Mind the Gap: Digital Literacies off the Rails
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Opening presentation at The Digital University, Social Justice and the ‘public good’. Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast 16th February 2018
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Mind the Gap: Digital Literacies off the Rails
- 1. Mind the Gap: Digital Literacies off the Rails Professor Mark Brown Belfast 16th February 2018 The Digital University, Social Justice and the ‘public good’ Queen’s University Belfast
- 4. The light comes through the cracks @mbrownz
- 5. The light comes through the gaps https://pixabay.com/en/train-tracks-walking-journey-alone-1081672/ @mbrownz
- 6. “To say something is not true, valuable, or useful, without posing alternatives is, paradoxically, to affirm that it is true.
- 7. “To say something is not true, valuable, or useful, without posing alternatives is, paradoxically, to affirm that it is true. Thus coupled with this negative project, or rather, indistinguishable from it, must be a positive, constructive project: creating alternatives.” (Grosz 1990; cited in Milojevic, 2005, p.5).
- 9. Rhetoric vs. Reality Gap
- 10. State of Art vs. State of Actual Gap
- 11. Near vs. Far Gap
- 12. Outline 1. Digital futures 2. Digital literacies 3. Digital universities Mind the Gap: Digital Literacies off the Rails
- 13. Digital literacies should be about promoting critical mindsets rather than developing narrow skillsets
- 14. “All generalizations are dangerous, even this one” (Alexandre Dumas)
- 19. Different interest groups and stakeholders are borrowing the same ‘languages of persuasion’ to legitimize very different digital futures
- 20. “It is theory that decides what we can observe”
- 21. TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES Mark Brown, 2016 • Threat • Unbundling • Re-imagination Crisis • Disruption • Democratization • Digital Futures
- 22. Knowledge Economy Mark Brown, 2016 TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES • Threat • Unbundling • Re-imagination Crisis • Disruption • Democratization • Digital Futures
- 23. “Frankly, all the computers and software and Internet connections in the world won’t do much good if young people don’t understand that access to new technology means… access to the new economy” (President Bill Clinton; cited in Cuban, 2001, p.18).
- 24. Learning Society Knowledge Economy Mark Brown, 2016 TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES • Threat • Unbundling • Re-imagination Crisis • Disruption • Democratization • Digital Futures
- 25. “Higher education has a crucial role to play in laying the foundations of a society that is more inclusive, participatory and equal...” The President said “…the role of the university in enabling citizens to develop the tools to address the great challenges of our time – global poverty, climate change and sustainability – was vital.
- 26. ReconceptualizingDeschooling ReschoolingReproducing • Democratising • Opening access • Micro credentials • New learning pathways Learning Society Knowledge Economy Mark Brown, 2016 • Competencies • Entrepreneurship • Technology as progress • Increased market competition • Social justice • Lifelong learning • Pillars of learning • Sustainable development • Sifting agent • Human capital • Social cohension • Cultural heritage TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES • Threat • Unbundling • Re-imagination Crisis • Disruption • Democratization • Digital Futures
- 29. “All education springs from images of the future and all education creates images of the future. Thus all education, whether so intended or not, is a preparation for the future. Unless we understand the future for which we are preparing we may do tragic damage to those we teach.” (Toffler, 1974). We have important choices in shaping our own digital futures
- 31. 2. Digital literacies… World Economic Forum (2016) https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/8-digital- skills-we-must-teach-our-children-f37853d7221e
- 33. “As the chapters that follow attest, the most immediately obvious facts about accounts of digital literacy are that there are many of them and that there are significantly different kinds of concepts on offer” (Lankshear & Knobel, 2008, p.2).
- 34. Identified over 100 models and frameworks which to greater or lesser extent purport to encapsulate the various dimensions of digital skills, literacies or competencies. http://allaboardhe.org/DSFramework2015.pdf
- 35. The literature is ‘broad and ambiguous, making digital literacy a nebulous area that requires greater clarification and consensus’ (Alexander, Adams Becker & Cummins, 2016, p.1). https://www.nmc.org/publication/digital-literacy-an-nmc-horizon-project-strategic-brief/
- 39. 15 Sub Elements Digital Capability Framework
- 41. “… participating in society,” http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bit stream/JRC101254/jrc101254_digcomp%202.0 %20the%20digital%20competence%20framewo rk%20for%20citizens.%20update%20phase%20 1.pdf
- 42. 2017 Carretero, S., Vuorikari, R., & Punie, Y. (2017). Available from http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repo sitory/bitstream/JRC106281/web- digcomp2.1pdf_(online).pdf
- 44. For the purpose of this report we can define digital skills, literacies or competencies as .... “the capabilities which fit someone for living, learning and working in a digital society, with the knowledge that a digital society is ever evolving” (p.18). http://allaboardhe.org/DSFramework2015.pdf
- 48. (Brown, 2017) “Good educators are not just workers to be digitally upskilled. They should be valued as trusted professionals and important change agents willing to challenge and transform both old and new practices which reproduce inequitable distribution of power, knowledge and resources”
- 51. Digital literacies are about (re)shaping our societies for better futures—for all.
- 53. 3. Digital universities… What type of universities do we want for the post-digital era?
- 54. 1845
- 56. Should universities strive to be critics and conscience of society?
- 57. Critical Consumers Critical Citizens LEARNING TO BE LEARNING TO KNOW LEARNING TO DO LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER Critical Thinkers What type of citizens do we need in the post-digital era?
- 58. These questions raise fundamental issues about what we believe constitutes the good society
- 59. How we define the good society will influence who pays for Higher Education
- 60. OECD (2017) Education at a Glance Ireland
- 61. Conclusion
- 62. Three final remarks…. • Explore new frontiers • Not on independent trajectory • Must keep sight of the big ideas
- 63. Building a plane on the fly…
Editor's Notes
- Thank you very much.
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- State of the Art vs State of the Actual
- In the tradition of the Knowledge Economy the Reproducing Discourse promotes higher education as the sifting agent and producer of human capital needed by the economy in the form of a skilled workforce. Of course, reproduction also serves an important role in preserving cultural heritage.
- Borrowing the words of President Michael Higgins, from this perspective higher education has a role in promoting more inclusive, participatory, equitable and sustainable futures for all.
- The Reconceptualising Discourse builds on the original UNESCO pillars of learning—learning to be, learning to do, learning to know and learning to live together. It promotes life-long learning and skills and knowledge beyond mere preparation for work. The focus is on active participation in all aspects of society.
- MB: The concept of digital literacy was first introduced back in 1997 and as this seminal book illustrates there are many and varied interpretations of this concept.
- MB: In the UK JISC has published a number of models and frameworks for the HE sector which continue to evolve.
- DB
- MB: As this slide shows many third level institutions have signed up to participate in the week. For various reasons DCU chose not to participate in this initiative.
- MB: The 8 elements of digital literacies arise out of Doug Belshaw’s doctoral research and notably he places a particular emphasis on critical and civic literacies which incorporate a socio-political perspective.
- DB: It’s also notable that very few of the other frameworks are anchored in the Sustainable Development Goals which are currently our best effort at attempting to articulate a transformative agenda with a moral purpose.
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