory Academic C&IT Skills*
Credit Bearing Credit BearingNon-Credit Bearing Non-Credit Bearing
* This is NOT a comprehensive account of every credit bearing, compulsory academic courses of study which has a C&IT element. It is merely representative of a broad range of opportunities.
OU
CS
Tra
inin
g C
ou
rses
= Available throughout duration of programme of study to all students
= Induction at beginning of programme of study
Learn
i ng
an
d R
esou
r ce C
en
t re (
LaR
C)
Lib
rar y
Serv
i ces
Hu
man
iti e
s C
om
pu
t in
g U
nit
Tra
i ni n
g C
ou
rses
Eu
rop
ean
Com
pu
ter
Dri
vin
g L
icen
se (
EC
DL)
College Computing Facilities – Compulsory C&IT induction
Postgraduate and Research Students - Voluntary C&IT induction
CONTINUING EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMPUTING
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY
COMPUTING ELEMENT OF POSTGRADUATE HUMANITIES COURSES
University of Oxford
= Available throughout duration of programme of study to all postgraduate and research students
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= Non-compulsory training, advertised as ‘essential’
Credit Bearing Non-Credit Bearing
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Post-graduate
IT Skills (17L6)
Computing Science I (3131)
Ultimate Survival Guide
Tra
inin
g o
n s
pecia
list
soft
ware
For
dis
ab
led
stu
den
ts
Stu
den
t tr
ain
ing
sessio
ns
Stu
den
t d
rop
-in
serv
ice
On
lin
e t
rain
ing
gu
ides
Library network
DAICE training
= Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
= Division of Academic Innovation and Continuing Education
= Existing students recruited to support specific C&IT skills training needs
= Combined service providers
University of Stirling
Level 4
= Information Services
Subject Specific Compulsory Courses*
Voluntary
* Although the credit-bearing courses are subject specific, they are only compulsory for students who opt to take them.
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Strategic Perspective
• C&G: Generic C&IT skills training for staff and students. Overall strategic commitment to use C&IT to enhance development of learning, teaching & assessment.
• GCU: Graduate employability and vocational training. Greater use of C&IT based learning materials and off-campus delivery.
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Strategic Perspective
• Oxford: Committed institutional level responsibility with college/departmental remit. Encouragement to add innovation to quality education rather than introduce C&IT as an objective in its own right.
• Stirling: Identification and promotion of cautious use of technology in underpinning innovative teaching and learning.
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Strategic Perspective
• Glasgow: Commitment to C&IT-rich learning environment. Involvement of staff in this environment seen as a complimentary objective to effective student C&IT empowerment.
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Emerging Directions
• On-line learning• Virtual Learning Environments• Transferable Skills, Personal
Development Planning & ‘Graduateness’
• Benchmarks, Baselines and Certification
• Continuous adjustment to C&IT syllabus