Formally recognising the expertise of our partners utilising digital learning technologies.
Formally recognising the expertise of education professionals utilising digital learning technologies, who have partnered with LearnSci.
What do we offer?
Recognition
Recognising Digital Champions as experts in digital learning technologies.
Career progression
Supporting Digital Champions with job and professional recognition applications such as FHEA and SFHEA.
Specialist support
Ongoing support for using LearnSci resources and disseminating best practice throughout the community.
Certification
Providing a digital certificate and publicly acknowledging the Digital Champion status on the LearnSci website.
Digital Champion opportunities
Act as an ambassador for LearnSci, promoting the learning resources and best practice around them.
Continue to contribute their expertise in digital learning technologies within the LearnSci community.
Act as a contact point for other academics within their institution to discuss LearnSci resources and other digital learning technologies.
Uphold the value and reputation of LearnSci.
Meet some of our Champions
What are the criteria to become a Digital Champion?
A LearnSci Digital Champion must be able to demonstrate they meet all the following criteria:
- Hold a teaching, support or leadership role within their department/institution.
- Be an active partner of LearnSci for at least two years.
- Facilitate the use of a variety of digital learning technologies in their department/institution.
- Understand how LearnSci resources and other digital tools support learning.
- Demonstrate the benefits that digital learning technology provides in conjunction with traditional approaches.
- Understand LTI integration on their institutional LMS/VLE.
- Competently embed LearnSci resources on their institutional LMS/VLE.
- Can demonstrate how they use LearnSci resources clearly and confidently.
- Consistently achieve high usage rating of LearnSci resources.
- Share best practice using LearnSci resources within their department.
- Support members of staff to engage and implement LearnSci resources.
- Has an awareness of the subject areas LearnSci supports.
- Demonstrate the success of one of the following criteria.
a. Student performance in the lab, in coursework or in exams.
b. Student satisfaction.
c. Cohort retention on a course.
d. Inclusivity and accessibility.
e. Other - subject to approval by LearnSci.
And meet at least one of these criteria:
- Educational research (e.g. peer-reviewed journal paper).
- Shared best practice within the community (e.g. conferences, blogs, webinars, posters, discussion posts).
- Shared best practice using LearnSci resources with others outside of their department.
- Worked with LearnSci to design an online learning resource.
How long does the certification last?
The certification will be valid for 2 years, subject to an annual discussion meeting.
If you feel you meet the criteria outlined above we would love to hear from you. Contact us to register your interest in becoming a LearnSci Digital Champion.