Digital Literacy

Physical metaphors for digital safety - by Nominet

Project by Dr. Emma Coonan "IntroductionThis short project, based at Cambridge University Library and funded by the Arcadia Programme, sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.The research is grounded in relevant theoretical models and reviews of recent professional literature and existing best practices. In addition, the authors consulted with experts in the information literacy field, and also those working in curriculum design and educational technologies.Project aims and objectivesThis project sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years. Specifically the project aimed:* To understand the information needs of future undergraduate students on entering higher education* To develop a revolutionary curriculum for information literacy that can be used with undergraduate students entering UK higher education* To provide practical guidance about how best to equip students with the knowledge, skills and behaviour around information use to support their learning in the digital age* To develop a flexible curriculum that can be used and adapted in the higher education community and used in face to face, blended and online learning provision."

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 free Creative Commons licenses can encourage the sharing of teaching and learning resources. 

Useful resource on copyright, regularly updated

JISC Digital Media exists to help the UK's FE and HE communities embrace and maximise the use of digital media - and to achieve solutions that are innovative, practical and cost effective. 

A nice interactive tool explaining the key copyright issues around using particular resource types.

Basic introductory information from the government Intellectual Property Office

This is a good advice paper on copyright and digital images. It's part of a growing collection of useful material on the JISC Digital Media web site.

This calculator is designed to help users and organisations understand the level of copyright risk when publishing Open Educational Resources

A new, general overview of copyright from JISC Digital Media

A briefing paper from the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), detailing the steps you need to take to license a piece of content using Creative Commons

This animation explains the basic intellectual property rights issues associated with using content you've found on the Web for teaching.

The first in a series of little guides from JISC Digital Media. Also includes topics such as screencasting and finding digital resources.

"Our children are surrounded by computers at school and at home. They run their social lives through mobile devices, immerse themselves in video games and get a top-up dose of ICT in the National Curriculum."

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

how are new and emerging technologies changing learning and teaching? how is our perception of academic literacies changing in response to this? when, where and how is learning and teaching taking place? what is the role of students as partners and facilitators of learning in a digital age? what demands does this place on traditional learning spaces?