Written by Suzanne Collins, Digital Education Office
Take 10 minutes to help us improve the digital learning experience at Bristol!
Follow this link to go straight to the Digital Experience Insights Form
As the year draws to a close, it’s a good opportunity to take some time and reflect on how things have gone so far this academic year. For the past few years – even before the pandemic changed the way we teach and learn – we’ve asked students to tell us what they think about our digital learning environment. The questions range from asking about you and your technology, to asking about how much support you feel you’ve had, where you go for help, and what we could be doing better. The survey is coordinated by JISC, which is a national organisation, so we are also able to see where we are in the sector, and work out what we’re doing well and what we can improve on.
The 10 minutes it takes for you to complete the survey are so valuable, as without hearing your experiences, we can’t work to change things for the better!
What we’ve done based on previous results
In previous years, we’ve used the results from this survey to make direct changes to the experience of students.
We have:
- Improved the consistency of Blackboard courses through new templates and core standards
- Developed a new range of direct support for students (including the new digital induction, guides and contextual help)
- Recruited 12 Student Digital Champions to inform the development of the digital environment and improve our support for students
- Introduced new tools to support teaching and learning
- Acquired a digital skills building tool for students and staff, to be piloted in 2022/23