The digital conundrum: digital health and/or wellbeing?

The digital conundrum: digital health and/or wellbeing?

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  The digital conundrum: digital health and/orwellbeing Plymouth College of Art Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation Ben Goldsmith, Learning Technologist Bournemouth University Photo by Kent Pilcher on Unsplash • Quick policy overview to set context • The student experience • Activities • Tech v Human approaches • Solutions and discussions #digitalembed @debbieholley1
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  https://tinyurl.com/vouqlse EU Digicomp Jisc DigitalInsights The UK (JISC) and EU (DigiComp) frameworks have both been updated to include digital wellbeing …
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  Office for Students:Digital poverty report 2020 52% of students report their learning impacted by slow or reliable internet connection 8% severely 71 per cent reported lack of access to a quiet study space, with 22 per cent ‘severely’ impacted 56 per cent said they lacked access to appropriate online course materials, with 9 per cent ‘severely’ impacted 18 per cent were impacted by lack of access to a computer, laptop or tablet – 4 per cent said they were ‘severely’ impacted. 4% of students do not use the internet
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  Student Mental Health: •Measures must be taken to ensure no student is affected by digital poverty. At the pre–arrival stage (and prior to the commencement of each academic year) institutions should engage students to understand their ability to access remote learning, and ensure students can access the tools they need to succeed, taking steps to remove barriers to access (e.g. affordability). Student minds: Life in a pandemic (2021) • “Long lectures (3 hours) make it hard to stay motivated when staring at a laptop screen and juggling poor Wi–Fi, lack of privacy and disruptions within the home. These issues make it difficult to concentrate.” Student quote in the Student Digital Experience Survey by Jisc, 2021 Photo by Elisa Ventur on Unsplash
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  Activity 2 •In chat – what ideas do you have to helping our students achieve that balance....
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  JISC Digital wellbeingdefinition: Impact of technologies and digital services on students’ and staff’s mental, physical and emotional health. The 'tree metaphor' is drawn from one of their workshops' New report: (Jisc 2020) Student and staff wellbeing in Higher Education
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  Activity 3 Drawa tree with both roots and branches
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  Technical connectivity versushuman connections Image credit: Anne Quinney free for reuse with credit
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  Technical connectivity versus human connections How mightwe promote wellbeing through human connections in an online environment?
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  Image Credit: Universityof Arizona Libraries
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  A more healthrelated one we use with students • Activity 4: Using QR codes for your discipline https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=XKbwmTG8chQ
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  And possibilities ofnow? • Martian Attack: • Our paramedic team ran a simulation in our underground car park last month. • 3D 360-film clips created from the session captured scenarios, simulations and debrief, and are hosted on Panopto, and thus accessible by a range of technologies, from google cardboards, to OCULUS Quest Project lead: Adam Bancroft https://bournemouth.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id= d91e4640-de42-45ee-beae-ad2f00cecebe
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  https://www.flowerweb.com/en/article/191194/12-most-beautiful-trees-in-the-world 3. When youhave finished your tree, please photograph and post your photograph to our padlet https://bu.padlet.org/bgoldsmith4/Plymouth 2. Use the roots of the tree to illustrate the positive contributions we can make in supporting students’ online learning and digital wellbeing. Activity 5 1. Earlier we asked you to photograph or draw a tree • On each branch briefly note one of the challenges our students can face in becoming confident online learners and citizens
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  Gif Lord ofthe Rings pippin tree moving https://gph.is/11oMggi What next? We could co-create a resource for the LearnHigher resource bank! If you are interested email your tree images to Ben ([email protected]) with 'Trees' in the title. The LH resource bank had over 3 million hits on the site last year! What next? (optional!)
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  And try out:relaxation This is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=7AkbUfZjS5k&t=60s Final activity! Chill....and design to include breaks for your students....
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  Selected references • Bleckmann.,P Holley, D and Bitzer, E. (2021) Digital balance literacy: a model for supporting wellbeing in the digital era ALT C 2021, 7-9 September (Online) • https://www.slideshare.net/debbieholley1/digital-balance-literacy-a-model-for-supporting-wellbeing-in-the-digital-era • Goldsmith et al The best way of promoting Digital wellbeing in HE? https://lmutake5.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/take5-47-the-best-way-of-promoting-digital- wellbeing-in-he • Holley, D Jisc: (1.12.2020) Building a better future 'Culture and Resilience' at a time of Covid-19. an ‘In conversation’ piece with Jess Moore, Cameron Mirza and Dr Sarah Joneshttps://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/building-a-better-future-01-dec-2020 • Pulman AJ, Galvin K, Hutchings M, Todres L, Quinney A, Ellis-Hill C& Atkins P. (2012) Empathy and dignity through technology: using lifeworld-led multimedia to enhance learning about the head, heart and hand. Electronic Journal of e-Learning 10(3) 320-330