To enhance your digital skills please take the opportunity to explore the range of resources below.
To sign up and attend a workshop provided at Queen’s please book the following training opportunity:
- Learning for All - Effective Communication Skills (This 3 hour course is bookable via iTrent)
With the ever increasing need to collaborate and interact with others in the workplace, the need to communicate effectively is a core skill for all employees. This workshop aims to enhance understanding of your preferred communication style and how you can communicate with more impact.
More workshops will be added as they become available.
To find out more about the topic of Communication, Collaboration and Participation, take a look at the following resources from around the web:
Some of these resources are available on the Jisc Discovery Tool, log in with your staff credentials to access more.
Digital Communication
- Explaining digital communication, collaboration and participation - Video
- 1 minute blog posts - Blog posts
- Communication aids - Accessibility Article
- Effective communications at work - Google course
- Internet fundamentals: Communications - Wikiversity lesson
Digtal Collaboration
- 1 minute blog posts - Blog posts
- Collaborating in coursework online - Activity
- Collaborative learning - Wikiversity lesson
- Collaborative online tools - Jisc guide
- Connect and collaborate from anywhere with digital tools - Google course
Digital Participation
- 1 minute blog posts - Blog posts
- Widening participation - Jisc guide
- Nine elements of digital citizenship - Article
Queen’s staff have access to LinkedIn Learning, which contains training and professional development on a range of different topics. Staff can request access to LinkedIn Learning here.
The University has an enterprise license for staff members to access LinkedIn Learning. This allows staff to embed up to 5 videos per month in Canvas to share with students. These 5 videos are per month per individual user. Students should be able to watch the embedded videos directly within Canvas and without any login requirements.
Digital Communication
- Communication in the 21st Century Classroom - Course
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Safer Digital Communications - Course
- Digital Communication - Video
Digtal Collaboration
- Business Collaboration in the Modern Workplace - Course
- SharePoint and Digital Transformations: Sites for Collaboration and Communication - Course
Digital Participation
- Common Meeting Problems - Course
- Workshop Facilitation - Course