Dumfries and Galloway College is celebrating after winning Scotland’s Digital Learning Award for its Digiplan Project.
The 2024 College Development Network Awards, held at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow with over 270 guests in attendance and hosted by Dumfries’ Amy Irons, celebrate the exceptional talent, innovation, and success of Scotland’s colleges, their staff and students.
It also celebrates the innovation taking place in colleges across the country and Dumfries and Galloway College’s Sustainability Champion initiative was also highly commended in the Sustainability Action Award shortlist.
Douglas Dickson, depute principal of Dumfries and Galloway College, said: “We are incredibly proud to win the Digital Learning Award in recognition of our Digiplan project.
“At Dumfries and Galloway College, we are passionate about providing innovative, flexible learning solutions that meet the needs of our learners and local employers and the Digiplan project does exactly that.”
CDN’s Digital Learning Award is given to a college that has implemented creative ideas to improve the quality and effectiveness of technology-enhanced learning, teaching and/or assessment practice.
In order to overcome any geographical and transport issues, which have been viewed as barriers in providing career pathways, the Skills Delivery Team (SDT) at DGC have developed an innovative and inclusive solution, allowing work-based learners to upskill and access personal and professional development using one-to-one support and digital assessment plan – Digiplans.
The new method of delivery ensures that evidence produced for qualifications still meets the high-quality standards required by the awarding bodies. The Digiplan Project also provides candidates with ease of access and allows employers to become more engaged in the qualification process.
The college has already successfully implemented Digiplan across work-based business admin, customer service, team leading and management delivery and is currently rolling it out to its engineering and construction sectors.
The rollout of the project has contributed to an increased commercial turnover for the college with demand for Digiplan continuing to grow with increasing numbers of learners and employers taking part.