The Covid-19 pandemic has changed how we live,
socialise and learn; with public fi nances under severe
strain due to competing priorities, against a backdrop of
predicted signifi cant unemployment.
Every crisis provides opportunities to exploit, with a
number of policy proposals published over the previous
10 months. The Cumberford-Little report (2020) started
the process proposing a refreshed role for colleges
within an agile, collaborative, and inclusive tertiary
education system.
Cumberford-Little paved the way for Phase 1 of the
SFC's report on coherence and sustainability, and has
heavily infl uenced the work by the UK-wide Independent
Commission on the College of the Future.
We will pursue digital innovation, transformation and
opportunities to disrupt "traditional" learning with an
active collaborative learning model. This Digital Strategy
will ensure we are positioned to exploit the substantial
opportunities which a coherent, tertiary system will offer
our learners and future employers.
The refreshed 10 year City of Glasgow College Digital
Strategy looks to continue the progress made during the
delivery of the previous Systems Integration Strategy.
This harnessed the huge technology investment made
during the new Campus development to "ensure that
teaching, learning and College business systems are
technology rich, effi cient, effective and integrated."
Having accomplished much of what was set out within
the Systems Integration Strategy over the past 5 years,
to support the increasing expectations of our "Super
College" learners and staff, and to help focus our efforts
over the next 10 years, a new Digital Strategy has been
developed in partnership with key stakeholders.
Where the objective of the Systems Integration Strategy
was to improve the "on-campus" learning experience,
the College's Digital Strategy will leverage technology to
enrich both the learner and staff experience, irrespective
of location, through the provision of a "Digital Campus".
Extensive engagement with both learners and
staff helped develop this Strategy and through our
conversations, a number of strategic objectives have
been identifi ed - Active Collaborative Learning, Access
Anywhere, People Centered, Data-driven Decisions and
continued System Integration. Cyber-Security will also
be at the heart of every technology decision and through
robust identity and access management, will ensure our
systems and data are secure.
MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTEXT
INSPIRATION | EXCELLENCE | INNOVATION
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