OCNLR Level 3 Award in Digital Skills: Teaching and Learning

OCN-LONDON

vocational

This element equips educators with the skills to critically assess their own digital capabilities, identify learning needs, and systematically enhance their competence. It addresses practical strategies for improving digital fluency, fostering collaborative professional practice, and seamlessly embedding digital tools into teaching and learning to enrich student engagement and outcomes.

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What You Need to Demonstrate

Key skills and knowledge for this topic

Award credit for a comprehensive self-audit of digital skills using a recognised framework (e.g., Jisc Digital Capability Framework), clearly identifying specific strengths, weaknesses, and evidence sources.
Award credit for a detailed personal development plan outlining SMART goals, precise resources, timelines, and reflective milestones to address identified digital skill gaps.
Award credit for demonstrable collaborative activities such as co-creating digital resources, engaging in online professional communities, or providing peer feedback, with clear evidence of digital communication tools used.
Award credit for pedagogically sound lesson plans or learning materials that embed digital tools with explicit justification of how they enhance learning, including consideration of accessibility and inclusive practice.

Marking Points

Key points examiners look for in your answers

Award credit for a comprehensive self-audit of digital skills using a recognised framework (e.g., Jisc Digital Capability Framework), clearly identifying specific strengths, weaknesses, and evidence sources.
Award credit for a detailed personal development plan outlining SMART goals, precise resources, timelines, and reflective milestones to address identified digital skill gaps.
Award credit for demonstrable collaborative activities such as co-creating digital resources, engaging in online professional communities, or providing peer feedback, with clear evidence of digital communication tools used.
Award credit for pedagogically sound lesson plans or learning materials that embed digital tools with explicit justification of how they enhance learning, including consideration of accessibility and inclusive practice.

Examiner Tips

Expert advice for maximising your marks

💡Use a structured digital capability framework to guide your self-audit and development plan, ensuring all evidence is mapped to recognised competency areas.
💡Provide concrete artefacts of collaboration—such as screenshots of online discussions, shared document histories, or feedback exchanges—not just descriptive statements.
💡When implementing digital skills, articulate a clear pedagogical rationale linking tool choices to learning theories and include evidence of evaluation (e.g., learner reflections, assessment outcomes).
💡Demonstrate an ongoing reflective cycle: audit, plan, act, evaluate, and adjust, with critical commentary on what worked and why, to showcase deep professional learning.

Common Mistakes

Pitfalls to avoid in your exam answers

Confusing digital skills with mere technical tool proficiency, overlooking the need for pedagogic integration and impact on learning.
Selecting digital tools based on novelty rather than alignment with learning objectives, resulting in technology-led rather than pedagogy-driven practice.
Ignoring accessibility requirements and digital inclusion, for example, failing to provide alternative formats or support for learners with diverse needs.
Presenting a personal development plan that is generic, not tailored to specific audit findings, or lacking measurable targets and review dates.

Key Terminology

Essential terms to know

1. Understand own digital skills learning needs.2. Understand how to improve own digital skills competence.3. Be able to communicate and collaborate effectively in developing digital practice.4. Be able to implement digital skills in a pedagogic setting.

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OCNLR Level 3 Award in Digital Skills: Teaching and Learning

What You Need to Demonstrate

Marking Points

Examiner Tips

Common Mistakes

Key Terminology

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