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BECKI VICKERSTAFF
The Jisc digital capability framework is really a way of looking at digital capabilities from a higher level, if you like. And it focuses on six different areas of digital capability. So, we've got ICT proficiency, information data, and media literacies, for example. But this was a framework that was actually designed and worked with and collated and collaborated with the sector as well. And it's one that's used across a lot of higher education institutions, and the sector both nationally and internationally as well.
Within the framework, we have those main six areas of digital capability. So, we have ICT proficiency. So, that's kind of looking at digital proficiency and digital productivity and looking at those in terms of what a user may need to be able to really successfully navigate a digital world. And particularly in an educational setting, we would then be looking at the different types of technologies and methods to be able to really successfully navigate that technology, so they're using it really effectively in the different ways.
We also have information, data, and media literacies as well. So that's looking at areas such as data literacy, information literacy, and media literacy. So, it's being able to successfully navigate data and to be able to look at it successfully in terms of making sure that we're able to retrieve information, but also knowing what to do with that information as well.
We then have digital creation, problem solving, and innovation as well. So, that kind of goes and breaks down into areas, such as digital creation, digital research, and problem solving. So, that problem solving is really important, as obviously we're moving forward in a digital world, particularly with students as well as they look to become the agile graduate of those transferable skills. But also, digital innovation, so being able to understand what digital capabilities are needed to successfully navigate those as well.
We then go into another area on our framework, which is digital communication, collaboration, and participation. So, that's where we start to look at things like digital communication, digital collaboration, and digital participation. So, we're thinking about how we may be particularly thinking about the pandemic as well, how we look at working together online, how that looks successfully, what digital capabilities we may need to be able to do that. So, identifying the correct type of technology or platform to be able to successfully communicate together, and also, obviously, with all of those things is looking at a safe way to do that as well.
And then we have digital learning and development as another area on our framework. So, that's looking at digital learning and digital teaching. So again, that's really important being able to understand the digital capabilities that are needed to support those areas and to allow an individual, whether that's a staff member or a student, to be able to successfully do their role, choose those appropriate technologies, but be able to understand what's needed to develop that area.
And then we've got digital identity and wellbeing, and that kind of really encapsulates across the whole framework. So, we're thinking about all of those different areas, but really looking at that digital wellbeing able to know how long we should be spending online, keeping ourselves safe online, looking at online bullying, that sort of thing. So, it's looking at that digital identity management, so thinking about your digital footprint but also digital wellbeing. So, knowing when maybe spending an hour in front of a Zoom class or a Zoom lecture, and how that impacts our digital wellbeing. So, all of those, sort of, main areas of the framework. We have those six main areas of the framework, which then stem off into a further 15 areas of digital proficiency.