The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies

THE ESSENTIALELEMENTS OFDIGITAL LITERACIES DOUG BELSHAW DOUGBELSHAW.COM

THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE1. THERE ARE 8 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES2. DEFINITIONS NEED TO BE CO-CREATED TO HAVE POWER3. GET STARTED! (THERE’S PLENTY OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU)

OVERVIEW WHAT ARE DIGITAL LITERACIES? 5-STEP PROCESS MODEL 8 ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIESDIGITAL LITERACIES IN YOUR CONTEXT CONCLUSION

#DIGILIT @DAJBELSHAW

PART IWHAT AREDIGITAL LITERACIES?

SAME WORDDIFFERENT MEANING

DIFFERENT WORD CC BY-NC-SA sparkiebluesSAME MEANING

DO WE EVENKNOW WHATLITERACYIS, ANYWAY?

Literacy is a characteristic acquired byindividuals in varying degrees from just abovenone to an indeterminate upper level. Someindividuals are more or less literate thanothers but it is really not possible to speak ofilliterate and literate persons as two distinctcategories.” (UNESCO, 1957)

AUTONOMOUS IDEOLOGICAL“[Literacy as] independent “[Literacy as] an activeof and impartial towards relationship or a way oftrends and struggles in orienting to the socialeveryday life.” and cultural world.”(Street, 1984) (Lankshear, 1999)

MEDIALITERACY

INFOCOMM

DIGITALKOMPETANSE

DIGITALMEDIALITERACY

INFORMATIONLITERACY

DIGITALMEDIALITERACY

ACADEMICSLIKE THEIRUMBRELLATERMS CC BY Pink Sherbert Photography

Text“Digital literacy is a complex and contested term. It is often understoodas the ability to participate in a range of critical and creative practicesthat involve understanding, sharing and creating meaning with differentkinds of technology and media.” (2010:3) http://futurelab.org.uk/resources/school-approaches-developing-students-digital-literacy

TextWhat are digital literacies? Planning activitiesHow does it relate to my practice? Activities for the classroom http://futurelab.org.uk/resources/digital-literacy-professional-development-resource

PART II5-STEPPROCESS MODEL

TextResources created for Becta before it was abolished. http://www.timmuslimited.co.uk/archives/117

5-step process model:Define, Access, Understand & Evaluate, Create, Communicate http://www.slideshare.net/TabethaNewman/digital-literacy-literature-review-from-terminology-to-action

8C s http://www.slideshare.net/TabethaNewman/digital-literacy-literature-review-from-terminology-to-action

C s Q. WHAT KIND OF TOOLS8 ARE HELPFUL HERE? WIKIPEDIA FLICKR MS WORD http://www.slideshare.net/TabethaNewman/digital-literacy-literature-review-from-terminology-to-action

PART III8 DIGITAL LITERACIESOF ELEMENTS

Cu Cg Cn CoCultural Cognitive Constructive CommunicativeTHE 8 ELEMENTSOF DIGITAL LITERACIESCf Cr Ct CiConﬁdent Creative Critical Civic

Cu CulturalTHE 8 ELEMENTS“The nature of literacy in a culture is repeatedlyredefined as the result of technologicalchanges.” Hannon (2000)

Cg CognitiveTHE 8 ELEMENTS“Functional internet literacy is not the abilityto use a set of technical tools; rather, it is theability to use a set of cognitive tools.” Johnson (2008)

Cn ConstructiveTHE 8 ELEMENTS“[Digital literacy is] the awareness, attitude andability of individuals to appropriately use digitaltools...in order to enable constructive social action.” DigEuLit project, quoted in Martin (2006)

Co CommunicativeTHE 8 ELEMENTS“Digital literacy must therefore involve a systematicawareness of how digital media are constructed and ofthe unique rhetorics of interactive communication.” Buckingham (2007)

“Modern society is increasingly looking to [people] whocan confidently solve problems and manage their ownlearning throughout their lives, the very qualities which ICTsupremely is able to promote.” OECD (2001)THE 8 ELEMENTS Cf Conﬁdent

“The creative adoption of new technology requires teacherswho are willing to take risks... a professional culture that isdominated by a prescriptive curriculum, routine practices... anda tight target-setting regime, is unlikely to be helpful.” Conlon & Simpson (2003)THE 8 ELEMENTS Cr Creative

“Once we see that online texts are not exactly written orspoken, we begin to understand that cyberliteracy requires aspecial form of critical thinking. Communication in the onlineworld is not quite like anything else.” Gurak (2001)THE 8 ELEMENTS Ct Critical

“The ability to understand and make use of ICT - digitalliteracy - is proving essential to employment success, civicparticipation, accessing entertainment, and education.” Mehlman (2007)THE 8 ELEMENTS Ci Civic

Cu Co Cultural Cg Cn Communicative Cognitive ConstructiveRANK THESE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE Cr Ct Cf Creative Critical Ci Conﬁdence Civic

“And, whilst it may be possible to produce lists of the componentsof digital literacy, and to show how they fit together, it is notsensible to suggest that one specific model of digital literacy willbe appropriate for all people or, indeed, for one person over alltheir lifetime. Updating of understanding and competence will benecessary as individual circumstances change, and as changes inthe digital information environment bring the need for new freshunderstanding and new competencies; as Martin (2006a) puts it,digital literacy is "a condition, not a threshold".” (Bawden, 2008)

GESTURESJoão Machadohttp://vimeo.com/7338692

SHOULDWE TEACH(CONCEPTUAL)SHORTCUTS?

PART 4DIGITAL LITERACIESIN YOUR CONTEXT

DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES CHANGE CC BY-SA [nev]EVEN IF YOU DON’T QUITEUNDERSTAND THEM CC BY-NC-SA Alain Bachellier

JOI ITO now (formerly of Creative Commons, Executive Director of MIT Media Lab)WHAT DODIGITAL LITERACIESDEPEND UPON?

CC BY chwalker01 CC BY queefette LOLCATS AN INTERNET MEMECC BY zebedee.zebedee

CC BY queefette CC BY-NC-SA dantekgeek WHICH ELEMENTS ARE INVOLVED HERE?CC BY zebedee.zebedee WHAT IS PRESUPPOSED?

T ’S W H RE? ARADIUS OF H EINTEREST RADIUS OF OPPORTUNITY

TA L ES IG I RACIINDIVIDUAL D LITEINTEREST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

WHICHDIGITAL LITERACIES PRACTICESSHOULD THE AVERAGE14 YEAR-OLDBE FAMILIAR WITH?

WE NEED TO DEVELOP SOCIALSKILLSIN ALL 4 ZONES (EDITING)PROCEDURAL CRITICAL ? ? INDIVIDUAL

CONCLUSIONHAS YOUR PERCEPTIONOF DIGITAL LITERACIESCHANGED?(NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD, ARE THEY?)

THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE1. THERE ARE 8 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES2. DEFINITIONS NEED TO BE CO-CREATED TO HAVE POWER3. GET STARTED! (THERE’S PLENTY OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU)

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