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These are slides for a one-hour session on digital literacy with students on the Foundation Degree in Library and Information Practice at Glyndŵr University, 17 September 2013. The session was delivered remotely by videoconference and the slides were used to introduce the topic and provide the basis for discussion with the students and their tutor.
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Digital
literacy
Glyndŵr University FdSc Library and Information Practice
17/10/13
Lis ParcellJisc RSC Wales
www.slideshare.net/lisparcell
Image courtesy of spyksterwww.flickr.com/photos/spykster
What’s our experience of digital?
What is digital literacy?
“By digital literacy we mean those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society”
(Jisc, 2011 )
Image source: Jisc infoNet www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk
Some other definitions“the confident and
critical use of ICT for work, leisure, learning and
communication“(EU)
“digital literacy is about mastering
ideas not keystrokes” (Paul Gilster)
What does digital literacy mean to
you?
Digital literacies: the need
• “Many learners enter further and higher education lacking the skills needed to apply digital technologies to education. As 90% of new jobs will require excellent digital skills, improving digital literacy is an essential component of developing employable graduates.” (JISC, 2011) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies.aspx
What does digital literacy mean for your learners/customers?
www.getcaerphillyonline.org.uk/digitalfridays
Image courtesy of Steve Paine http://www.flickr.com/photos/umpcportal/
Digital: changing our relationship with learners/customers?
Images : thanks to http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/
The role of the librarian: some questions
• What professional librarian skills could be useful for digital literacy?
• Are new skills needed?• Does a shift to digital mean a threat to other
library activities?• How can digital literacy help library advocacy
and professional networking in general?
Some key resources for digital literacy
• Jisc guide “Developing students’ digital literacy” http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-students-digital-literacy
• Jisc Digital Literacies Programme #jiscdiglit• http
://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies.aspx • PADDLE project (Grŵp Llandrillo Menai)• http
://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/paddlellandrillo.aspx
• Digidol project (Cardiff University)• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/DigiDol.aspx
• Jisc Regional Support Centres digital literacy support http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/digitalliteracy.aspx
• Jisc RSCs digital literacy links• https://groups.diigo.com/group/digital-literacy-resources • Lis Parcell’s digital literacy links (under revision!)• https://delicious.com/lisparcell/digital_literacies
Stay in touch• Lis Parcell• [email protected]• @lisparcell
• Sharon Cook• [email protected]• @S_Cook2013
Jisc RSC Wales websitewww.jiscrsc.ac.uk/wales
@rscwales
Jisc main websitewww.jisc.ac.uk