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If literacy is just ‘reading and writing’ then why has so much ink been spilled over such a simple concept? Is there just one ‘literacy’ to rule them all? Or are there multiple literacies? Is what we do online a ‘literacy’? I believe there to be 8 essential elements to digital literacies and that definitions of digital literacies should be co-created to have power. In this presentation I point to useful resources (from JISC and elsewhere), ask some questions as conversation starters and provide some practical examples of how you can develop digital literacy skills in yourself and others. Since this presentation, I've written an e-book entitled 'The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies' that you may want to check out: https://gum.co/digilit
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HOW TO DEVELOPDIGITAL LITERACIESIN YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
DOUGBELSHAW
DOUGBELSHAW.COM
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?
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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
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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
CuCultural
THE 8 ELEMENTS“The nature of literacy in a culture is repeatedly redefined as the result of technological changes.”
Hannon (2000)
THE 8 ELEMENTS“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.”
CgCognitive
Johnson (2008)
THE 8 ELEMENTS“[Digital literacy is] the awareness, attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital tools...in order to enable constructive social action.”
CnConstructive
DigEuLit project (2006)
THE 8 ELEMENTS
CoCommunicative
“Digital literacy must therefore involve a systematic awareness of how digital media are constructed and of the unique 'rhetorics' of interactive communication.”
Buckingham (2007)
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 ELEMENTSCiCivic
“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)
“ Digital literacy is a condition, not a threshold.
Martin (2006)
“
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DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES
CHANGE
EVEN IF YOU DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND THEM
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTEXT
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51. DEFINE 2. ACCESS 3. UNDERSTAND & EVALUATE4. CREATE 5. COMMUNICATE
PROCEDURAL
INDIVIDUAL
CRITICAL
SOCIAL
(EDITING)
WE NEED TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN ALL 4 ZONES
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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
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WHICH ELEMENTS ARE INVOLVED HERE?WHAT IS PRESUPPOSED?
DOES THIS INVOLVE DIGITAL LITERACIES?(FOR THE PRODUCER? FOR THE READER?)
http://nyti.ms/uRU64gA RECENT EXAMPLECASUAL PEPPER SPRAY COP
A RECENT EXAMPLECASUAL PEPPER SPRAY COP
http://chzb.gr/uVUECn
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTEXT
TRADITIONALCONTEXT + NEW
TWIST
DIFFERENTLITERACY
=
CnConstr
uctive
CgCognitive
CuCultural
DIGITAL LITERACIES
CuConfident
CoCommunicative
CICivic
CrCreat
ive
CtCritical
JISC is the UK’s expert on information and digital technologies for education and research
JISC is funded by all the UK post 16 and higher education funding bodies as well as the Research Councils.
http://www.jisc.ac.ukFREERESOURCES!
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies.aspx
http://www.caledonianacademy.net/spaces/LLiDA/
“ Digital literacy defines those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society.
JISC (2009)
“
POWER!
NEED TO BEDEFINITIONS
CO-CREATED
TO HAVE
WE NEED TO HELP
STUDENTS DEAL WITH:
Findings from the JISC-funded LliDA study
• Economic uncertainty
• High competition for employment
• Alternative models of employment
• The rise of interdisciplinary teams
• Multi-cultural working & living environments
• Blurring boundaries of ‘real’ and ‘virtual’
• Ubiquitous and embedded digital
technologies
• Distribution of cognitive work into networks
of expertise
WE CAN HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP
EFFECTIVE PRACTICES
BY :Findings from the JISC-funded LliDA study
• Designing flexible learning opportunities
• Situating learning opportunities in authentic contexts
• Designing learning opportunities to operate in distributed
networks
• Continually reviewing how technologies are integrated into
curriculum tasks
• Continually reviewing learners’ techno-social practice
• Supporting learners with their own technologies
• Using assessment and feedback to encourage innovation in
learners’ study habits
• Supporting learners in developing self-efficacy and self-
direction to navigate complex learning landscapes
• Supporting learners’ personal reflection, progression and
planning (e.g. by using e-portfolios and learning records)
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
CuCulturalEXAMPLE 2: PARTICIPATING IN
A CONFERENCE BACKCHANNEL
CrCreative
CgCognitive
CuCulturalEXAMPLE 3: CREATING AN
AUDIO/VIDEO/IMAGE MASHUP
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RESOURCES MENTIONED
• Belshaw, D. (2011) What is digital literacy? A Pragmatic investigation http://neverendingthesis.com
• JISC (2009) LliDA: Learning Literacies for the Digital Age http://www.caledonianacademy.net/spaces/LLiDA/
• JISC (2011) Developing Digital Literacies Programme http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies.aspx
• JISC (2011) Developing Digital Literacies Workshop Materials http://bit.ly/dsdiglitworkshops
• 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)
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