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Papers presented at LILAC 2011 on the LILAC website

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

"In this course students will be required to demonstrate the ability to efficiently and effectively navigate the digital technologies required to accomplish specific goals and tasks. Primarily, the goal of digital literacy is that individuals are able to select the correct digital tool at the right time for the right purpose behaving ethically, responsibly and always protecting the personal security and privacy of themselves and others. There are 4 areas of study: Social Networking, Personal Learning Environments and Networks, and Principles of Digital Presentation and, Principles of Inquiry."

Summary presentation of a recent Cambridge research project aiming to development an Information Literacy curriculum for undergraduate students. There is also a comprehensive Wiki of resources. The sixth slide is interesting: placing digital literacy as part of the wider information literacy landscape.

Site for the 157 Group's E-Ambassador initiative (started ca 2012). "e-Ambassadors are students with good technical skills who liaise with fellow students, their tutor and the e-Learning team. The aim of the e-Ambassador programme is to enable students to influence how technology is used in their course. We anticipate that this programme will result in inspired and engaged independent learners. "

Came across this today, a project influenced by the JISC funded PEDL e-guides project at Coleg Llandrillo, predecessor to the college's current PADDLE #jiscdiglit project. I can see that they presented at an RSC London E-factor conference.

Morning keynote delivered at the Metropolitan New York Library Council's (METRO) Annual Conference (METROCON13) by Renee Hobbs, Professor and Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island. 15 January 2013 - Link to the slideshare presentation is available on the page. Some interesting discussion of literacies, visual literacies definitions of DL and how libraries can measure their impact

Useful report that covers how identities in the UK are changing and the possible implications for policy making over the next 10 years. For the first time, it brings together many areas of research into a single coherent narrative to analyse how drivers of change may affect identities in the UK in the future. We could incorporate elements of this (quotes perhaps?) when shaping our offer and when developing the presentation briefing for SMT on drivers for digital literacy.

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