This document discusses digital literacy and engaging with digital media. It provides examples of filter bubbles, participation on Wikipedia, and sharing with Creative Commons licenses. The document argues that digital literacies are contextual and skills do not automatically transfer. It advocates for teaching students to critically evaluate information online rather than passively accepting unreliable sources. Examples are given of how activities like the Wikipedia Education Program and MOOCs can cultivate resident participation in institutional contexts.

1. Sara Mörtsell
Education Manager,
Wikimedia Sverige
@SaraMrtsell
#ONL161
Open Networked Learning
Digital Literacy

2. Engaging with Digital Media
Digital literacies are the capabilities we have to
engage with digitally mediated information, such as
dealing with the ubiquitous and interactive
quality of Digital Media.
Ubiquity Interaction

3. Examples to explore in today’s webinar
Example 1 - Filter bubble engagement.
Example 2 - Participation on Wikipedia.
Example 3 - Sharing with Creative Commons
Summary - Impact for teaching and learning

4. What is participation like in the Filter bubble?
Eli Pariser 2011.
By Kris Krug CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia
Commons
Who are the gate-keepers of digital
information?
Personalisation and relevance based on
algorithmic sorting.
Convenience and confirmation bias instead
of a balanced information diet.
● Beware online “Filter Bubbles” (2011)
● Escape your Search Engine’s Filter bubble - an
illustrated guide by DuckDuckGo

5. Participation on Wikipedia:
“The Learning Black Market”
“It would appear that instead of teaching
critical evaluation skills and helping learners
to situate non-traditional resources within
larger information-seeking frameworks,
tutors commonly advise that platforms such
as Wikipedia should be totally avoided,
particularly true within the United States
(US).”[1]
● Visitors and Residents:Credability
● David White: The Learning Black Market 1
David White 2011.

6. Participation on Wikipedia
The Wikipedia Education Program
● Encourages a pedagogy about critiquing
what’s wrong about information and
● act on the critique to redesign information
and knowledge in open (public) digital spaces.
● Wikipedia assignments give students the skills
to question unreliable information, rather than
passively accept it.

7. Sharing knowledge as online engagement
in education
Real world impact of
student editors in
numbers -
114 000 views.

8. Sharing with Creative Commons
Understanding licenses as rights and responsibilities when
engaging online.
C - All rights reserved This is default
CC - Some rights reserved, and some rights given to others.

9. What is Open Content?
Free permission is given to engage in the 5R
activities.
[2]
CC BY - Some rights reserved,
and (five) rights given to others.
Reuse et cie 5R By Fréderic Duriez (modified) CC BY-
3.0, via Formation et E-learning
2
Open Content definition opencontent.org

10. Creative Commons has six different licenses
Creative Commons Free Photos for Bloggers the Ultimate Guide by
Foter.com licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (modified)

11. Summary and impact for teaching and learning
Digital literacies are contextual
Skills do not transfer automatically.
[3]
visitor resident
personal
institutional
3
White, D., & Le Cornu, A. (2011).
Visitors and Residents: A new
typology for online engagement.
First Monday, 16(9).
Which activities go in this
quandrant?

12. Finding activities for resident mode in institutional contexts
visitor resident
personal
institutional
#ONL161
Wikip
edia
Wikipedia
Education
Program
MOOC
Facebook

13. Find me on Twitter: @SaraMrtsell
Find me on Wikipedia: User: Sara Mörtsell (WMSE)
… and other places.
#ONL161
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May the conversation continue...