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GETTING STARTED WITH
DIGITAL LITERACIES
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AN OVERVIEWIN ONE SLIDE1. DIGITAL LITERACIES ARE SUBJECTIVE AND CAN CHANGE.2. DEFINING DIGITAL LITERACIES IS THE FIRST OF FIVE STEPS.3. DEFINITIONS NEED TO BE CO-CREATED TO HAVE POWER.4. CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT WHEN DEFINING DIGITAL LITERACIES.
WHAT ARE DIGITAL LITERACIES?
“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)
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“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)
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CoCommunicative
CuCultural
CgCognitive
CnConstructive
CiCivic
CrCreative
CfConfident
CtCritical
THE 8 ELEMENTSOF DIGITAL LITERACIES
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTEXT.
CuCultural
“The nature of literacy in a culture is repeatedly redefined as the result of technological changes.”
Hannon (2000)
THE 8 ELEMENTS
CuCultural
★ What are the various digital cultures/affinity spaces associated with this particular context? (e.g. Facebook/email/World of Warcraft)
THE 8 ELEMENTS
KEY QUESTION
“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
CgCognitive
THE 8 ELEMENTS★What kind of mental model(s) and
conceptual tools would be useful in this context?
KEY QUESTION
“[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
CnConstructive
THE 8 ELEMENTS★Where are the opportunities to create new
(or remix existing) artefacts in this context?
KEY QUESTION
“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
CoCommunicative
THE 8 ELEMENTS★ Which communication devices and
technologies are necessary to be successful in this context? What are the ‘nuts & bolts’?
KEY QUESTION
“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
CfConfident
THE 8 ELEMENTS
KEY QUESTION
★Where are the opportunities to learn from mistakes in this context? What are the consequences?
“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
★Where are the opportunities to ‘push the boundaries’ in this context?
CrCreative
THE 8 ELEMENTS
KEY QUESTION
“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
★Where are the opportunities for curation and self-reflection in this context?
CtCritical
THE 8 ELEMENTS
KEY QUESTION
“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
★What opportunities are there to ‘change the world’ for the individual/organisation/society in this context?
CiCivic
THE 8 ELEMENTS
KEY QUESTION
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DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES
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EVEN IF YOU DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND THEM
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LITERACIES
CoCommunicative
CuCultural
CgCognitive
CnConstructive
CiCivic
CrCreative
CfConfident
CtCritical
THESE NEED REVISITINGTO REMAIN POWERFUL
REMEMBER!
IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTEXT.
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