May’s round up edited by Cat contains some of the things the Digital Practice team at Jisc have been reading, writing, recording, watching and pondering this month. There’s some links from Chris Thomson (CT), Kathryn Woodhead (KW) and me (CB). Don’t forget to let us know what has been getting you thinking and talking this […]
The construction industry is often seen as hands-on and practical, but digital skills are central to how learners are trained and how construction businesses and self employed workers operate. To explore this in more depth, we interviewed teaching practitioners from further education (FE) colleges and an industry training board to understand what digital skills are currently being taught, what learners will need in the future, and where the biggest opportunities and challenges lie.
The Digital Practice round-up for April 2026 of the things we’ve been reading, watching and discovering this month.
Cat Bailey reflects on a collaboration between Jisc and University of Exeter looking at learning technology piloting in tertiary education.
Highlights from Jisc’s Digifest 2026 event. In this post Scott explores our complex relationship with technology and how it impacts our wellbeing in a podcast with Dan Owens, Digital Wellbeing Officer at Coleg y Cymoedd.
The Digital Practice round-up for March 2026 of the things we’ve been reading, watching and discovering this month. Lots of Digifest-related activity this month for you to peruse as well as a potentially significant moment in our relationship with big tech platforms like Meta and YouTube.
Learning from an FE library and learning resources community workshop at Digifest 2026
At Digifest this year, we hosted a discussion session with around 45 delegates to explore how smart glasses might be used in post16 education, either as an assistive technology or as a teaching and learning tool. We explored three scenarios: supporting visually impaired and hard‑of‑hearing learners, and using smart glasses in specialist environments such as […]
The Digital Storytelling workshop at Digifest 26 – How did people think storytelling could impact on employability?
Catherine provides an overview of the Digital Wellbeing workshop at Digifest 2026 and invites you to join the Digital Wellbeing community