Embedding digital capability and wellbeing in the curriculum

Here, you can find help resources on how you can support student digital capability and their digital wellbeing.

Supporting Student Digital Capability

You can access the University’s ‘Supporting Student Digital Capability’ resource, which shares guidance on how digital capabilities can be embedded within the curriculum. Our University eLearning teams can further advise on this topic.

Many units and programmes will already incorporate opportunities for students to develop the skills necessary for their studies and careers.  Supporting students to recognise and articulate the value of these skills can enable them to take ownership and enhance their employability. 

Supporting Student Digital Wellbeing

Digital Wellbeing is defined by Jisc as, ‘the impact of technologies and digital services on people's mental, physical, social and emotional health.’

• This Jisc Quick Guide gives an introduction to ‘Promoting digital wellbeing for learners.’  For more in-depth guidance, this: ‘Good practice principles to support the digital wellbeing of your learners and staff’ Guide identifies four educational contexts for digital wellbeing:
  • ‘Digital social wellbeing;
  • Digital personal wellbeing;
  • Digital learning wellbeing
  • and Digital work wellbeing.’

• It is worth considering how we support each of these within our Teaching Learning and Student Experience. Examples include:

  • allowing appropriate time for transitions and breaks when timetabling activities;
  • managing expectations around channels of communications;
  • supporting students to getting the most out of their learning irrespective of the modality.
• The Strategies for effective learning MLE resource provides additional support around this for students.