Reimagining the Digital Campus

Institutions reflected on what worked, what did not and how digital tools can enrich teaching without replacing human contact.

After a year of emergency online teaching, the second edition looked at building thoughtful digital learning environments: accessible platforms, fair assessment online and blended models that keep teachers and students connected.

The second edition moved the discussion from emergency solutions to design. A digital campus is more than a learning platform: it covers admissions, libraries, advising, assessment, laboratories and the many small services that make students feel they belong. The edition asked institutions to involve students in the design, to protect privacy and to make sure that technology never becomes a barrier for people with limited devices, bandwidth or digital skills.

How institutions marked the day

Institutions, student unions and organisations around the world marked the day on campus, online or in a hybrid form, on 19 June or in the days around it. Events held for this theme included:

• A hands-on lab where students test and review the digital tools of their own institution
• A panel on accessible design: captions, screen readers and low-bandwidth materials
• A debate on fair and honest online assessment
• A "digital skills clinic" where staff and students help each other with tools
• An open day presenting blended and online programmes and the support behind them

Official IHED Agenda

The IHED central organising team held the official event of this edition: a full day of seminars, sessions, conversations and celebration, in person at the host institution and online for participants everywhere. The agenda of the day:

• 09:00 Doors open, registration and coffee in the foyer
• 09:45 Opening ceremony by the host institution and the IHED organising team
• 10:15 Keynote: Technology that serves learners
• 11:15 Break in the foyer and networking
• 11:45 Panel: Fair assessment and academic integrity online
• 13:00 Lunch
• 14:00 Parallel seminars, in person and online
• 15:30 Workshop: Accessibility check of a course website
• 16:45 Fireside conversation with students, alumni and the host institution
• 17:30 Celebration: reception and cultural programme
• 18:30 Closing remarks and announcement of the next host

Tell the IHED organising team about your event

Did your institution mark the day with an event? Tell the IHED organising team. Use the registration form on this website and add your institution, the date, the format (on site, online or hybrid) and a short description, so that your event can be listed. The team reviews every submission and publishes approved events on the Events page. Questions? Write to the team through the contact page.