Symposium on the developing digital/learning literacies framework and workshop resources from Jisc.

1. Digital Literacies Development Framework
#digilit #altc10
Helen Beetham | Rhona Sharpe
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2. The JISC DL materials
See 'Using these Materials'
for a complete list
See also Cloudworks, LLiDA wiki,
slideshare,
DIGITAL-LITERACIES-PILOT
fileshare site
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3. Why Digital Literacies?
■ (Analysis of 62 members of digital literacies jiscmail list)
■ Roles: e-learning, learner support, library, curriculum,
outreach, academic staff, ICT/ILT, careers
■ Challenges: new ways of teaching/learning, new kinds of
students, supporting CPD, developing online support,
sharing ideas, inclusivity/WP, supporting independent/online
learners, learning experience, graduate attributes...
Digital literacies are high on the agenda, though [there are]
diverse views about the best approach for delivering support
Addressing varied levels of digital literacy amongst students
and staff is an ever-present and interesting challenge!
We are certainly aware that the interest in digital learning
amongst our students is increasing
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4. Defining digital literacy
Digital literacy is defined as the confident and critical use of ICT
for work, leisure, learning and communication.
European Commission report DigEuLit, 2006
in terms of: stance
practice
context
Literacy as: foundational capability
cultural entitlement
socially and culturally situated
self-transformation
continually under development
Introduction
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5. practices
Introduction
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6. contexts
Graduate
attributes
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7. Generic literacies
academic
literacy
stance
practice
context
repertoire
information
and media
literacies
ICT/technoliteracy
stance
practice
context
repertoire
Competence
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frameworks

8. A focus on development
How do effective learners develop digital
capabilities?
What kind(s) of experiences do they have and how
do they learn from them?
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9. Literacies development framework (pyramid)
Developing graduate attributes
internalised, relatively stable
attributes
practices
skills
access
situational, relatively open to change
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10. What kind of experiences?
Developing graduate attributes
extensive, complex, ill-defined
attributes
practices
skills
access
intensive, structured, well-defined
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11. What kind of experiences?
Developing graduate attributes
Entitlement
Foundational
experiences without
which individuals are
significantly
disadvantaged
Ensuring all learners
have functional access to
core technologies,
services and devices
Developing core
capabilities on which
specialist/personal
expertise can be
grounded
skills
access
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12. What kind of experiences?
Developing graduate attributes
Enhancement
Specialised, situated
experiences which qualify
an individual in particular
practices
Enabling learners to
choose, judge,
personalise and integrate
technologies (stance)
Supporting selfdevelopment and selfexpression
Enabling learners to
pursue personal goals
and ambitions across
contexts
attributes
practices
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14. Do more
6 October, ELESIG event in London: http://elesig.ning.com/
SliDA case studies available from October:
https://wiki.brookes.ac.uk/display/slida/Home
TLRP/TEL update on digital literacies forthcoming September:
http://www.tlrp.org/tel/digital_literacy/
Cloudworks discussion area with downloadable materials:
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/4293
LliDA wiki including best practice examples:
http://caledonianacademy.net/spaces/LLiDA/
DIGITAL-LITERACIES-PILOT on jiscmail

15. Learning Literacies for a Digital Age
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