Digital Literacy Resources for Waikato University Staff

"Consider this: as recently as four years ago, who would have imagined that major companies would have employees whose jobs were to interact with customers on Twitter, or that someone could make a career out of writing for Facebook? Four years before that, not only did those jobs not exist, Twitter and Facebook didn't existThe question we are faced with, then, is this: how do we prepare our students to write effectively in environments that don't yet exist?"

Doug Belshaw explores the duality (or multiplicity) of digital literacy, of definitions.

Digital literacy or digital judgement? What is our belief system of the Internet?

JISC DigLit tools including link to the LLiDA audit tool.

CASCADE is designed to focus on the digital literacy of researchers - building on the University's strengths in research-led teaching. It also incorporates the concept of 'students as change agents', for which we  have national acclaim for our work involving undergraduate students in the design and delivery of the curriculum, and we intend to build on our experience of engaging Postgraduate Research students to cascade skills to undergraduates. How it will workA purpose-designed Exeter Digital Literacy Framework will underpin the project, and help us in refining our approaches, specifically with regard to digital literacy skills. A number of research-rich online and face to face activities will be developed and piloted in our five Colleges.

Neoteny, one of my favorite words, means the retention of childlike attributes in adulthood: idealism, experimentation and wonder. In this new world, not only must we behave more like children, we also must teach the next generation to retain those attributes that will allow them to be world-changing, innovative adults who will help us reinvent the future.

Short news article on literacy in the class. Comments are illuminating.

Paper by Lynn Jeffrey & Bronwyn Hegarty on Digital Literacy

A net safety resource, designed for kids but adaptable for adults.

Guardians Digital Literacy page - also http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/series/digital-literacy-campaign

Final reports from LLiDA

Seems to be a long list of links. Not convinced by the opening statements, conflating media literacy with the ability to learn, unlearn & relearn.

Google Forms being used to collect info in phishing scam. Useful for net-safety.

RT @josiefraser: Summary of technologies in use in the #JISC Developing Digital Literacies Programme http://t.co/90ntlTEp #digitalliteracy

"Dave is an extremely gifted clairvoyant who finds out specific financial information. This video reveals the magic behind the magic"

"This page collates resources for conducting a baseline review of digital literacy at an institutional level, as carried out by the 12 institutional projects and 10 professional associations of the JISC Developing Digital Literacies (DDL) programme. These materials are freely available to other institutions and professional bodies for repurposing and reuse.   This page also collates findings from that baseline process. Although a wide range of institutions and professional bodies were involved, these findings are not necessarily generalisable to other institutions of further and higher education. There is no substitute for carrying out a local audit and building consensus for local recommendations."

SO you're not in suspense, they are Digital literacy, understanding affordances, and getting support - actually getting yourself involved so the support and learning comes easily.

Dave White describes how genres are helping them understand digital literacies in the Visitors & Residents continuum.

"In the sixth episode of our online radio programmes - JISC On Air - we are exploring how universities and colleges can help teaching staff, researchers, support and administrative staff to develop their digital literacies - those capabilities which prepare an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society. In part two of the show, we will be looking at how digital literacy underpins the academic success and employability of students. The show highlights how colleges and universities are developing holistic approaches and strategies for supporting the development of these skills and capabilities."