Introduction to Curriculum Innovation module Living and Working on the Web, 27th January 2014

1. Living and Working on the Web
Lisa Harris, Olja Rastic-Dulborough
and Cristina Costa
#UOSM2008

2. Session Plan
• How the module works
• Introduction to Digital Literacy
• http://todaysmeet.com/introworkshop - please
leave questions/comments on here during the
session
• Satire by the Onion
• Digital Literacy Conference
• Student Video: Living and Working on the Web

3. What technologies are being discussed here?
• “The modern world overwhelms people with data and this is
confusing and harmful to the mind” (Conrad Gessner, 1565)
• “It will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because
they will not use their memories.“ (Socrates, 469-399BC)
• “It socially isolates readers and detracts from the spiritually
uplifting group practice of getting news from the pulpit”
(Malesherbes, 1787)
• “It
might hurt radio, conversation, reading, and the patterns
of family living and result in the further vulgarisation of
American culture“ (Ellen Wartella, 1962)
• “It’s making us stupid” (Nicholas Carr, 2008)

4. Digital Literacies at Southampton
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Raise awareness across the University
Benchmark University Digital Literacies activities
Link Education and Research communities
Run series of practical workshops
Digital Literacies Conference 2012 and 1013
Student Digital Literacies Champions
Develop DL Special Interest group – diverse
membership across all faculties and including
Careers, Student Services, Library
• Curriculum Innovation

5. Curriculum Innovation: The rationale
“Traditionally academics view the world through the
eyepiece of a single discipline. But the real world is not
like that, it is by its very nature interdisciplinary and can
only be deeply understood when viewed from multiple
perspectives. ”
Mark Cranshaw, Understanding Modern China
University policy is now directing us towards
multidisciplinary research that:
1) feeds directly into teaching and
2) encourages student participation at all levels

6. Digital Literacy
• “Digital literacy is the ability to
locate, organise, understand, evaluate, and analyse
information using digital technology. It involves a working
knowledge of current tools and an understanding of how they
can be used”
• “The active management of online activities such as
collaboration, networking , content creation and curation in
order to “stand out from the crowd” in today’s job market”
• “an ability to respond positively to change”
• Social media revolution 2013 (Eric Qualman, 3 mins)

7. “The new media environment can be disruptive to our
current teaching methods and philosophies. As we
increasingly move toward an environment of instant and
infinite information, it becomes less important for
students to know, memorize, or recall information and
more important for them to be able to find, sort, analyze,
share, discuss, critique, and create information and
knowledge. They need to move from being simply
knowledgeable to being knowledge-able.”
Wesch, M., 2011. From Knowledgeable to Knowledgeable: Building New Learning Environments for New Media
Environments | UM Events | University of Michigan.

8. Living and Working on the Web

9. The reflective summary allows you to think about where you’ve
come from and where you are now and how useful it might be for
you in the future - this is something you don’t get on other modules
My opinions have often been changed by what other people
have put forward on the discussion board
One of the big benefits of studying online is the flexibility to
fit my academic life around my professional life which has
been really useful
No idea is lost - we can continue to share information and
ideas online beyond the duration of a specific seminar

10. Successes
• Employability advantages
• Raised awareness of digital literacy and blended
learning across University
• Digitally proficient students can mentor less
confident colleagues
• Active rather than passive learning
• Flexibility of timing/location of learning for
students and tutors
• Study recommendations were made between
levels and disciplines

11. Blogs: pulling it all together
• Use the blog framework as a central point pulling in your other
social media content: Digital Economy Blog or to aggregate a series
of blogs as per Multidisciplinary Research
• Tweets – Flickr – LinkedIn – Vimeo - Slideshare – Pinterest Soundcloud - YouTube
• You can also embed other social media within individual blog posts
• Video is increasingly important, especially authentic user
generated content
• Provide sharing buttons
• These activities provide a regular supply of “googlejuice” to the
blog

12. Student Digital Champions:
Flo Broderick
• Met at SXSC2 in October 2012
• Took Digital Marketing and CI modules, learned
interviewing skills and video editing
• Helped out in a big way at Digital Media Europe
• Masterminded student contribution to Digital
Literacies Conference
• Provided student perspective on our research into
online learning MOOCs
• Visited Italy to carry out MOOC filming in Portus
• Now in Madrid working for Telefonica Digital

13. Goo.gle [goo-guh l]
verb, Goo.gled, Goo.gling
( often lowercase ) to search the Internet for information
about (a person, topic, etc.): We googled
the new applicant to check her background.

14. Dare you Google yourself...?
@lisaharris #CIMbrandyou

16. www.employadam.com
• The original video
• Why it works
• The follow up video

17. The Future of You
“Welcome to a new era of work, where your
future depends on being a signal in the noisy
universe of human capital. In order to achieve
this, you will need to master three things: selfbranding, entrepreneurship, and
hyperconnectivity.”
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, in the HBR blog

20. Using social media to get a job
• Connect (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter)
• Collaborate (Skype, Dropbox, Google Drive)
• Create (Wordpress, Soundcloud, Pinterest,
YouTube/Vimeo)
• Curate (ScoopIt, Delicious, Slideshare)

21. @lisaharris #CIMbrandyou

23. Finding me online
https://www.vizify.com/lisa-harris
http://digitaleconomy.soton.ac.uk/people/lisaharris/
www.about.me/lisa.harris
www.twitter.com/lisaharris
www.linkedin.com/in/lisajaneharris
http://www.slideshare.net/lisaharris
http://lisaharrismarketing.com

24. Thank you 
Questions?