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Digital Literacy & Learning Communities: Supporting 21st Century Learners

Josie Fraser@josiefraser

What’s changed?

Increasing availability of network connected devices, especially mobile

Shift in mainstream social activity -rise of social networking & social web services

Rise of presence & geo indicators & services - fixed and mobile

persistent replicablesearchablescalable(de)locatable

http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/PennState2009.html

Impact of digital

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/medlitpubrss/uk_childrens_ml/full_report.pdf

Three Models of Literacy

Functional Socio-cultural Transformational

Bélisle, C. (2006) “Literacy and the Digital Knowledge Revolution” in Martin & Madigan, 2006: 51-67 Martin & Grudziecki, DigEuLit: Concepts and Tools for Digital Literacy Development (PDF)

Digital Literacy =

digital tool knowledge +critical thinking +social engagement

Digital Literacy

Supports and helps develop traditional and new literacies A life long practice – skills in the context of continual development of technologies and practicesCritical reflection on how skills and competencies are appliedSocial engagement – collaboration, communication, and creation within social contexts

Mapping vision to actions

Developing skills, competences and confidence

Supporting innovation & expert practitioners

Building capacity and sharing resource

Equipping staff and learners to engage with and create learning appropriate networks

thank you!

@josiefraser