Digital Education and Technologies for Teaching and Assessment (DETTA)

The learning circle is intended as a forum for exploring what a digital education framework should consider. Provide a `skunkworks’; that is a sounding board and free space to explore new ideas to overcome community challenges through ideation and connection with internal and external domain experts as well as exploring new technologies and updates to existing technologies such that recommendations can be made to the Pro VC Education in line with the digital education framework developed. Codesigning a framework through this learning circle will enable a range of perspectives from academics, technologists and students to be drawn together. The framework should also provide an adaptable frame to support the development of blended learning and how new and existing technologies/platforms can be woven together with this.

The membership is intended to be a standard learning circle with a critical friends group. However, other members of the academic community may be seconded into the learning circle on a temporary basis if they are keen to explore a learning technology and/or have expertise in its use.

It is hoped that WIHEA fellows encompassing students, technologists, academics and professional services colleagues will be interested in joining the learning circle. Further, as technologies will need to be considered according to whether they support inclusivity including students / colleagues with disabilities, it is hoped that WIHEA fellows with an interest in this will be keen to join the learning circle.

Learning circle goals

• The Learning Circle will produce a Digital Education Framework against which proposed investments in any technologies to support teaching, learning, assessment can be assessed.
• Technologies to consider can be suggested by Learning Circle members and any other member of the university.
• Recommendations will be made to the Pro VC Education regarding possible future investments to be made.
• Demonstrations of technologies will be organised as appropriate. Some technologies may currently be used in specific parts of the university, while for some technologies, external suppliers may be invited to present their products.
• Opportunities to explore technologies collaboratively with other higher education institutions will be arranged if appropriate.

Intended outcomes/outputs to achieve by the end of the 2024/25 academic year.

• The Learning Circle will begin to produce a Digital Education Framework document that will highlight the criteria against which any investment in digital education and technologies should be reviewed.
• The Learning Circle will have produced an initial list of potential technologies to explore. This list will have been reviewed by the Pro VC Education with priority technologies identified.
• A review of at least one technology will be completed and submitted to the Pro VC Education, with further reviews planned for the 24/25 academic year.

Current project. The learning circle has two live funded projects for 2024/25.

1. Pilot Project to Capture Digital Education Capabilities in UK Universities. Leads: Matt Street (FOLD) & Dr Martyn Parker (Statistics)
2. AI Horizons: Developing a Digital Skills Pathway through the Warwick Award. Leads: Matt Steet (FOLD), Dr Zoe Pflaeger Young (WMG) & Dr Freeha Azmat (Student Opportunity).

Current members of this Learning Circle include:

• Martyn Parker (co-lead)
• Matt Street (co-lead)