The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies

THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES

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THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE1. 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)

WHAT ARE DIGITAL LITERACIES?

8 ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL LITERACIES

DIGITAL LITERACIES IN YOUR CONTEXT

OVERVIEW5-STEP PROCESS MODEL

CONCLUSION

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#DIGILIT

PART IWHAT ARE DIGITAL LITERACIES?

SAME WORD

DIFFERENT MEANING

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DIFFERENT WORD

SAME MEANING

DO WE EVENKNOW WHATLITERACYIS, ANYWAY?

Literacy is a characteristic acquired by

individuals in varying degrees from just above

none to an indeterminate upper level. Some

individuals are more or less literate than

others but it is really not possible to speak of

illiterate and literate persons as two distinct

categories.” (UNESCO, 1957)

“[Literacy as] independent

of and impartial towards

trends and struggles in

everyday life.”(Street, 1984)

“[Literacy as] an active

relationship or a way of

orienting to the social

and cultural world.”(Lankshear, 1999)

AUTONOMOUS IDEOLOGICAL

MEDIALITERACY

INFOCOMM

DIGITALKOMPETANSE

DIGITALMEDIALITERACY

INFORMATIONLITERACY

DIGITALMEDIALITERACY

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ACADEMICSLIKE THEIRUMBRELLATERMS

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“Digital literacy is a complex and contested term. It is often understood as the ability to participate in a range of critical and creative practices that involve understanding, sharing and creating meaning with different kinds of technology and media.” (2010:3)

http://futurelab.org.uk/resources/school-approaches-developing-students-digital-literacy

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What are digital literacies? How does it relate to my practice?

http://futurelab.org.uk/resources/digital-literacy-professional-development-resource

Planning activitiesActivities for the classroom

PART II5-STEPPROCESS MODEL

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Resources created for Becta before it was abolished.

http://www.timmuslimited.co.uk/archives/117

5-step process model: Define, Access, Understand & Evaluate, Create, Communicate

http://www.slideshare.net/TabethaNewman/digital-literacy-literature-review-from-terminology-to-action

8Cs

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Q. WHAT KIND OF TOOLSARE HELPFUL HERE?

FLICKRWIKIPEDIA

MS WORD

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PART III8 ELEMENTSOF DIGITAL LITERACIES

CoCommunicative

CuCultural

CgCognitive

CnConstructive

CiCivic

CrCreative

CfConfident

CtCritical

THE 8 ELEMENTSOF DIGITAL LITERACIES

CuCultural

“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.”

Johnson (2008)

CgCognitive

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.”

DigEuLit project, quoted in Martin (2006)

CnConstructive

THE 8 ELEMENTS

“Digital literacy must therefore involve a systematic awareness of how digital media are constructed and of the unique 'rhetorics' of interactive communication.”

Buckingham (2007)

CoCommunicative

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 professional culture that is dominated by 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 ELEMENTS

“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)

CiCivic

THE 8 ELEMENTS

RANK THESE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

CoCommunicative

CuCultural Cg

Cognitive

CnConstructive

CiCivic

CrCreativeCf

Confidence

CtCritical

“And, whilst it may be possible to produce lists of the components

of digital literacy, and to show how they fit together, it is not

sensible to suggest that one specific model of digital literacy will

be appropriate for all people or, indeed, for one person over all

their lifetime. Updating of understanding and competence will be

necessary as individual circumstances change, and as changes in

the digital information environment bring the need for new fresh

understanding and new competencies; as Martin (2006a) puts it,

digital literacy is "a condition, not a threshold".” (Bawden, 2008)

GESTURESJoão Machadohttp://vimeo.com/7338692

SHOULDWE TEACH(CONCEPTUAL)SHORTCUTS?

PART 4DIGITAL LITERACIESIN YOUR CONTEXT

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DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES

CHANGE

EVEN IF YOU DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND THEM

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WHAT DO DIGITAL LITERACIES DEPEND UPON?

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WHICH ELEMENTS ARE INVOLVED HERE?WHAT IS PRESUPPOSED?

RADIUS OFINTEREST

RADIUS OFOPPORTUNITY

WHAT’S

HERE?

INDIVIDUALINTEREST

EDUCATIONALINSTITUTIONS

DIGITAL

LITERACIES

WHICH DIGITAL LITERACIES PRACTICES SHOULD THE AVERAGE

14 YEAR-OLD BE FAMILIAR WITH?

PROCEDURAL

INDIVIDUAL

CRITICAL

SOCIAL

(EDITING)

WE NEED TO DEVELOP

SKILLS IN ALL 4 ZONES

? ?

CONCLUSIONHAS YOUR PERCEPTIONOF DIGITAL LITERACIES

CHANGED?(NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD, ARE THEY?)

THE ARGUMENTIN ONE SLIDE1. 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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