We're at the next phase of the digital standards development project.
The different working groups developed draft standards between May - September 2023. Now we need to vote to adopt, edit / refine, or discard the draft digital standards that were developed for each group.
Please use the Google form on the right to vote for the draft digital standards for each group. Your feedback will be used to help us refine the standards and make this a truly co-creative process where everyone's voice can be included.
The working group for developing digital standards for education leaders refers to all leaders at all levels in education. This may include school principals and other school-based leaders, as well as leaders at district, provincial and national level. If you'd like to join this or any other group, please complete the form by clicking on the button ↓ below ↓.
As you prepare for the Working Group Meeting 1, please look online for standards for your group around digital engagement, cyber safety and cyber wellness. We'll focus on these areas in Meeting 1.
Add your suggestions for Standards for Digital Citizenship in the appropriate column on the Padlet below.
Leaders exercise professional agency, building their and their teachers leadership skills and encouraging the pursuit of personalized professional learning goals.
Ensures teachers and school leaders receive appropriate and adequate training related to technology usage, e-content development, and digital learning and teaching skills.
Participates regularly in online professional learning networks to collaboratively learn with and mentor other professionals.
During the roundtable, participants brainstormed some suggestions for possible standards for institutions. They initially used a Padlet as indicated.
On Day 2 they used sticky notes and a robot system which were captured on a GDoc shows their group discussions and suggestions that were developed on Day 2.
Participants wrote standards on sticky notes and added them to different posters:
Green: High Priority
Orange: Medium Priority
Red: Low Priority
This allowed them to discuss their priorities and potentially move their sticky notes around.
Dr Tarling analysed the standards developed from Iteration 1 Brainstorm. The sticky notes were digitized and analysed using the digital capital map. The results for each group were then collated and plotted on the radial chart to create the map of focus areas that the initial brainstorm sessions highlighted.
The brainstorm session from the education leaders group revealed a strong emphasis in the leaders group on developing digital skills and literacies, and individual and group agency. The leaders group did not focus purely on the individual leaders, but saw their group as impacting all role players and the responsibility to develop diverse competencies and agency in their colleagues and learners.
The working group for education leaders can take this map and identify where gaps arose in the initial brainstorming sessions, and develop steps to specifically develop standards that address the entire map and not just key points.
After the first meeting, initial, broad standards were identified and expanded. During the meeting, additional points were added for discussion and included in a growing list which lead to the development of potential level descriptors for the different standards.
In the initial roundtable meeting, the suggestion was made that standards could be graded to provide some idea of progression to users. Descriptors were suggested and used to create a rubric for learners, educators and school leaders as seen on the growing spreadsheet. Each new round of meetings and analysis, adds to this spreadsheet.
TIP: Click on the tabs at the bottom of the sheet to see the standards for other groups.
Please use the Padlet below to post any comments, questions or suggestions about your working group or the general process that we need to be aware off. We can only improve the process with your input, and really value hearing from you!