Digital capability and teaching excellence: an integrative review exploring what infrastructure and strategies are necessary to support effective use of technology enabled learning (TEL)

This report is set within the evolving landscape of UK Higher Education (HE) in which an increasingly marketised HE economy has led to a changing relationship with students and wider stakeholders. The proposed introduction of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2016) aims to recognise and reward excellent learning and teaching. This integrative review provides timely evidence concerning the relationship of digital capability and teaching excellence. Keywords: teaching excellence, digital capability

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