what place does digital inclusion have in digital literacy? - helen milner
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Helen Milner OBE, @helenmilnerChief Executive, Tinder Foundation10 February 2016
What place does digital inclusion have in digital
literacy?
#digilibraries
●Joint concerns over digital inclusion issues and digital literacy
●Many in public libraries now moving beyond providing just basic IT skills
●ILG have many academic librarian members supporting digital literacy in universities
Why Tinder Foundation and ILG?
#digilibraries
11:00 - 11:15 Welcome11:15 - 12:30 Informal peer-led learning opportunities (three short presentations followed by discussions)12:30 - 13:30 Lunch & networking13:30 - 14:45 Informal peer-led learning opportunities (three short presentations followed by discussions) 14:45 - 15:15 Wrap up, summary and final comments
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• Digital Tasks• Such as: sending an email; filling in a form;
shopping online• Digital Literacy
• Confident and able to do a number of tasks independently
• Digital Fluency• Confident to try whatever need to
do on the internet without help
How can public libraries partner with Tinder Foundation?
• Use existing resources: Become a UK online centre, explore Learn My Way, etc
• Work with partners: local partner to come into the Library to support users, or go out to partners to deliver
• Design around local needs: Hooks, audience groups. Health has broad appeal (Learn My Way)
• Talk to each other: Use the Ning to talk across sectors and memberships