Digital Literacies exemplars
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:
JISC Digital Literacies programme: A history of Digital Literacy in UK & EU #JISCDigLit — Digital Fingerprint
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).Futurelab's Digital Literacy PD Resource
p22 chapter of tools recommended for use under themes (sharing images, writing, etc) by Jul 30
Hague_UK Futurelab's 2009 report: DigitalParticipation, dig literacy &schools
Chapter 2 plain language definition of digital literacy
p8 fig 1 graphic/table represents a model of digital literacy "offers a conceptual framework for embedding digital literacy as an aim in the curriculum and for developing strategies to develop it through classroom activities." by Jul 30
Californian Digital Literacy pathway_July_2010.pdf
p17 strategies for Higher Ed are state focussed, and the report states with complex multi tiered state environment (equiv of tafe, uni etc), that strategies should be motivational.
p66 pd framework to develop digital literacy in teachers by Jul 30
National Education Technology Plan 2010
“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” —President Barack Obama, Address to Congress, February 24, 2009 The National Education Technology Plan, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology , calls for applying the advanced technologies used in our daily personal and professional lives to our entire education system to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for continuous improvement. It presents five goals with recommendations for states, districts, the federal government, and other stakeholders. Each goal addresses one of the five essential components of learning powered by technology: Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure, and Productivity. <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
Gillen&Barton_Digital Literacies
Gillen and Barton's "A Research Briefing by the Technology
Enhanced Learning phase of the Teaching
and Learning Research Programme". Jan 2010.
kp by Jul 30