Savvy, safe, social…and scholarly? skills for an Open World

Learning in an Open World Conference, Katharine Reedy / Jo Parker / Kirsty Baker,

OU Library Services, June 2010

What does the new information landscape look like?

Finding is easy, trust is harder…• How do you know what to trust?

– Peer reviewed? from the BBC? OU course materials? • How do you know who to trust online?

– The green gnome: http://xtranormal.com/watch/6647737/

• Where will you learn the skills to make sense of what you find?

…there are legal issues too• What can you do with stuff when you’ve found it? (who

owns it?)• Are tweets copyrightable? • Man appeals against fine for spoof tweet:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/03/tweeter-appeal-spoof-message-conviction

What skills do we need?Digital literacy: survival skills for

the 21st century (Martin Bean, Naomi Sargant memorial lecture):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0tV0Zolb2w&feature=related

What is digital literacy?

How does digital literacy relate to information literacy?

Digital literacy at the OU

• What does digital literacy mean for you in your context?• How should it be taught?• Whose responsibility is it to ensure digital literacy is

integrated into the curriculum?

Join the debate on Cloudworks:

http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3090

Acknowledgements• Cristobal Cobo Romani (2009) Digital natives http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergonomic/3363073562/• ConanTheLibrarian (2009) Kayaking the middle fork

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25080113@N06/3726646733/ • dougbelshaw (2009) Wordle of my Ed.D. Thesis as at 13/11/09

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbelshaw/4099913923/• Emilio Quintana (2010) 8 componentes de la competencia digital – Futurelab

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eq/4553718011/• Express Monorail (2010) Daily Disney – Fireworks

http://www.flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/4338308590/ • HatM (2009) Spaghetti with tomato sauce http://www.flickr.com/photos/hatm/3448832284/• j.o.h.n. Walker (2008) Fog over Istanbul skyscrapers

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatcouldgowrong/2245309248/• Krista76 (2007) Old new media readings http://www.flickr.com/photos/slimcoincidence/406910873/• Jami3.org (2008) iPhone 3G (1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiemc/3121991019/• LivingOS (2008) Power on button http://www.flickr.com/photos/livingos/2494500294/• McKenzie, Dianne (2010) My understanding of information literacy

http://librarygrits.blogspot.com/2010/05/information-literacy-is-basis-for-all.html • nasa1fan/MSFC (2008) Coronet Cluster is Star-Making Hotspot (NASA, Chandra, 9/13/07)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/2675405174/• Music sound track: George_Ellinas_-_Pulse_(George_Ellinas_remix)