As a Digital Education Specialist, Mrs Emily Webb implements the Digitally Enhanced Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (DELTA) strategy to empower educators to support the effective use of educational technologies in ways that benefit student learning and outcomes. This enables the optimal use of technology to enhance pedagogy, delivering active, engaging, and supportive student learning. She is interested in developing online courses, knowledge delivery, professional identity within the third space, and enhancing learning through cultivating a sense of understanding and belonging.

Mr Dee Vyas has worked at Manchester Metropolitan University for over 30 years and has seen significant changes in the higher education landscape. As a Digital Education Specialist, he works across the university to implement the Digitally Enhanced Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (DELTA) strategy that supports developing and delivering a flexible and inclusive active learning approach. His passion in higher education is to develop a student-focused approach, that encompasses engagement, active learning, and the opportunity for all to participate. Alongside this, sits a need to address the needs of the modern student regarding well-being, compassion, and care. 

The University Road to 2030 in line with the Education strategy aims to deliver a student experience based on developing an active learning community. Founded on engagement from across the university and key sector-wide reports, the Digitally Enhanced Learning Teaching and Assessment (DELTA) Strategy is a key enabler of many aspects of the university’s aspirations. Long-term feedback from our students consistently shows that they want to be more actively engaged in their learning rather than being passive recipients of information. 

As part of developing the student experience, including rethinking and reformatting traditional lectures, the Apps for Teaching and Learning toolkit has been developed. Deploying digital tools institutionally has aimed to give university students personalisation, flexibility, and choice in what, where, when, and how they learn. Six institutional-licensed apps are available to use: 

• Vevox
• Mentimeter
• Kahoot
• Padlet
• Nearpod
• Miro

Empowering students and educators to determine and develop the digital skills and fluency they require is central to the DELTA strategy. We will continue to work with colleagues across the university to identify and support skills gaps and revisit training requirements and curricula to strengthen digital skill sets and approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment.