JISC Digital Literacies programme: A history of Digital Literacy in UK & EU #JISCDigLit — Digital Fingerprint. Sarah Payton & Tabetha Newman The EU describes it as digital competency.
Lots of debate about what it is, but if we’re talking policy at institutions, it’s important to know what you are seeking to implement. Recommended books: Great (simple) definition of digital literacies: Arguments against “digital natives”: Students often get disheartened when they search the web. Students need to move beyond practitioner training, and into being strong independent learners, who are confident to go off and try for themselves. We have to accept that ‘new’ is here to stay, and that we will no longer be ‘masters’.
Assessment needs to change, to ensure that students will NEED to remix the information that’s available, rather than the “digital parrot” [my words!] Mentioned in the chat: Majority of support available is processes. European Union – recognized the need for more training for a knowledge economy (rather than a production economy), see The EU 14 areas of digital competence: E.G. Sarah Payton: Digital_literacy.pdf (application/pdf Object) Digital Literacies in Transition – A Model for Transforming Graduate Attributes. Summary Learners have a common goal - to succeed through Higher Education and into the global market.
This once meant attaining a level of academic competence, this definition has become fluid both in the eyes of the learner, those involved in delivery and future employers. Indeed, a recent review of what employers want from graduates is diverse and includes numerous attributes and skills of which a core part is digital literacy (DL). Despite the significant amount of work to support students’ transition into HE as well as progression through a programme there is a gap in our understanding around how transition and attainment of graduate attributes is linked to digital literacies. Therefore, the aim of this project is to: develop a model to support digital maturity linked to graduate attribute development (See figure below). This project will employ cross-university studentships to foster a community of student-led research to support and feed into all other aspects of the work.
Futurelab's Digital Literacy PD Resource. Futurelab's digital literacy across curriculum (secondary) Hague_UK Futurelab's 2009 report: DigitalParticipation, dig literacy &schools. Californian Digital Literacy pathway_July_2010.pdf. National Education Technology Plan 2010. The Digital University - A Proposed Framework for Strategic Develop... Jenkins: 21st C Participatory culture. Gillen&Barton_Digital Literacies. Digital Literacy - Education.