Creating Activities to Support Learners Towards Digital Fluency
19/06/2014
#jiscdiglit Scott Hibberson & Merv Stapleton
Overview ● Investigate what makes a digitally fluent learner
● Identify appropriate activities to share with your own learners (examples will be provided)
● Formulate a session plan with key aims and objectives
● Create an activity that is mapped to a key aspect of digital literacy
● Share outcomes developed on the day with peers
What makes a digitally fluent learner?
What makes a digitally fluent learner?
© jisc_infonet - Licenced under Creative Commons
What makes a digitally fluent learner?
© jisc_infonet - Licenced under Creative Commons
Gilster also recommended that learners communicate with the author of a web site by email. If they don’t respond - don’t use the information ● Did not foresee Wikipedia ● Did not foresee social media ● Only mention related to e-safety is
inappropriate web sites
What makes a digitally fluent learner?
“…those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society: for example, the skills to use digital tools to undertake academic research, writing and critical thinking; as part of personal development planning; and as a way of showcasing achievements”
(JISC, n.d.), - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/developingdigitalliteracies accessed 13-05-14
What makes a digitally fluent learner?
●Be safe in a digital environment ●Find evaluate and apply information ●Use digital tools ●Showcase achievement ●Awareness and management of digital identity ●Collaborate – education, community & work life
●Jisc RSC support and guidance on esafety. ●Jisc Legal's template esafety policy. ●Jisc RSC Eastern's esafety Moodle course. ●Jisc Netskills advice and guidance on developing a social media strategy. ●Jisc Infonet’s e-Safety Toolkit
Be safe in a digital environment examples
Showcase achievment examples
●Building a Professional Online Presence - Moodle course material ●Prince’s Trust - Digital Literacy Survey 2013 ●Students...Kick-Start Your Personal Brand Online ●How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and Make a Great First Impression. ●How To Use Twitter To Help You Find A Job.
● Staff Development materials - http://goo.gl/ERMGTl ● Diigo Group - http://goo.gl/BkeUot
● Inspiration cards - http://goo.gl/3jmJVH
Some materials
Formulate a Session Plan
Create an activity mapped to digital literacy
Please spend 15 minutes discussing your session plans in your groups
Session plans provided are examples, Welcome to use your own institutional session plans
Feedback to the rest of the group
Session plan http://goo.gl/5b7KDA
Share Outcomes
Feedback to everyone in your groups:- ● What themes have you covered? ● What is your session about? ● What resources/activities have you used? ● How will you assess your learners?
References
Gilster, P. (1997) Digital literacy. New York: John Wiley & Son
Pool, C. R. & Gilster,P. (1997). A new digital literacy. Educational Leadership, 55(3), 6.
Find out more…
Scott Hibberson e-Learning Advisor (Jisc RSC YH) [email protected] @scotthibberson Merv Stapleton e-Learning Advisor (Jisc RSC N) [email protected] @welshmackem
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
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