{"id":7645,"date":"2020-07-10T07:26:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2020-07-20T09:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T09:16:33","slug":"rate-your-digital-fitness-digital-capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2020\/07\/10\/rate-your-digital-fitness-digital-capability\/","title":{"rendered":"Rate your digital fitness \/ digital capability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whilst we are getting familiar with different technologies, we don&#8217;t always step back and have a look at the big picture of our digital capability profile. Doing this allows us to pick out areas where we may need to spend a bit more time for self improvement &#8211; working smarter and not harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University has just subscribed to a tool which allows all staff and students to complete a simple set of questions and be directed to useful resources depending on the answers provided. 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