Rutgers RIOT (Research Information Online Tutorial) Lessons in selecting  a topic, finding resources, selecting keywords, identifying citations and evaluating sources.

High school and college students may be "digital natives," but they're wretched at searching. In a recent experiment at Northwestern, when 102 undergraduates were asked to do some research online, none went to the trouble of checking the authors' credentials. In 1955, we wondered why Johnny can't read. Today the question is, why can't Johnny search?

Getting kids to really focus on what exactly they are searching for, and then be able to further distill idea into a few key specific search terms is a skill that we must teach students, and we have to do it over and over again. We never question the vital importance of teaching literacy, but we have to be mindful that there are many kinds of "literacies". An ever more important one that ALL teachers need to be aware of is digital literacy. 

An open online course to explore our digital footprints.

February 1 2012 Digital Learning Day is a nationwide celebration of innovative teaching and learning through digital media and technology that engages students and provides them with a rich, personalized educational experience.

Scholars and teachers alike agree that today's students need more than alphabetic literacy to communicate effectively in a world increasingly suffused with digital media and information. 

The aim of this project is to produce an online module to support the use of OER materials that will focus of on the ways ICTs/digital technologies can support teaching, learning and administration. The OER that are created, collated and re-purposed will be made available through a creative commons licence. The OER (unit resources) can be used individually as well as accredited by universities in order to gain 30 M-level credits and can form an online module 'Digital Literacy and Creativity'.

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

Developing student/staff digital capabilities through innovative practices.

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

UK students are in danger of becoming "illiterate" when it comes to technology,

Liverpool City Council has made a long-term commitment to really drive digital literacy in the city. The "Go ON it's Liverpool" programme is focusing on the benefits a fully networked city would bring to both citizens and the business community.

Blog post about moving open practice from niche into mainstream.

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

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

Article by Cengage on digital literacy and standards.

Daniel Meadows, photographer, talks about his digital stories.

BiblioBouts, an online social game that covertly teaches students how to do library research while they go about the business of completing a research-and-writing assignment.

Wolverhampton University blended learning unit Digital literacy case studies.

This blog post has a useful taxonomy of literacy.