This is a copy of the talk I gave at the "Digital Literacy: Shock of the Old 2009" conference at Oxford University on 4th April 2009

1. Consequences of a digital literacy review: moving from terminology to action Dr Tabetha Newman www.timmuslimited.co.uk April 2009

2. Consequences of a digital literacy review: moving from terminology to action Dr Tabetha Newman www.timmuslimited.co.uk April 2009 ! Beware! Contains multiple definitions. Can cause semantic argument / headaches.

4. 1. What is digital literacy? So much terminology, so any viewpoints, so little time… Digital literacy Information literacy Media literacy E-literacy ICT literacy Computer literacy Information fluency Critical/basic skills E-safety Digital literacies ?

5. 1. What is digital literacy? Converting all nineteen definitions in L&K (2008) into a tag cloud

6. 1. What is digital literacy? “ The awareness, attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital tools and facilities to identify, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, analyse and synthesise digital resources, construct new knowledge, create media expressions, and communicate with others, in the context of specific life situations, in order to enable constructive social action; and to reflect upon this process” The DigEuLit Project’s definition is holistic and usable (Martin 2006)

7. 1. What is digital literacy? Three components of digital literacy emerge from the literature Social awareness (understand your identity, collaborate, adapt communication to context/audience) Knowledge of digital tools (hard/software awareness/competence – ICT literacy?) Critical thinking (evaluating, contextualising – information literacy?)

8. 1. What is digital literacy? Knowledge of digital tools (hard/software awareness/competence – ICT literacy?) Critical thinking (evaluating, contextualising – information literacy?) Social awareness (understand your identity, collaborate, adapt communication to context/audience) Including skills and personality, and an understanding of ‘teachability’

9. 1. What is digital literacy? Context of use in current research TV advertising bias (diet) Outside formal education Passive , free-willed activity Watching digital media Consuming (push) Information seeking, web searching Formal educational setting Active, directed activity Interacting with digital media Task-based, problem solving (pull) Digital Literacy Media Literacy

16. 3. Digital Literacy models: a synthesis (Hoping to) amalgamate the mass of models into one for practitioners CLOSED ENQUIRY Learner responds to practitioner-generated question OPEN ENQUIRY Learner defines own question High-level of guidance Low-level of guidance No guidance Structured guidelines Self-determined guidelines Define Access Understand & evaluate Create Communicate

17. 3. Digital Literacy models: a synthesis Simplifying the ‘process’ stages involved in task-based learning projects CLOSED ENQUIRY Learner responds to practitioner-generated question OPEN ENQUIRY Learner defines own question High-level of guidance Low-level of guidance No guidance Structured guidelines Self-determined guidelines Define Access Understand & evaluate Create Communicate

18. 3. Digital Literacy models: a synthesis Development (Willison & O’Regan 2005) Adding a ‘developmental’ axis to highlight need for practice and collaboration CLOSED ENQUIRY Learner responds to practitioner-generated question OPEN ENQUIRY Learner defines own question High-level of guidance Low-level of guidance No guidance Structured guidelines Self-determined guidelines Define Access Understand & evaluate Create Communicate

19. 3. Digital Literacy models: a synthesis Provide room for teacher to add context, or learner to describe their process CLOSED ENQUIRY Learner responds to practitioner-generated question OPEN ENQUIRY Learner defines own question High-level of guidance Low-level of guidance No guidance Structured guidelines Self-determined guidelines Define Access Understand & evaluate Create Communicate