The Digital University in the Modern Age: A proposed framework for strategic development

The notion of a Digital University seems to be gaining traction within institutions, however we have observed that it is being used in a very narrow context, mainly relating to digital technology and infrastructure e.g. repositories and/or VLEs. The exploration of the term Digital University offers the potential to explore central issues for strategic development in a more holistic manner. Digital literacy is also a term that, although increasingly being used in HE, is still not commonplace; and again suffers from narrowly focussed discussions particularly relating to computer science related skills and not as a developing set of wider ranging competences.