Dawn Grundy

This poster will focus on the value and impact of LEAP Online’s approach to support blended and differentiated learning, inclusive assessment and student success. It will highlight sections of LEAP Online specifically developed to support University of Bolton core eLearning systems such as Zoom, Office 365 and Moodle together with approaches to inclusive assessment and differentiated learning. The digital badge data alongside student and staff feedback also demonstrate how LEAP Online is now firmly valued and embedded in the student journey and the University’s learning and teaching strategy.

Launched in 2017, LEAP Online is an interactive skills portal designed to support students on their University journey, both academically and from a personal development perspective. In April 2018 LEAP Online was nationally recognised by winning the Digital Literacy Award at the LILAC Conference.
This poster will focus on the value and effectiveness of LEAP Online’s approach to providing flexible, bite-sized information allowing students to take charge of their own learning. It will share the qualitative feedback undertaken since its launch and show how the learning analytics can evidence the impact of the support available in LEAP Online to student learning goals. The digital badge data also demonstrates how LEAP Online is now firmly embedded in the student journey and the University’s learning and teaching strategy.

The BISSTO tutorial has been written and designed to meet the information needs of today’s students and staff. The BISSTO team plan to expand the content of BISSTO to further support the needs of a ‘Teaching Intensive Research Informed University’ The poster presentation displays some of the existing Information Literacy and Digital Literacy BISSTO content. We are then seeking staff feedback and engagement for further development by asking the question:
“What do members of staff need to support both their student body and their own professional development needs?”