Effective Practical Skills

• Developing transferable and sustainable practical skills required to use different technologies appropriately.
• Become competent and confident in using a range of technologies appropriately for the discipline.
• Knowing and using the appropriate academic conventions when working with technologies.

 

Benefits

The effective practical use of technology can increase employability, allow staff and students to develop confidence and competence in using appropriate technologies, identify the right technology for the right solution, being able to adapt quickly to appropriate changing technologies, developing a deeper understanding of tools and software functions to foster efficient working.

 

What Works:

• Using ‘productivity tools’ to support efficient working (i.e. Calendar Requests, Task lists, Email, automated formatting)
• Using ‘To do’ and Notetaking Apps to take notes and record actions (i.e. Evernote, OfficeHD, Livescribe)
• Familiarising yourself with ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) technology and how it can enhance learning
• Identifying appropriate storage technologies (i.e. H drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive)
• Making sure there are clear purpose for the technology used

 

 

Links to NTU CAS Digital Literacy Framework: ICT literacy.

Further information on internal & external resources to support Digital Literacies.