HOW TO DEVELOPDIGITAL LITERACIESIN YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
DOUGBELSHAW
DOUGBELSHAW.COM DISCOVER-E 2012
THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE
1. THERE ARE 8 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES2. DEFINITIONS NEED TO BE CO-CREATED TO HAVE POWER3. GET STARTED! (THERE’S PLENTY OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU)
@DAJBELSHAW
#DIGILIT
PART 1LITERACY AND DIGITAL
LITERACIES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT?
TWO PARTSPART 2
SOME EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPING DIGITAL
LITERACIES IN PRACTICE
PART 1LITERACY AND DIGITAL
LITERACIES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT?
TWO PARTS
GESTURESJoão Machadohttp://vimeo.com/7338692
WHAT IS LITERACY?
8 ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES
4 SKILL ZONES
OVERVIEW5-STEP PROCESS MODEL
CONCLUSION & QUESTIONS
DO WE EVEN KNOW
WHATLITERACY IS?
UNESCO (1957)
“It is really not possible to speak of illiterate and literate persons as two distinct categories.
“
CAN BE DELIVERED
NEED TO BE DEVELOPED
OBJECTIVE
SUBJECTIVEVIEWS OF LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION LITERACY
DIGITAL LITERACYELECTRACY
COMPUTER LITERACY
ICT LITERACYDIGITAL FLUENCYINFOTENTION
VISUAL LITERACY
CYBERLITERACY
CC BY Pink Sherbert Photography
ACADEMICSLIKE THEIRUMBRELLATERMS
NEVERENDINGTHESIS.COMDOUG’S DOCTORAL THESIS ON DIGITAL LITERACIES (2011)
NEED TO BE DEVELOPED
SUBJECTIVEDIGITAL LITERACIES ARE
CoCommunicative
CuCultural
CgCognitive
CnConstructive
CiCivic
CrCreative
CfConfident
CtCritical
THE 8 ELEMENTSOF DIGITAL LITERACIES
“The nature of literacy in a culture is repeatedly redefined as the result of technological changes.”
Hannon (2000)
THE 8 ELEMENTS
CuCultural
“Functional internet literacy is not the ability to use a set of technical tools; rather, it is the ability to use a set of cognitive tools.”
Johnson (2008)
THE 8 ELEMENTS
CgCognitive
“[Digital literacy is] the awareness, attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital tools...in order to enable constructive social action.”
DigEuLit project (2006)
THE 8 ELEMENTS
CnConstructive
“Digital literacy must therefore involve a systematic awareness of how digital media are constructed and of the unique 'rhetorics' of interactive communication.”
Buckingham (2007)
CoCommunicative
THE 8 ELEMENTS
“Modern society is increasingly looking to [people] who can confidently solve problems and manage their own learning throughout their lives, the very qualities which ICT supremely is able to promote.”
OECD (2001)
CfConfident
THE 8 ELEMENTS
“The creative adoption of new technology requires teachers who are willing to take risks... a prescriptive curriculum, routine practices... and a tight target-setting regime, is unlikely to be helpful.”
Conlon & Simpson (2003)
CrCreative
THE 8 ELEMENTS
“Once we see that online texts are not exactly written or spoken, we begin to understand that cyberliteracy requires a special form of critical thinking. Communication in the online world is not quite like anything else.”
Gurak (2001)
CtCritical
THE 8 ELEMENTS
“The ability to understand and make use of ICT - digital literacy - is proving essential to employment success, civic participation, accessing entertainment, and education.”
Mehlman (2007)
THE 8 ELEMENTSCiCivic
Digital literacy is a condition, not a threshold.
Martin (2006)
““
EVEN IF YOU DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND THEM
CC BY-SA [nev]CC BY-NC-SA Alain Bachellier
DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES
CHANGE
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTEXT
5STEPPROCESSMODEL (S
EE N
EWMA
N, 2
009:
HTT
P://
SLID
ESHA
.RE/
NISD
TV)
5 (SEE
NEW
MAN,
200
9: H
TTP:
//SL
IDES
HA.R
E/NI
SDTV
)
1. DEFINE 2. ACCESS 3. UNDERSTAND & EVALUATE4. CREATE 5. COMMUNICATE
INDIVIDUAL
CRITICALPROCEDURAL
SOCIAL
(EDITING)
WE NEED TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN ALL 4 ZONES
?
? ?
??QUESTIONS
PART 1LITERACY AND DIGITAL
LITERACIES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT?
TWO PARTSPART 2
SOME EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPING DIGITAL
LITERACIES IN PRACTICE
TWO PARTSPART 2
SOME EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPING DIGITAL
LITERACIES IN PRACTICE
BABY THINKS A MAGAZINE IS A BROKEN IPADDo digital skills and literacies need to be taught?
http://youtu.be/APE8M9MeOWA
CC BY chwalker01 CC BY queefette
CC BY zebedee.zebedee
LOLCATSAN INTERNET MEME
CC BY queefette
CC BY zebedee.zebedee
CC BY-NC-SA dantekgeek
WHICH ELEMENTS ARE INVOLVED HERE?WHAT IS PRESUPPOSED?
DOES THIS INVOLVE DIGITAL LITERACIES?(FOR THE PRODUCER? FOR THE READER?)
http://nyti.ms/uRU64gA (FAIRLY) RECENT EXAMPLECASUAL PEPPER SPRAY COP
http://chzb.gr/uVUECn
A (FAIRLY) RECENT EXAMPLECASUAL PEPPER SPRAY COP
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTEXT
TRADITIONALCONTEXT + NEW
TWIST
DIFFERENTLITERACY
=
CnConstr
uctive
CgCognitive
CuCultural
DIGITAL LITERACIES
CuConfident
CoCommunicative
CICivic
CrCreat
ive
CtCritical
CO-CREATED
POWER!
NEED TO BEDEFINITIONS
TO HAVE
BUT WHAT ABOUT
ME?
CnConstructive
CgCognitive
CuCultural
CuConfident
CoCommunicative
CICivic
CrCreative
CtCritical
DEVELOPING
DIGITALLITERACIES
CnConstructive
CICivic
CtCritical
EXAMPLE 1: CONTRIBUTING TO A WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE
CoCommunicative
CuConfident
CuCultural
EXAMPLE 2: PARTICIPATING IN A CONFERENCE BACKCHANNEL
CrCreative
CgCognitive
CuCultural
EXAMPLE 3: CREATING AN AUDIO/VIDEO/IMAGE MASHUP
Image CC BY-NC-SA kyteacher
RESOURCES MENTIONED• Belshaw, D. (2011) What is digital literacy? A Pragmatic investigation http://neverendingthesis.com
• Know Your Meme (2011) Casual Pepper Spray Cop http://chzb.gr/uVUECn
• Machado, J. (2009) Gestures http://vimeo.com/7338692
• Newman, T. (2009) Consequences of a Digital Literacy review: moving from terminology to action http://slidesha.re/nISdTV
• Stelter, B. (2011) California University Puts Officers Who Used Pepper Spray On Leave http://nyti.ms/uRU64g
• StormLogixLLC (2011) Baby Thinks a Magazine is a Broken iPad! http://youtu.be/APE8M9MeOWA
THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE
1. THERE ARE 8 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES2. DEFINITIONS NEED TO BE CO-CREATED TO HAVE POWER3. GET STARTED! (THERE’S PLENTY OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU)
??QUESTIONS