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TEDx talk by Doug Belshaw. Interesting talk on digital literacy, and how it is tied to social and societal norms and memes. Good graphic explanations of his essential elements.

Stumbled into this blog post on why kids need to learn to code by Doug Belshaw, November 28, 2013 on Digital Media + Learning: The Power of Participation Love this rationale for why learning to code is important because I believe these arguments apply to adults acquiring greater digital literacy as well--it makes the reasons explicit. Coding is defined as learning to read and write a machine language; some are easier than others just like spoken language is. Reasons to learn to code 1. Problem-solving 2. (digital) confidence 3. Understanding the world (realizing that you can not only change and influence things but build things of value to others) In the comments, readers suggested these additional reasons: design thinking, understanding systems, knowing when to amend or break them and soft skills such as sharing your work, receiving feedback and critique to build diplomacy and negotiation skills.

Excellent blog post on distinguishing between learning and training and shows web literacy pathways (badges) that Mozilla is working on. Very current and interesting. Author: Doug Belshaw, August 28, 2014. Highly recommended.