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VideoAmy explores the topic of digital citizenship with this playlist of 14 short videos on the importance of online safety, manners, privacy, and responsibility.

A Lancaster University student looks at the pros and cons of Wikipedia in the Guardian. Includes extracts from interviews with two Lancaster academics.

We have created a Digital Literacies Toolkit aimed at helping students explore the educational uses of Web 2.0 tools and develop good practice in the use of social software and the internet. It's open to all to use

Worcester College of Technology is coming to the end of a two year project where we have been researching digital literacy skills in our students and teachers and develop resources to improve digital literacy. One of the main outputs of this project are 2 OCN level 2 Qualifications. These are *Blended Online Learning Delivery (BOLD) is aimed at teachers, and consists of three individual level 2 units building to 3 credits for the qualification. *Online Skills for Learners (OSL) is aimed at students, and also consists of three individual level 2 units building to 3 credits for the qualification. We have built Moodle courses for each of these units which we are sharing freely under creative commons licence. If you are interested in finding out more about this please visit our Digital Literacy Moodle at http://diglit.wortech.ac.uk and set up your own account to gain access. At this site you will be able to view, and if you wish download the courses to install on your own Moodles, as well as find out more about how we have developed digital literacy and blended learning at Worcester College of Technology

The Skills Hub is an open access resource containing videos, guides, interactive tutorials and blog posts covering core academic skills areas at an array of levels. It is for use by students, schools, researchers and the community. The creator of the resource just won a national award for the project.

The Skills Hub is an open access resource containing videos, guides, interactive tutorials and blog posts covering core academic skills areas at an array of levels. It is for use by students, schools, researchers and the community. The creator of the resource just won a national award for the project.

Librarians are key players and stakeholders in the My Learning Essentials skills support program, the University of Manchester's vehicle for supporting collaborative efforts between library staff, trainers, academics and others across the University. MLE is a blended program that combines an "open" strand of self-directed instruction through online resources and drop-in skills clinics with a "curriculum-linked" strand of class sessions and embedded instruction. Strong ties between those who create, deliver and support the MLE allow for continuous development of the program and support for students. Collaboration at the University of Manchester's Library is well thought-out and extensive, and takes place at every stage, from the design of the calendar of support for the year, to the end-of-term assessment of each strand.

The insertion of social media in education has the potential to advance core aims of our society: to teach students how to engage with their families, neighbors, and communities in a new way. The combination of social media and education requires that we teach students how to become literate in a digital world. The skills of literacy are no longer just about reading and writing, but about abilities that surround our responsibilities as authors. In Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action, researcher Renee Hobbs offers that digital and media literacy is constructed of five crucial abilities:

 A (brief!) history of digital literacy inthe UK and the EU Tabetha Newman Sarah Payton April 2012 PowerPoints from the recent webinar with detailed notes

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Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies-from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms-are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities and social trajectories of individuals and groups

Resources and tips to help teachers incorporate digital literacy skills into content area learning.

"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."

"The 5 Resources Model provides a framework to articulate the scope and dimensions of digital literacies. It is based on an established model of literacy which is underpinned by critical perspectives (the Four Resources Model of Critical Literacy, after Luke & Freebody). It has been adapted for the digital context."