Digital Experience Conference 2024

Tuesday 3rd December 2024
9:30 am - 3:00pm
Virtual Conference

Digital Experience Conference 2024 will explore how universities can deliver the next generation of digital learning experiences and spearhead digital transformation to enhance student outcomes.

The Conference will:

  • Share new insights from leading providers on using technology to enhance the learning experience

  • Showcase innovations on the latest digital tools being used to improve student outcomes

  • Explore approaches to embedding next generation digital experiences into pedagogy and course design

  • Examine how to develop digital strategies and investment plans to meet evolving digital needs

  • Take a deep dive into how students are using digital services and how practitioners can embed student feedback into development

Why attend the conference?

Learn from innovative practitioners at the forefront of outstanding digital experiences across higher education

Stress test your digital strategy and assess your next development priorities

Assess what the digital experience of tomorrow looks like and how to spearhead transformation in your university

Agenda

09:30 am

Chair’s Welcome Address

Professor Nicola Wilkin
Academic Director of Digital Education and Equity
University of Birmingham (CONFIRMED)

09:40 am

Beyond Blended: Enhancing Approaches to Curriculum and Learning Design

  • Building a ‘beyond blended’ approach that responds to evolving student preferences and underpins that with choices that deliver pedagogical value

  • Adopting a holistic whole-curriculum view on design that goes beyond decisions on activities and resources

  • How to take blended learning to the next level with the six core pillars of Jisc’s ‘beyond blended’ guidance on place, platform, pace, blend , flex and support

  • Better understanding how learners use their asynchronous time to support students on self-efficacy and task management

  • Rethinking how we use space and time to reflect pedagogic demands

Sheila MacNeill
Consultant
Jisc Associate for ‘Beyond Blended’ (CONFIRMED)

Elizabeth Newall
Senior Sector Specialist (Digital Transformation)
Jisc (CONFIRMED)

10:10 am

Building Readiness on the Next Generation of Digital Experiences: A Strategic Approach to Investment Planning

  • Aligning digital transformation priorities with an institution-wide approach to investment planning

  • Is there appetite for long-term digital investment and what is strategically possible in a challenging funding context?

  • Planning for the transition from ineffective legacy technology

  • Supporting buy-in with a user-centric approach centred on gradual and continuous improvement

  • Adopting a holistic institution-wide investment plan based around enhancing universal digital capabilities on systems, infrastructure and people

  • Cutting through strategic fog: How to be laser focussed on delivery goals and end objectives

Professor Raheel Nawaz
Pro Vice Chancellor (Digital Transformation)
Staffordshire University (CONFIRMED)

Professor Susannah Quinsee
Vice President (Digital and Student Experience)
City St George’s, University of London (CONFIRMED)

11:00 am

Break and Networking

11:20 am

Are We Ready for AI-Led Learning Experiences?

  • How do we embrace AI as a tool for enhancing learning design and delivery?

  • How do we support students to demonstrate core learning competencies and behaviours through AI tools?

  • What does AI mean for more imaginative approaches to pedagogy that drives student engagement?

  • What will a fully embedded and integrated AI learning environment of the future look like?

Professor Judy Williams
Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Students
Queen’s University Belfast (CONFIRMED)

11:50 am

In Conversation: Responding to User Needs on the VLE

  • Exploring the distinct needs of an institution and users

  • What are the drivers of engagement and motivators for usage?

  • Addressing common barriers to success on consistency, accessibility and visualisation

  • How do we work with users to design a VLE that supports staff and student success?

Dr Julie Voce
Senior Lecturer and Head of Digital Education
City St George's, University of London (CONFIRMED)

Farzana Latif
Head of Digital Education Systems
University of Leeds (CONFIRMED)

12:20 pm

Break and Networking

1:10 pm

Redesigning Assessments and Rolling Out a Next Generation Assessment Tool

  • Approaches to delivering a consistent assessment rollout across an institution that is fit for evolving staff and student requirements

  • Building user-centric assessment tools reflecting new demands for functionality on submissions, marking and feedback

  • Developing new capabilities for a diverse range of assessment types

Christopher Wood
Learning Designer
University of Portsmouth (CONFIRMED)

1:40 pm

Harnessing Data as Driver for a Personalised Learning Experiences

  • What does a personalised approach to distance learning design look like, beyond adaptive technologies?

  • How can data support the development and delivery of personalised distance learning, and what role does human intervention play?

  • How can we empower students to take ownership of their learning journey in a personalised distance learning model?

  • What institutional challenges are there for enabling data-driven personalised learning? 

Andy Ramsden
Director of Distance Learning
Arden University (CONFIRMED)

2:10 pm

Break and Networking

2:30 pm

In Conversation: Leveraging Digital Tools to Enhance Learning Outcomes

  • How digital tools for learning delivery are evolving and what the next wave of innovation looks like

  • Assessing how to respond to the expectations and needs of staff and students

  • Building a theory of change that demonstrates how digital technologies can support enhanced student attainment and engagement

  • What does the adoption and implementation of these tools look like in practice?

John Hill
Head of Digital Learning (Learning and Teaching)
University of Derby (CONFIRMED)

3:00 pm

Conference Close

*Programme subject to change

Audience

This event is designed for all university leaders and practitioners engaged in digital transformation and digital experience. Those in attendance will include:

  • Associate Deans for Teaching and Learning

  • Chief Data Officers

  • Chief Digital Officers

  • Deans of Online and Digital Education

  • Deans for Digital Education

  • Digital Capabilities Managers

  • Directors of Digital

  • Directors of Digital Learning

  • Directors of Library and Learning Services

  • Directors of Online Education

  • Heads of Digital Experience

  • Heads of Digital Learning

  • Heads of Digital Transformation

  • Heads of User Experience and Engagement

  • Learning Technologists

  • Pro Vice Chancellors (Digital Transformation)

  • Pro Vice Chancellors (Education)

  • Product Managers

  • User Experience Designers

  • Web and Digital Managers

Secure Your Ticket

Public Sector (HE)

£345 + VAT

Attendance to Digital Experience Conference 2024

Private Sector

£595 + VAT

Attendance to Digital Experience Conference 2024

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