Earlier in the year I worked with Jisc to produce the Framework for digital transformation in higher education. This involved collaborating with a range of professional bodies to ensure that the framework reflected different perspectives and viewpoints. The framework provides a structure to help UK higher education (HE) providers to develop strategic vision and planning, fostering innovation, [...]
I am very pleased to welcome Tim Gray as a new director at Lou McGill Consultancy Ltd. Tim has worked with me on several projects over the last 12 years and adds some really valuable experience, knowledge and skills to the company. He is an experienced senior lecturer, programme leader with a demonstrated history of [...]
When I was young my dad would occasionally stop to point to a roof and proudly say "That's one of mine!" He was a roofer and tiler and I echoed his pride when I told people at school what work he did. But as time went on I started to realise that my schoolmates [...]
I have been working for Jisc over the last few months to produce a new framework for digital transformation in higher education. This was a big piece of work which involved working collaboratively with a review group made up of representatives from a range of higher education sector bodies. These were: Advance HE, Association for [...]
In today's rapidly changing digital landscape, effective leadership in educational organisations requires a range of skills and competencies. Digital leadership is needed to guide and manage an organization's digital transformation, leveraging technology to achieve strategic objectives and drive innovation. I have recently been working as a consultant with Jisc to support some UK universities with [...]
Due to several people having to rush towards online learning and teaching I thought it may be useful to do a post drawing together some of the work I've done in the past that is freely available and might be helpful. Doing it thoughtfully Online learning and teaching is not something to do quickly - [...]
One of my favourite jobs last year was carrying out a Jisc funded preliminary study on digital wellbeing. I worked with Heather Price and Alicja Shah from Jisc on this study. The study looked at existing literature and definitions - see this library on Zotero if you are interested to see which reports, articles and [...]
I have been working as a consultant with the Jisc digital capabilities team for the last couple of years as they developed the digital capabilities service. One if the elements of the service is the discovery tool which I have written about before. The discovery tool offers a series of question sets for staff and [...]
For the last year or so I have been working with Jisc colleagues and fellow consultants Helen Beetham and Tabetha Newman on a very large scale pilot of the Jisc discovery tool. Jisc Building digital capability service The discovery tool is part of the Jisc building digital capability service which has just launched as a new Jisc service. [...]
I just completed some work for Jisc with my partner Tim Gray to carry out a short review into how Human Resources (HR) departments support staff to develop their digital capability. The original intention was to capture a snapshot of current practice through a survey and interviews. How HR teams support staff digital capabilities HR teams in FE and HE [...]
I have already written about the work I did for the Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) programme. The online course in digital leadership has just been launched Adoption of C-DELTA in a country will help determine the level of digital education leadership skills in its educational institutions and provide a national benchmark for [...]
I recently authored some course modules for the Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) programme. C-DELTA course for Digital Education Leaders I was working with the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching CILT) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The conceptual framework underpinning [...]
