In readiness for the fast-paced world of work, university students must develop digital skills, effective teamworking and critical thinking. To achieve this, we design and host an innovative Digital Peer Learning Hub that accelerates networked learning. We have used the Digital Peer Learning Hub with students at UCL and other HEIs for the last 3-4 years. The Digital Peer Learning Hub is custom-designed to support intensive peer-learning, especially in large student cohorts, to accelerate learning, performance and students’ confidence. Our Digital Peer Learning Hub methodology is published by the Harvard Business Publishing Education. We adapt our Digital Peer Learning Hubs to meet modern-day student requirements by enabling students to create impactful digital outputs and receive critical peer-feedback. This networked learning, achieved through a custom-designed digital hub (not the university learning management system), enhances students’ progress and acts as a catalyst to raise standards for assessed work. We use multiple digital platforms to enable students to create dynamic and visually impactful digital outputs. We are able to run Digital Peer Learning Hubs effectively through triangular engagement between students, faculty and specially trained teaching assistants. Successful students on this module, who acquire the aforesaid skills and competences, are able to compete for a wider range of graduate and early career employment and business opportunities. In our presentation, we are able to showcase Digital Peer Learning Hubs that we are set up and developed with students and provide guidance to colleagues who wish to set up their own Digital Peer Learning Hubs.

Authors:
Rikke Duus, University College London, United Kingdom
Mike Cooray, Hult International Business School, United Kingdom

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Rikke Duus is an award-winning Associate Professor at the UCL School of Management. She is also visiting faculty at ETH Zurich.

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