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"digital literacy is not simply about learning from content online this represents a deficit model of education (frequently practiced) rather than skills development. "

Digital Literacy and social media in education is the focus of this blog post.

From understanding what digital literacy is, to developing skills and establishing ethical principles for students, our live chat panel share ideas and resources for universities

At Cardiff University, the Digidol team are investigating how what they call "digital literacy" can be embedded in all staff and students across all levels and areas of the university. The project is one of 12 being funded at different institutions by JISC, an expert on information and digital technologies for education and research, and I interviewed members of the team for one of a series of podcasts for the organisation recently.

The emphasis should be on building digital communication skills so that students can share and develop their ideas and aspirations online, says Dr Abhay Adhikari

Students without the skills to use digital tools risk an inferior learning process at best, and being left behind at worst

In this seminar asks Gavin Dudeney 'What is digital literacy?' and considers its implications for teachers. Video of seminar given at British Council teaching English event

The JISC Developing Digital Literacies programme (2011-2013) is running a series of open webinars to share the work of the programme and wider relevant initiatives.     Future webinars The Google calendar lists all upcoming events with details of how to register.  This also includes webinars around the JISC Assessment and Feedback programme.

Three tools to support information literacy skills including boolify, comparison search and who-is

An updated and expanded version to reflect more clearly the range of different terminologies and concepts which we now understand as "Information Literacy". Online (rather than pdf) version with clickable links

An updated and expanded version to reflect more clearly the range of different terminologies and concepts which we now understand as "Information Literacy". Online (rather than pdf) version with clickable links

This blog post has a useful taxonomy of literacy.

JISC funded project. CASCADE is designed to develop digital capability across the University of Exeter, focusing initially on the experience of postgraduate researchers and on the University's strengths in research-led teaching. Our mode of working is highly collaborative, with 'students as change agents' cascading digital know-how across the five Colleges. We also work in a scholarly way, researching the unique digital literacies of different subject areas and understanding existing practices with digital technology before working with staff and students to enhance them.

Developing student/staff digital capabilities through innovative practices.

Description of presentation from academic seminar series on digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights.

Project Digidol aims to embed processes and practices that enable the development of Digital Literacy in all staff and students across all areas and levels of the (Cardiff) University. It is understood that this will be as much about changing attitudes and beliefs, as it will be about realising practical knowledge and skills. Organisational change and effective change management will be key aspects of the project.

Standards-based curriculum for Digital Literacy

Student's reflections on a digital literacy assignment at Full Sail University shared on YouTube. See also http://youtu.be/7OcbFtT1xuU

Enjoyed this 40min presentation by Doug Belshaw on Dig Lit Do we even know what literacy is? Same word can have different meanings He suggests 8 elements for discussion: Can you guess what they are from these chemical-like symbols? First one done to give you a start! Cu-culture Cg Cn Co Cf Cr Ct Ci

This Digital Literacy Toolkit began with the premise that multimedia authoring, which is happening with the extensive use of PowerPoint in classrooms, must be taught as a skill, just as traditional text-based writing is taught. While teachers and students have become familiar with the technical skills required to use images in multimedia productions, they lack a critical language to determine whether an image or a sound is used appropriately. Images, sounds and animations - like words - are building blocks whose meanings can be changed to suit the communicative purpose of the author. Just as the same words and phrases can be arranged or manipulated to express different meanings depending on the author's intent, so can sounds and images. The advent of multimedia authoring and an almost unlimited variety of images available via the Internet in the classroom, makes understanding this concept, that an image's meaning changes depending on the purpose for which it is used, a new requirement of 21st Century communication.

Description of apps and digital storytelling used to engagea a class of demotivated learners.