Digital Transformation (Dx) Self-Assessment
Navigate your Dx journey with eCampusOntario’s 6 Pillars and the People, Process and Policy, or Technology (PPT) framework.
Wondering how you can further your Dx Journey?
As technology reshapes every layer of our institutions, the question isn’t whether to pursue Dx —it’s where to begin. How can you find the right starting point unique to your institution, and what does Dx look like once realized? To help our members answer these questions, we have created the Dx Self-Assessment.
How to Use this Tool
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Navigate each Dx Pillar
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Digital Transformation (Dx) Pillars
1. Explore Digital Futures
Co-design the future of education with Strategic Foresight.
Strategic foresight helps institutions plan for the future by spotting early signs of change. It supports both short-term decisions and long-term goals. Staff and faculty are trained to think ahead, explore possibilities, and use these insights to shape strategy and innovation.
People
Prepared for Tomorrow
Staff and faculty are trained in strategic foresight and regularly participate in future-oriented workshops. A culture of curiosity and long-term thinking is fostered across all levels and cross-functional engagement is encouraged.
Process + Policy
Future-Driven Strategy
The institution has a developed plan for engaging with strategic foresight. Strategic foresight discussions help shape plans that build resilience, support growth, and prepare for different future scenarios.
Technology
Tech-Enabled Foresight
Technology that captures strategic foresight related information is widely available to support decision making capacity. This technology is integrated into other technology related to strategic planning and evaluation.
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2. Empower Digital Leaders
Engage academic teams with professional development.
Strong digital leaders help institutions adapt and grow. Staff build digital skills through training and hands-on experience. Institutions support this growth with policies, tools, and a culture that values learning, collaboration, and innovation.
People
Empowered to Learn and Grow
Academic teams have relevant digital skills built by formal training and informal practice. The institution’s culture offers space for people to advocate for their needs, to learn from their mistakes, and to learn collaboratively.
Process + Policy
Nurturing Digital Leadership
The institution’s structure, team roles, and policies support the growth of digital leaders. Professional development is encouraged and rewarded through policy, employment agreements and the work environment.
Technology
Technology for Leadership Growth
Technology to facilitate, support, and encourage the development of digital leaders has been adopted. Professional development opportunities are easy to access, and participate in. Ideas and skills are discussed and respected.
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3. Investigate Digital Technologies
Discover, Pilot, Review, and Adopt educational technologies.
Staff are encouraged to try new technologies that improve teaching and learning. There’s a clear process for testing, reviewing, and scaling tools. Institutions focus on using tech that is ethical, inclusive, and aligned with learning goals.
People
Exploring Tech with Purpose
Staff can discover, pilot, review, and adopt new technologies into their practices. Staff are knowledgeable about technologies. A culture of innovation, equity, and curiosity drives the investigations into new technologies.
Process + Policy
Scaling Tech with Integrity
A process exists for proposing, piloting, evaluating, and scaling new tech. Policies ensure ethical and inclusive tech is transparently adopted and confirmation processes are used to verify the tech serves stakeholders’ needs.
Technology
Future-Ready by Design
There is an organizational plan to integrate emerging, innovative technologies on an ongoing basis, ensuring academic teams and learners’ skills are relevant. The new tech is aligned with complementary pedagogical innovations.
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4. Find Strategic Partners
Build capacity with partners and access new networks.
Partnerships with industry and community groups help institutions stay relevant and responsive. Staff are supported in building these relationships, which can lead to new learning opportunities, funding, and career pathways for learners.
People
Partnerships with Purpose
Staff are supported in developing partnerships, with relationship-building and skills outlined in job roles and performance metrics. Dedicated positions help connect faculty with industry, community, and funding opportunities.
Process + Policy
Policy-Driven Partnerships
Institution-wide policies and evaluation policies support the formation, curation, and upkeep of partnerships. The institution encourages and rewards work-integrated learning (WIL), apprenticeship, and other partnerships with members in the labour market.
Technology
Driving Impact Through Connection
Partnerships support key aspects of the institution, such as research, funding, or promoting academic excellence. Technology to support finding new partners is adopted and utilized.
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5. Expand Open Education
Adapt, Adopt, and Create Open Educational Resources.
Open Educational Resources (OER) make learning more affordable and accessible. Staff are encouraged to use, adapt, and create OER. Institutions support this with policies, training, and tools that make it easy to share and integrate resources.
People
Empowering with OER
Staff are encouraged to use, discuss, explore, and promote OER. Training, communities of practice, and professional development are available to staff both within and outside the institution.
Process + Policy
Open Education by Policy
Institutional policies encourage the use, adoption, and adaptation of OER. Policies encourage professional development, upskilling, and community of practice participation. Engagement in Open Education is included in staff reviews.
Technology
OER at Your Fingertips
A robust OER repository exists (or the institution can access OER within a bank such as the Open Library). Remixed tools and metadata tagging are available, with OER seamlessly integrated into learning management system (LMS) platforms for learner access.
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6. Develop Tomorrow’s Workforce
Align new programs to labour market demands.
Micro-credentials offer short, focused learning that helps people gain specific skills quickly. They’re designed to match job market needs and support flexible learning. Institutions use them to help learners upskill, reskill, and connect with employers.
People
Rewarding Lifelong Learning
Institutions offer and recognize micro-credentials for all staff and align education attainment to performance goals. Academic staff are recognized and rewarded for creating, maintaining, and delivering these credentials.
Process + Policy
Future-Focused and Stackable
Programs are aligned with labour market data, future looking trends, and actively consult feedback loops ensuring relevance of skills. Micro-credential frameworks are standardized and are stackable into greater degrees or diplomas.
Technology
Digital Credentials for All
All staff, learners, and alumni are offered technology to issue, store, and view digital credentials. The institution’s learning opportunities are accessible, and the availability of the credentials meet the learner’s flexibility needs.
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Components of an Organization
This change management framework is used to ensure balanced and effective implementation across core components that exist in all organizations: people, process, and technology. It emphasizes that success in any new initiative or change doesn’t happen on it’s own—it depends on aligning human factors, structural operations, and the right technologies. We have adjusted the process quadrant of this framework in recognition that often what inhibits or expands processes is the policy that contains or mandates them.
People
People are at the heart of Dx. They experience the change and help make it happen. Success depends on strong communication, a supportive culture, and making sure people’s skills and roles match the organization’s goals.
Process + Policy
Processes and policies guide how work gets done. When they’re clear and flexible, they help teams work consistently, improve quality, and adapt to change.
Technology
Technology includes the tools, systems, and infrastructure that enable and enhance organizational capabilities. It must support both people and processes to deliver meaningful, scalable results.
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