About HGIOS
How good is our school? (HGIOS) provides a suite of quality indicators that support staff in all sectors to look inwards, to scrutinise their work and evaluate what is working well for learners and what could be better.
View the HGIOS 4 document with this link
Create your own digital plan with this link
HGIOS digital definitions
Digital learning is learning which is supported and enhanced by a range of digital technology and approaches. It can focus on one or more particular technologies. It may focus on classroom use or anywhere-anytime access. It may include features and approaches that are used to develop independent learners.
Digital teaching means educators providing and supporting enhanced learning opportunities through use of digital technologies.
Digital skills (CfE) encompasses the capabilities required for living, learning and working in a digital society. It includes the skills, knowledge, capabilities and attributes around the use of digital technology which enable individuals to develop to their full potential in relation to learning, life and work. It encompasses the skills to use technology to engage in learning through managing information, communicating and collaborating, problem-solving and being creative, and the appropriate and responsible use of technology.
Digital technology is the term used to describe those digital applications, services and resources which are used to find, analyse, create, communicate, and use information in a digital context.
What does HGIOS say about digital?
1.5 Management of resources to promote equality
- Evidence should be used when planning to resource acquisition and new resources are evaluated to ensure they have a positive impact on learning
- Available digital technologies are used well to provide appropriate support and challenge for learners
The digital learning and teaching toolkit from the University of Glasgow can be used to support decision making and evaluate the use of digital in schools.
View the digital learning and teaching toolkit (UofG)
View the accessibility section on effective use of digital (ES)
2.2 Curriculum
- There is a clear focus on developing digital skills including as part of creativity and employability
To effectively support children and young people learn digital skills and use them across the curriculum, educators require confidence in their own skills. The digital skills for Scottish educators provides guidance on the skills required.
View the digital skills for Scottish educators guidance
2.3 Learning, teaching and assessment
- Staff access and apply relevant findings from educational research to improve learning and teaching
- Learning resources clearly identify what is to be learned and assessed
- Assessment approaches are matched to the learning needs of learners and are used to support them to demonstrate where they are in their learning
- A quality body of evidence is used to support assessment judgements and decisions about next steps
- Learners receive high-quality feedback that is effective in informing improvements in learning
View examples of effective use of digital in learning, teaching and assessment
3.3 Creativity and employability
- Children and young people are given agency to be creative and use digital technologies to meet a personal or social need and generating digital solutions
View examples of engaging and creative activities in learning, teaching and assessment
