EUNIS 2021

Speaker

James Clay James Clay
James Clay is and has been passionate about the use of learning technologies to enhance and enrich the learning experience since 1991. He has used, developed, managed and inspired others in a range of technologies, from DTP, CD-ROM, mobile devices, the internet, the VLE, the MLE, mobile learning through to Web 2.0, IoT, AI and analytics. James is Jisc’s Head of Higher Education and Student Experience, he coordinates Jisc’s overall strategy for HE learning, teaching and student experience and has lead responsibility for promoting the total programme and value and impact of all HE learning, teaching and student experience products and services delivered by Jisc. He leads the ongoing review of Jisc’s HE learning and teaching strategy, positioning this work within the organisation’s overall strategy and he ensures that Jisc’s portfolio of activity in this area remains in line with Jisc’s HE learning and teaching priorities, working closely with colleagues to develop Jisc’s understanding of the value and impact of all of our HE learning, teaching and student experience activities. As the Head of Higher Education and Student Experience, he is also responsible for framing how current and future challenges in this area can be resolved by technological innovation and translating the key insights into actionable innovation pipelines that deliver real impact. He manages the monitoring of national and regional HE learning, teaching and student experience customer and funder priorities, and works with Jisc account managers to examine the value ascribed by customers to Jisc products and services in this area, the join up of intelligence from funders and customers and the internal sharing of this, as appropriate. He also manages the process of directorates identifying and mapping operational activities to our HE learning, teaching and student experience priorities, and the tracking and measuring of impact, highlighting gaps, challenging work if it is not aligned to priorities and identify emerging opportunities as these materialise.

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