7 vital details your boss expects you to know about digital literacy

7 VITAL DETAILS

YOUR BOSS EXPECTS YOU TO

KNOW ABOUT DIGITAL LITERACY

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#1DIGITAL LITERACY

RESULTS IN SAVINGS


Improves productivity by 1-3 hours per week per employee.

Average savings of $1820 per employee per year.


#2DIGITAL LITERACY

IS…


#3DIGITAL LITERACY IS

A PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT


Identity

I have access to email

I can use email

I do use email

I am a regular email user



CONTEXT DEPENDENT



SOCIAL


#6DIGITAL LITERACY

HAS 8 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS


JISC

Netsafe

Deakin University

Doug Belshaw, 2014.

HOW TO BEHAVE

HOW TO DO

HOW TO USE

HOW TO

COMMUNICATE

HOW TO BELONG

HOW TO MAKE

HOW TO EVALUATE

HOW TO

PARTICIPATE

#7DIGITAL LITERACY

CAN BE MEASURED


1. IDENTIFY COMPETENCIES

2. SET BENCHMARKS

3. MEASURE STAFF COMPETENCIES AGAINST BENCHMARKS

Digital Literacy In Three Words Library Staff Competencies

Cultural How to behave How to protect your identity and data in online spaces

Cognitive How to do How to use social bookmarking tools as a better way to bookmark web content.

Constructive How to use How to find digital images that are suitable to reuse and remix.

Communicative How to communicate How to craft online communicationsConfident How to belong How to manage one’s own learning in digital

spacesCreative How to make How to create a curated selection of Māori

resourcesCritical How to evaluate How to think critically about search engines

Civic How to participate Understanding the expected norms and behaviours of digital environments

I have an awareness of online Māori resources

I can find and select the best Māori resources to create value for readers

I do analyse and make sense of Māori resources to create value for readers

I am an online content curator of Māori resources.

HOW TO CREATE A CURATED SELECTION OF MAORI RESOURCES

Identity

1. How confident do you feel in your knowledge of online Māori resources?

a) I don’t know anything about them.

b) Not confident at all.

c) I feel I have a good understanding of commonly used online Māori resources.

d) I use online Māori resources all the time and actively seek out new resources.

2. How do you disseminate content online that creates value for readers?

a) What?!

b) I share links using social media sites.

c) I make content easy for readers to digest by using lists such as libguides, troubleshooting tips or read-alikes.

d) In addition to c) I also include my unique perspective or commentary so the content becomes more than ‘another list’.

3. Aside from relevance, how do you usually decide what resources to include/exclude from any lists you might provide for your members?

a) I don’t provide lists or make the decisions in this area.

b) I decide based on the date of publication, number of copies, popularity etc.

c) I decide based on b) plus personal judgment.

d) I decide based on b) and c) plus the value of sharing each resource and how they fit together to form a bigger picture.

TALLY YOUR POINTS

A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4

3-6 points: You’ve not yet had an opportunity to get a handle on this subject.

7-10 points: You know some subject matter well and others not so well.

11-12 points: You’re a master of this subject and deserve a round of applause. Take a bow.

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7 VITAL DETAILS

YOUR BOSS EXPECTS YOU TO

KNOW ABOUT DIGITAL LITERACY

1. Digital Literacy results in savings2. Digital Literacy is …3. Digital Literacy is a

process of development4. Digital Literacy is context dependent5. Digital Literacy is social6. Digital Literacy has 8 essential elements7. Digital Literacy can be measured

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7 vital details your boss expects you to know about digital literacy