Digital Literacy

"Digital media is quickly replacing traditional media forms as those most accessible to most 21st century learners. The impact of this change is extraordinarily broad, but for now we'll narrow it down to changes in how learners respond to the media they consume. The most fundamental pattern of formal academia is to read something and then write about it. Sometimes this writing comes in the form of responding to questions, while other time it's in the form of an essay. And sometimes the reading is watching, playing with, or otherwise interacting with a digital media. So I thought it might make sense to compile a list of "things" learners can do as the result of "consuming" a digital media."

"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."

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

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.

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 8th Plymouth e-Learning Conference. Create, Connect, Collaborate: Learning in New Dimensions   At Pelecon 13 we want to provide learning professionals with opportunities to explore, discover and discuss new approaches, new technologies and new ideas to enhance, enrich and extend their own professional practice. There will be particular emphasis this year on simulations and games, personal learning tools, new pedagogies and practices, learner and teacher voice, and digital literacies

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

Slides for the #etmooc session Doug is leading on digital literacies on Monday 18th February 2013.

A checklist for cleaning up your digital footprint (via @stephenbalkam) 

interesting, people do take the footprint stuff seriously now.

"The guide was produced by WISE KIDS for the Welsh Assembly Government. The guide covers: Illegal and Inappropriate content Plagiarism and Copyright Cyberbullying Firewalls and Security Messenger, Social Networking, Trust, Responsibility and Privacy Online Online Grooming or Inappropriate Contact Reporting Abuse"

Whilst recognising the benefits of technology, it is also important to be aware of the risks and especially to ensure that children and young people know how to use the Internet safely and responsibly.