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Creating Activities to Support Learners Towards Digital Fluency Staffordshire University Teachmeet 25 November 2014 Anthony Beal -Jisc RSC Northwest http://goo.gl/RqOTxq

Creating Activities to Support Learners Towards Digital Fluency

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Creating Activities to Support Learners Towards Digital Fluency

Staffordshire University

Teachmeet

25 November 2014

Anthony Beal -Jisc RSC Northwesthttp://goo.gl/RqOTxq

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What makes a digitally fluent learner?

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What makes a digitally fluent learner?

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Concepts of digital literacy were introduced

as it became necessary to consider the skills

and competencies of those on the receiving

end of the products of the ICT

industries…An initial often cited attempt at

defining digital literacy (Gilster, 1997)

identified four key competencies:

❖ Assembling knowledge

❖ Evaluating information

❖ Searching

❖ Navigating in non-linear routes

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What makes a digitally fluent learner?

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● Did not foresee Wikipedia

● Did not foresee social media

● Only mention related to e-safety is

inappropriate web sites

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

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What makes a digitally fluent learner?

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●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

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●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 eSafety Toolkit

Be safe in a digital environment examples

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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.

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Formulate a Session Plan

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Session plan

http://goo.gl/5b7KDA

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References

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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.

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Find out more…

Anthony Beal and Scott HibbersoneLearning Adviser

[email protected]

Twitter - @redsontour

[email protected] jisc.ac.uk

Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND

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