1) The document discusses digital and information literacy (DIL) levels and a framework for integrating DIL skills into qualifications and modules. 2) It provides facilitation cards grouped by DIL skills that outline learning outcomes for different levels to help curriculum designers integrate DIL effectively. 3) The cards can help decide learning outcomes and assessments, ensure DIL skills are explicit in teaching, and articulate, teach, and assess these skills.

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Literacy (DIL) Levels
Framework Facilitation Cards
Embedding Digital and Information
Literacy: Digital and information literacy
are central to the development of the
share digital content
student as both an independent and
collaborative learner. Where students
Collaborate and
are guided from the outset in developing
Digital Information Literacy Levels
DIL skills they will be better able to find,
evaluate, use, create and share material
to support their learning, and to carry on
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Framework Facilitation Cards
learning throughout their employment
and life.
Students develop DIL skills better when
DIL learning and assessment activities
are relevant, authentic and embedded
in the fabric of the module. This means
considering how these skills will be
developed at the earliest stages of
qualification and module approval and
design.
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Using the cards: These cards are
designed to help you consider how to
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integrate DIL effectively into
qualifications and modules. They are
grouped according to the 5 skills areas
covered by the DIL Levels Framework.
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Each skill area has 4 cards, one each
media site with subject-related
for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Masters level. On
dialogue with other students
as part of a teacher-led task
the front of each card you will find the
content, and contribute or
Demonstrate the ability to
broad skill area, and on the back the
access an external social
download digital content
outcomes for the relevant level.
Contribute to an online
Use these cards in qualification and
module team meetings, workshops and
staff development sessions, or to help
Visit our website for more information about the
explain DIL to employers, tutors and
students.
The cards will help you to:
- decide on learning outcomes, teaching
and assessment of DIL skills at a
different roles and contributions
particular level
Successfully follow instructions
for sharing digital content with
- think about DIL skills across an entire
multiple recipients using the
qualification and about how
progression can be built in
Distinguish between the
produce a piece of work
that may be required to
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- ensure that DIL skills are explicit within
collaboratively online
learning and teaching, thus enabling you
main OU VLE tools
to better articulate, teach and assess
these skills
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Accessing the DIL Levels Framework
online: www.open.ac.uk/
libraryservices/pages/DILFramework/
Download a PDF version:
www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/pages/
dilframework/dilframework_view_all.pdf
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Distinguish between different
2 Contribute online information
and resources from outside
into the activities of the OU
online communication tools in
terms of their usefulness for
study community enabling teamwork and
Understand and engage
collaboration
Articulate the requirements of
online group work for learning Articulate principles of legal
in digital practices
and demonstrate proactivity in and ethical behaviour in online
meeting those requirements contexts
Demonstrate the ability to use Demonstrate the ability to
a variety of online contacts produce subject-related
and social networks to find knowledge artefacts using
out information digital tools and resources
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3 Apply digital technologies to
managing, recording and
Demonstrate the ability to
create a personal learning
reflecting on sustained learning environment incorporating
Understand and engage
in the subject area elements of OU digital study
practices and external
Demonstrate a leadership applications and
in digital practices
role in collaborative learning environments
activities in your OU studies
Engage in the creation, use,
Demonstrate effective use of sharing and repurposing of
social and/or professional online subject-related knowledge
networks outside the OU study artefacts within the OU study
community community
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M Articulate the characteristics Give evidence of proactive
Understand and engage
of digital scholarship in the participation in academic
relevant subject and/or and/or professional online
in digital practices
professional area networks outside the OU
study community
Apply digital techniques to
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Describe how a range of mobile
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the tools and sites that show
own presence as an internet
communication devices might be
used for studying
user Identify instances of digital
Understand and engage
Demonstrate basic use of a technologies being used for
range of tools and sites for creating and sharing knowledge
finding and recording information
in digital practices
in a specific subject area
online
Successfully follow instructions Demonstrate the ability to
for accessing and using generic integrate time spent online
tools and sites for information into a broader study schedule
relevant to OU study Successfully find a person online
Successfully use OU VLE tools and establish contact details
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2 Identify a range of key sources
of information in the subject
area
Demonstrate ability to
independently select
appropriate resources for a
task
Successfully carry out
instructions for using a range Distinguish instances of
of formats of information search features that are
common to different
Find Information
Apply the principles of databases and the web
effective searching
Independently and
Demonstrate the ability to successfully carry out a
use a range of database simple subject search within
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3 Demonstrate the use of a wide Identify and frame problems
range of sources appropriate or research questions and
to the discipline select appropriate information
to address these
Demonstrate independent
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selection of appropriate
selection of appropriate Articulate and independently
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resources for the task carry out strategy for finding
information needed, whether
Give evidence of the use of from a person or an online
sources of current information resource
for keeping up-to-date
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M Articulate the characteristic
ways research information is
generated and disseminated
Demonstrate a critical and
systematic approach to
keeping up-to-date using the
most appropriate tools and
Demonstrate the ability to resources
search independently and
fluently across a compre- Produce an independently
Find Information
hensive range of information conducted thorough literature
sources in any medium search in a specific subject
area
Articulate the way that Library Identify the most effective ways
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information in the subject
Demonstrate the ability to
plan and adapt a search
area or context
Successfully plan and carry
Articulate the key out a search in a database
characteristics of different on a pre-defined topic using
information types pre-defined resources
Find Information
Identify the ‘knowledge gap’ Successfully find a journal
and the information needed article or book from a
to fill it in relation to a reference
particular subject-related
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of resources effectively an online interaction
Critically evaluate
Apply appropriate criteria Apply appropriate quality
to evaluating instances of criteria to filter results
online tools for their
relevance to the study context
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3 Use appropriate use of
Demonstrate thequality a wide Identify and frame problems
Use appropriate quality
criteria to critically evaluate
range of sources appropriate or research questions and
criteria to filter results from a
information from
to the discipline any source select appropriate information
given search output, and to
to determine authority, to address these
focus on the most relevant
Critically evaluate
Demonstrate independent
bias, etc. information within documents
selection of appropriate Articulate and independently
Demonstrate the ability to
resources for the task carry outin critical appraisal
Engage strategy for finding
evaluate online tools in information needed, whether
of others’ contributions in
Givecontext of the use of
any evidence from a person or an online
an online interaction
sources of current information resource
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M Engage in critical appraisal,
including judgements on
reliability and validity, of own
Articulate the advantages
and disadvantages of peer
review practices
work and the work of others
Assess whether an instance
of online collaborative working
Critically evaluate
Define clearly the scope of
a research question and has been effective and
apply relevant criteria to appropriate
filter large quantities of Apply critical criteria to the
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quality criteria to evaluate quality criteria in a broad
pre-defined information, sense to carry out initial
including personal contacts filtering of material from
Critically evaluate
searches
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instances of online tools on Contribute a comment to
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Produce an accurate list of Demonstrate the ability to
Manage & communicate
references for common write online for different
sources using the appropriate audiences
style
Distinguish between different
Record search results systems available for
information
accurately managing references
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3 Demonstrate the use of a wide
Demonstrate accurate and Identify and between different
Distinguish frame problems
or research questionsfor
tools and techniques and
Manage & communicate
range of sources appropriate
appropriate referencing of
to the discipline ideas of
the thoughts and select appropriate information
managing and exporting
others to address these and use
references; select
Demonstrate independent as appropriate for a specific
selection of appropriate
Engage in appropriate and Articulate and independently
task
carry out strategy for finding
resources for the task
effective communication
information
online, in a variety of contexts information needed, whether
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and evidence of the use of from a person or an online
sources of current information resource
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Apply a suitable method for Produce a comprehensive
managing a large volume of literature review in a specific
information subject
Manage & communicate
Produce a synthesis of Construct a major bibliography
information from a range of using bibliographic
diverse materials on a management tools, referencing
complex subject a large range of materials
Articulate the ethical and legal Distinguish between platforms
information
requirements surrounding the for publishing digital content,
use and re-use of information recognising the difference
and identity sources of relevant between formal publication
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Manage & communicate
Articulate what is meant by
plagiarism
Demonstrate the ability to
select appropriate references
to produce a reference list
Articulate the rationale for and in-text citations as
referencing, be able to create required for assignments
a reference, and be aware that
references can be created in Identify stylistic aspects of
different styles writing in different online
information
Demonstrate the ability to and offline contexts
accurately record search
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Demonstrate the use of a wide Identify and frame problems
or research questions and
Manage & communicate
range of sources appropriate
to the discipline select appropriate information
to address these
Demonstrate independent
selection of appropriate Articulate and independently
resources for the task carry out strategy for finding
information
information needed, whether
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and carry out own role within
a task as part of a teacher-
Demonstrate the ability to
create and publish content in
multimedia formats to
or student-led online activity communicate subject-related
Collaborate and share
Successfully engage in the opinions and ideas in OU
collaborative production of VLE environments
digital content related to study Contribute digital content
digital content
activity acquired through engagement
Reflect on a collaborative in external subject-related and
process and its effect on all social media environments
members of the group, to an OU collective space
including oneself
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Produce a shared digital wide Identify andbenefits from
Contribute frame problems
range of sources appropriate
or output in collaboration with or research questions and
personal engagement with
Collaborate and share
to the discipline an assessed
others as part of select appropriate information
external social and subject-
activity to address these to the work
related networks
Demonstrate independent of a study group
selection of appropriate
Contribute a re-purposed, Articulate and independently
digital content
resourcescollaboratively
shared or for the task carry out strategy for finding
produced artefact for the benefit information needed, whether
Give wider online audience
of a evidence of the use of from a person or an online
sources of current information resource
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Demonstrate leadership in Give evidence of engagement
an online professional in online communities and
Collaborate and share
community, e.g. take the professional (subject) groups
initiative in proposing using multiple technologies
appropriate media and and demonstrate successful
digital content
working methods, facilitate management of group
the group working through interactions
agreed processes, evaluate
group outputs