A conversation with Alicia Owen on student and staff digital skills development

Alicia Owen is a Senior Digital Education Specialist in the Digital Education team, in the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Educational Development (LEED). She is a Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE.
Rod Cullen is Reader in Digital Education in the Digital Education team, LEED, Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE and a Lead Innovation Scholar.

In this video podcast series, Rod talks with colleagues across Manchester Met about how they are implementing the DELTA strategy in their teaching. Each episode features a conversation about flexible active learning in practice, covering what works, what’s challenging, and how digital tools can help students balance their studies with their lives outside university.

Alicia Owen and Rod Cullen discuss the importance of student and staff digital skills to the success of DELTA strategy. In a wider ranging conversation they explore roles and responsibilities for digital skills development, Manchester Met’s development as an Adobe Creative Campus, the role and value of the Jisc Discovery Tool for auditing and benchmarking skills development, the role of the strategic Digital Futures Community of Practice (CoP) and the importance of staff and student digital skills in respect of the DELTA strategy’s six principles of digital flexibility.