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Sue Beckingham and Doug Belshaw Digital Literacy Conference
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Sue Beckingham and Doug Belshaw Digital Literacy Conference
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Connecting the Digital Dots: 21st Century Digital Literacy
ies
Sue Beckingham @suebecks
Do we remember what literacy used to be?
Was it simply the 3 Rs?: Reading wRiting aRithmitic
algoRithms
Literacy has been described as the ability to read for knowledge and write coherently and think critically about the written word. Literacy can also include the ability to understand all forms of communication, be it body language, pictures, video or sound (reading, speaking, listening and viewing). Evolving definitions of literacy often include all the symbol systems relevant to a particular community. Literacy encompasses a complex set of abilities to understand and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture for personal and community development. In a technological society, the concept of literacy is expanding to include the media and electronic text, in addition to alphabetic and number systems. These abilities vary in different social and cultural contexts according to need and demand.
A Public Computer Image in Pittsburgh: Literacy Windows
(Link and Speranza 1992)
Mackenzie 2009
Literacy encompasses a complex set of abilities
Literacies
¨ Natural Literacy ¨ Artistic Literacy ¨ Media Literacy ¨ Ethical Literacy ¨ Visual Literacy ¨ Numerical Literacy ¨ Social/Cultural Literacy ¨ Emotional Literacy ¨ Organisational Literacy ¨ Environmental Literacy ¨ Scientific Literacy
What other Literacies are
there?
Knowledge of a particular subject, or a particular type
of knowledge?
Trying to provide just one definition
could quite easily get anyone into a tangle!
So trying to define what is meant by Digital Literacy may not be simply weaving together one statement.
It needs
CONTEXT
Context + access, skills and practices
“By digital literacy we mean those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society.” (Beetham, 2009)
For example: • the use of digital tools to undertake academic research,
writing and critical thinking • digital professionalism • the use of specialist digital tools and data sets • communicating ideas effectively in a range of media • producing, sharing and critically evaluating information • collaborating in virtual networks • using digital technologies to support reflection and PDP • managing digital reputation and showcasing
achievements.
(Beetham, for JISC 2012)
Context
ICT literacy is using digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society
(International ICT Literacy Panel, 2002)
ACCESS MANAGE INTEGRATE EVALUATE CREATE
Cognitive Proficiency
Technical Proficiency
Increasing complexity of knowledge and expertise
ICT Proficiency
ICT LITERACY
(Adapted from the International ICT Literacy Panel Report, 2002:18)
e.g. literacy, numeracy, problem solving, spacial and visual literacy skills
e.g. knowledge of hardware, software,
networks and elements of
digital technology
Increasing complexity of knowledge and expertise
Cognitive Proficiency
Technical Proficiency
ICT Proficiencies are enablers which allow individuals to maximise the capabilities of technology >>> innovation, individual
transformation and societal change
ICT Proficiency
ICT LITERACY ACCESS MANAGE INTEGRATE EVALUATE CREATE
The integration and application of cognitive + technical skills = ICT Proficiency
(Futurelab: Digital literacy across the curriculum 2010:19)
As you will come to appreciate there are
in fact multiple Digital Literacies and
21st century skills
?
The important thing is to find opportunities to apply 21st century skills to learning and teaching in a variety of contexts
(North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC) 2002)
Doug Belshaw @dajbelshaw / @dajbconf
Further Reading
JISC Developing Digital Literacies