Developing Digital scholarship and information literate staff

Developing digital scholarship and information literate staff

Dr Jane SeckerLondon School of Economics and Political

Science

UCISA Digital Capabilities Conference: 26th-27th May 2016

The trouble with terminology…

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My dolly is bigger than yours….

Image: ‘Russian Dolls’ by Lachlan Fearnley, CC BY-SA 3.0Matryoshka metaphor conceived by Florence Dujardin (@afdujardin)

Information Literacy and other literaciesSecker and Coonan, 2013

Digital literacies or capabilities?

What is digital literacy?…….the capabilities which fit someone for

living, learning and working in a digital society. Jisc (2015)

Literacy = studentsCapability = staff

Scholarship??

What is information literacy?Information literacy empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion in all nations.

UNESCO (2005) Alexandria Proclamation

A New Curriculum for Information Literacy (ANCIL)

Secker and Coonan (2013)

Is digital a red herring?

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Or is digital an opportunity?

Digital natives?

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Visitors and residents

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Digital literacy at LSE: 2005-2016

Digital literacy is real

What works ?

What doesn’t?

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Innovation and transforming teaching

Working with students as partners

Aligning with strategy

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Making it sustainable

Sustainability by Kyle MacKenzie at https://flic.kr/p/6s1ssp

Collaboration ….

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Thank you – any questions?@jsecker

http://janesecker.wordpress.com [email protected]

Further readingHinrichsen, J and Coombs (2013). The five resources of critical digital literacy: a framework for curriculum integration. Research in Learning Technology. 21: 21334. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v21.21334

Jisc (2015) Developing students’ digital literacy: quick guide. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-students-digital-literacy

LSE SADL Project: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsesadl

Secker, Jane (2012) Digital literacy support for researchers: the personalised approach. In: Priestner, Andy and Tilley, Elizabeth, (eds.) Personalising library services in higher education: the boutique approach. Ashgate, Farnham, UK, pp. 107 -125. Available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/45810/

Secker, J and Coonan, E. (2013) Rethinking Information Literacy: a practical framework for supporting learning. Facet Publishing: London.

Straumsheil, C (2016, May 13) Leave it in the Bag. Inside Higher Education. Available at: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/13/allowing-devices-classroom-hurts-academic-performance-study-finds

UNESCO (2015) Media and Information Literacy. Available at: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/media-development/media-literacy/mil-as-composite-concept/

White, D and Le Cornu, (2011) Visitors and Residents: a new typology for online engagement. First Monday. Available at: http://firstmonday.org/article/view/3171/3049