Learning and TeachingDigital Literacies

1st June 2012

Catherine Cronin

#EdTech12

@catherinecronin

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WHYdigital

literacies?

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http://youmediachicago.org

Exploring ● part I

RESEARCH

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Visitors and Residents by David S. White, Alison Le Cornu http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3171

what are digital literacies?

access agencyliteracy

critical thinking

media

learningsocial

create

communicate

skills

fluency

interpret

8 essential elements of digital literacies1

1. Cultural 5. Confident

2. Cognitive 6. Creative

3. Constructive 7. Critical

4. Communicative 8. Civic

1 Definition by Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2012/03/10/tedxwarwick-the-essential-elements-of-digital-literacies/

5 categories of digital literacy2

2 Definition by Ismael Peña-López http://ictlogy.net/bibliography/reports/projects.php?idp=1441

digital literacies3

Knowledge of digital tools

Critical thinking

Social engagement

3 Definition by Tabetha Newman, adapted by Josie Fraser http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2012/03/digital-literacy-practice.html

Exploring ● part II

TEACHING & LEARNING

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2nd year Professional Skills moduleBSc Computer Science & IT

& digital literacies

Research, writing and presentation skills

“Students will not simply pass

through a course like water

through a sieve, but instead leave their own imprint on the learning

process.”- Bryn Holmes (2001)

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openness • social media • student voice/choice

3 tenets of my teaching

openness • social media • student voice/choice

openness • social media • student voice/choice

AIM:

choose openness

where possible & where appropriate

USE

CREATE

SHARE

open resources

create to share, CC-licensed

openly, including my/our own learning

http://www.scoop.it/ct231-student-showcase

openness • social media • student voice/choice

Social Mediaenables connection and learningacross the (artificial) boundaries

of time and space

TIME... class time, term time, academic year

SPACE... classrooms, labs, desks, buildings

“I don’t think education is about centralized instruction anymore; rather, it is the process [of] establishing oneself as a node in a broad network of distributed creativity.” – Joichi Ito @joi

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digital identity

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Enmeshed between ATOMS and

BITS...

“In a digital, networked, open world people become less defined by the institution to which they belong and more by the network and online identity they establish.

- Martin Weller

http://about.me/catherinecronin

Forum: @CT231 CT231 circle

Sharing: public & dm public & circles

Tagging: #ct231 #ct231 + #litet

Social media tools can

enrich communication

among and between

educators and students,

enabling learning outside

class time, term time and

formal learning spaces.

I asked a few students and

past students (HE) for

permission to share these

tweets...

openness • social media • student voice/choice

openness • social media • student voice/choice

Use as many opportunities

as possible for students to

Choose & Create.

TOPICS

MEDIA RUBRICS

ASSESSMENT

TOOLS ...

WHAT would

YOUlike to create?

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens

can change the world.

Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens

can change the world.

Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead

students

instructor-led → student-led

individual → collaborative

in class → online, open

1 classroom →

authentic learning

challenges...

Exploring ● part III

RESOURCES

http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/may/15/digital-literacy-in-universities

A brief history of digital literacy in the UK and the EU

(JISC Digital Literacies programme)

Liveblog by @drbexl: http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2012/05/jisc-digital-literacies-programme-a-history-of-digital-literacy-in-uk-eu-jiscdiglit/

http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2012/04/29/course-description-21st-c-literacies-phd-lab-digital-knowledge

http://ictlogy.net/20110603-analyzing-digital-literacy-with-a-single-simple-tweet/

Selected JISC resources:

Developing Digital Literacies programme (2012)

Preparing for a Digital Future presentation (2011)Digital literacies for learners, researchers & teaching staff, by Helen Beetham, Rhona Sharpe, Frances Bell, Simranjeet Singh Roud & Col Hawksworth

SLiDA project report (2010)Supporting learners in a digital age, by Rhona Sharpe, Greg Benfield, Shalni Gulati & Judy Hardy

LLiDA project report (2009)Thriving in the 21st century: Learning literacies for the digital age, by Helen Beetham, Lou McGill & Prof. Alison Littlejohn

Twitter hashtags:#digilit#jiscdiglit

Twitter gems:@helenbeetham@josiefraser@dajbelshaw@fbell@daveowhite@hrheingold@ictlogist @crumphelen@bonstewart @dmlcentral@jiscdigital

Some great

sources of learning

(& conversation!)

on Twitter re:

digital literacies.

Thank you!

@catherinecronincatherine.cronin@nuigalway.ie

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