Learning and Teaching Digital Literacies

Learning and Teaching Digital Literacies1st June 2012 Catherine Cronin#EdTech12 @catherinecronin Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 Ed Yourdon

WHY digitalliteracies?

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http://youmediachicago.org

Exploring part IRESEARCH

Visitors and Residents by David S. White, Alison Le Cornuhttp://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3171 Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 Gideon Burton

what are digital literacies? access agency literacy skills media critical thinking social learning interpret createcommunicate fluency

8 essential elements of digital literacies1 1. Cultural 5. Confident 2. Cognitive 6. Creative 3. Constructive 7. Critical 4. Communicative 8. Civic1 Definition by Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2012/03/10/tedxwarwick-the-essential-elements-of-digital-literacies/

5 categories of digital literacy22 Definition by Ismael Peña-Lópezhttp://ictlogy.net/bibliography/reports/projects.php?idp=1441

digital literacies3 Knowledge of digital tools Critical thinking Social engagement3 Definition by Tabetha Newman, adapted by Josie Fraser http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2012/03/digital-literacy-practice.html

Exploring part IITEACHING & LEARNING

2nd year Professional Skills module BSc Computer Science & ITResearch, writing and presentation skills & digital literacies Images: CC BY-SA 2.0 rolvr; CC BY-SA 2.0 openDemocracy; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 inju

“Students will not simply pass through a course like water through a sieve, but instead leavetheir own imprint on the learning process.” - Bryn Holmes (2001) Image: CC B

3 tenets of my teachingopenness • social media • student voice/choice

openness • social media • student voice/choice

openness • social media • student voice/choice AIM: choose openness where possible & where appropriate USE open resources CREATE create to share, CC-licensed SHARE openly, including my/our own learning

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openness • social media • student voice/choice Social Media enables connection and learning across the (artificial) boundaries of time and space TIME... class time, term time, academic year SPACE... classrooms, labs, desks, buildings

“I don’t thinkeducation is aboutcentralized instructionanymore; rather,it is the process [of]establishing oneselfas a node in a broadnetwork of distributedcreativity.”– Joichi Ito @joi Image: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 yobink

digital identity Image: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Frederic Poi

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“In a digital,networked, openworld people becomeless defined by theinstitution to which theybelong and more bythe network and onlineidentity they establish.- Martin Weller

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openness • social media • student voice/choice

openness • social media • student voice/choice Use as many opportunities as possible for students to Choose & Create. TOPICS ASSESSMENT MEDIA RUBRICS TOOLS ...

WHAT would YOUlike to create?

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

Never doubt that a small group of students thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

instructor-led → student-ledindividual → collaborativein class → online, open 1 classroom → authentic learning

challenges...

Exploring part IIIRESOURCES

http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/may/15/digital-literacy-in-universities

A brief history of digital literacy in the UK and the EU (JISC Digital Literacies programme) Liveblog by @drbexl: http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2012/05/jisc-digital-literacies-programme-a-history-of-digital-literacy-in-uk-eu-jiscdiglit/

http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2012/04/29/course-description-21st-c-literacies-phd-lab-digital-knowledge

http://ictlogy.net/20110603-analyzing-digital-literacy-with-a-single-simple-tweet/

Selected JISC resources:Developing Digital Literacies programme (2012)Preparing for a Digital Future presentation (2011)Digital literacies for learners, researchers &teaching staff, by Helen Beetham, RhonaSharpe, Frances Bell, Simranjeet Singh Roud & ColHawksworthSLiDA project report (2010)Supporting learners in a digital age, by RhonaSharpe, Greg Benfield, Shalni Gulati & Judy HardyLLiDA project report (2009)Thriving in the 21st century: Learning literacies forthe digital age, by Helen Beetham, Lou McGill & Prof.Alison Littlejohn

Twitter hashtags: #digilit #jiscdiglitTwitter gems: @helenbeetham @josiefraser @dajbelshaw @fbell @daveowhite @hrheingold @ictlogist @crumphelen @bonstewart @dmlcentral @jiscdigital

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