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Colin HarrisonLearning Sciences Research Institute/School of Education
University of Nottingham
colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk
Critical Internet Literacy: How capable are children of making sound judgments about the trustworthiness and relevance of Internet sites?
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Harrison, C., Dwyer, B., & Castek, J. (2014). Using technology to improve reading and learning. Shell Education, California, USA.
New skills and strategies for critical literacy in a post-typographical worldWhat are the ‘new skills and
strategies’?Who says we need them?
The British Library:
25,000,000 books
New skills and strategies for critical literacy in a post-typographical worldWhat are the ‘new skills and
strategies’?Who says we need them?
The Internet:
25,000,000,000 sites:
‘A room with 25 billion doors’
The need for Critical Internet Literacy:
The Pacific Tree Octopus site
The need for Critical Internet Literacy:
PEN-CILPlan Evaluate Navigate- Critical Internet Literacy
Group work: more constructive goal-setting, collaboration and mutual support for learning
PLANNER- where should we go, and what should we do when we get there?
Copy/ move / change / delete?Summarise? (From page?)Synthesise (across sources?)
EVALUATOR- understanding? 5-finger test? Trust? Evidence?
NAVIGATOR- how do we get there?
Search terms?Are we there yet? URL evaluationURL decisionLook for key words
PEN-CIL Study ‘How many stars?’N = 6 adult participantsN = 18 children aged 10.8-11.8
PEN-CIL Study ‘How many stars?’
PEN-CIL Study ‘How many stars?’
Gabrielle
PEN-CIL Stars sites: Wikipedia
PEN-CIL Study ‘How many stars?’
PEN-CIL Study ‘Star Signs’
PEN-CIL Study ‘EarthSky’
PEN-CIL Study ‘How many stars?’
PEN-CIL Study ‘SkyAndTelescope’
PEN-CIL Study ‘How many stars?’
Skill area Tactic Undesirable DesirableInternet reading strategies
Comprehension/inference
Group processes
PEN-CIL Stars sites Dangerous place to be if you’re wrong- High trust /High relevance
Safer place to be if you’re wrong- Low trust /Low relevance
PEN-CIL Stars sites: Wikipedia
PEN-CIL Stars sites: Wikipedia
PEN-CIL Stars sites: Wikipedia
PEN-CIL Stars sites: Wikipedia
“I don’t trust Wikipedia!”
Wrongly judged that the Wikipedia entry on stars was relevant
PEN-CIL Study ‘Star Signs’
PEN-CIL Stars sites: ‘Star signs’
PEN-CIL Stars sites: ‘Star signs’
“It’s true- but not relevant!
PEN-CIL Study ‘EarthSky’
PEN-CIL Stars sites: ‘EarthSky’
PEN-CIL Stars sites: ‘EarthSky’
PEN-CIL Stars sites: ‘Answers.com’
PEN-CIL Stars sites: ‘Answers.com’
PEN-CIL Stars sites: ‘Answers.com’
Groups that collaborate make fewer errors of judgment
Groups that work as individuals are more at risk of making errors of judgment
PEN-CIL Study - Conclusions
Skill area Tactic Undesirable DesirableInternet reading strategies
Read task carefully Proceed with poor understanding of task
Proceed with good understanding of task
Read text fully Read every word aloud ‘Let’s skim’
Neglect to scroll down Scroll down and read all of the text
Be alert/suspicious Attracted to eye candy Mistrust advertisements
Fail to consider author’s purpose
Mistrust over-friendly tone
Comprehension/inference Read between the lines Fail to monitor comprehension
Monitor individual and group comprehension
Make premature decisions Make late decisions
Fail to integrate information across source(s)
Integrate information across source(s)
Group processes Collaboration P-E-N Roles not clear P-E-N Roles clear
Fail to fulfill roles Fulfill roles
Ignore opinions of other group members
Make joint decisions on relevance and trustworthiness
Colin HarrisonLearning Sciences Research Institute/School of Education
University of Nottingham
colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk
Critical Internet Literacy: How capable are children of making sound judgments about the trustworthiness and relevance of Internet sites?
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