Part 1 and Part 2 of workshops on Digital Literacies supported by work on https://docs.google.com/document/d/13gto_6FTpDYPHqtV2taesJ67t5NgYayVpYuZ_C2-2sI/edit#
3. Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize,
share, and create content using information
technologies and the Internet. (Cornell University)
To be digitally literate is to have access to a broad range
of practices and cultural resources that you are able to
apply to digital tools. It is the ability to make and share
meaning in different modes and formats; to create,
collaborate and communicate effectively and to
understand how and when digital technologies can best
be used to support these processes. (Futurelab)
Digital literacy is using technologies to find, use and
disseminate information. (Deakin University)
4. The capabilities which fit
someone for living, learning and
working in a digital society.
(JISC)
5. applying off-the-shelf, ‘objective’
definitions of digital or new
literacies is likely to ultimately
lead to failure.….Context is key
(Belshaw)
Focus on ozdls as it is in the empowering and equipping students in work here and in my job that focuses my attentions on dig literacy
Ask audience for possible definitions.
Show 3 definitions and point to Futurelab as being the most used.
Argue that all these are too specific, too defintive, too confining
This has been used in HE circles as it is generic and allows for personalisation, ownership and interpretation
Doug Belshaw’s neverending thesis suggested no generic definition
Please ensure that the sponsors are acknowledged at the end of your session…….invite delegates to try out the new solutions available in the exhibition.
