1. With a blended learning M.Sc. Lisa Donaldson, DCU
2. ProjectBackground
3. ProjectBackground andTechnologies
4. M.Sc. Programme Aims A high level of capacity to understand,
commission, interpret and undertake community systems health
research; and Lifelong digital literacy skills that can be used in
their learning and their practice M.ScProgrammeAimss
5. JISC understands Digital Literacy to "define those
capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and
working in a digital society".
9. Media Literacy Career & Identity Management
Communications & Collaboration Learning Skills Digital
Scholarship Information Literacy But what about the others?
10. Research Required Course evaluations Student interviews
Lecturer feedback
11. Critically read and creatively produce academic &
professional communications in a range of media s Media
Literacy
12. Participate in digital networks for learning & research
Communications & Collaboration
13. Manage digital reputation and online identity Career &
Identity Management Moodle Bio Twitter Feed Reflection Blog Career
Management Limited guidance on privacy or digital practices
14. Study and learn effectively in technology rich
environments, formal and informal Learning Skills e
15. Participate in emerging academic professional and research
practices that depend on digital systems Digital Scholarship
16. InformationLiteracy Find,interpret,evaluate,manageandshare
information
17. Have we enabled digital literacy skills that can be used in
our students learning and their practice?
18. GraduateAttributes CC image courtesy of Velkr0
https://www.flickr.com/photos/velkr0 CC image courtesy of Jeremy
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19. Relevant, Necessary Technology enables new literacy
practices Skills and practices learned can be applied to different
situations Little evidence that private use affording these skills
Finally
20. Digital Literacy is the awareness, attitude and ability of
individuals to appropriately use digital tools and facilities to
identify, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, analyse and
synthesize digital resources, construct new knowledge, create media
expressions, and communicate with others, in the context of
specific life situations, in order to enable constructive social
action; and to reflect upon this process. Martin (2006) Elements of
Digital Literacy include: Photo-visual literacy Reproduction
literacy Branching literacy Information literacy Socio- emotional
literacy Eshet-Alkalai (2004) A persons ability to perform tasks
effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the
ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images
through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new
knowledge gained from digital environments. Jones-Kavalier &
Flannigan (2006)
