Sunday, June 27, 2010
Michael Wesch at STLHE 2010
A short Michael Wesch youtube video filmed by Tatian Diniz of University of Wales, about his keynote at STLHE 2010 June 24th at Ryerson. He created a mashup video and encouraged all educators to become comfortable with this technology.
He is a Digital Ethnographer and has also posted these more popular youtube videos:
A Vision of Students Today
The Machine is Us/ing Us
An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube
Tonya Noel and I presented on Avatars: Usefulness in Collaborative Online Learning Environments. See program details.
Challenges of effective online learning are well documented. Two playful activities attempted to address the issue of creating a community of learners in a collaborative online environment. The first was to create a depiction of oneself using character building tools. Avatars, complete with props, were self‐created to represent online identities of class members and to provide opportunities for comment, discussion and engagement. The second activity required participants to creatively express their thoughts on an abstract topic without using text. Participants were then invited to guess the information their peers were trying to portray and intentions vs. interpretations were discussed. These simple and ludic activities were favourably welcomed with high participation by the group. The outcomes reflected stronger senses of engagement, belonging and trust. Our session is intended to provide an overview of the activities' benefits and challenges, discuss related literature on online collaboration, sense of community, and learner identities, and engage attendees in creation activities of their own.
He is a Digital Ethnographer and has also posted these more popular youtube videos:
A Vision of Students Today
The Machine is Us/ing Us
An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube
Tonya Noel and I presented on Avatars: Usefulness in Collaborative Online Learning Environments. See program details.
Challenges of effective online learning are well documented. Two playful activities attempted to address the issue of creating a community of learners in a collaborative online environment. The first was to create a depiction of oneself using character building tools. Avatars, complete with props, were self‐created to represent online identities of class members and to provide opportunities for comment, discussion and engagement. The second activity required participants to creatively express their thoughts on an abstract topic without using text. Participants were then invited to guess the information their peers were trying to portray and intentions vs. interpretations were discussed. These simple and ludic activities were favourably welcomed with high participation by the group. The outcomes reflected stronger senses of engagement, belonging and trust. Our session is intended to provide an overview of the activities' benefits and challenges, discuss related literature on online collaboration, sense of community, and learner identities, and engage attendees in creation activities of their own.
Is Networked Literacy Distinct from Digital Literacy?
Jeff Utecht blogs about Networked Literacy and the importance of teaching this to students. He believes that some schools are beginning to bring Digital Literacy into the equation. See
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/are-we-teaching-networked-literacy
I'm not sure that I believe that Networked Literacy is distinct from Digital Literacy.
http://www.thethinkingstick.com/are-we-teaching-networked-literacy
I'm not sure that I believe that Networked Literacy is distinct from Digital Literacy.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Conscientization, Freire and Digital Literacy
Doug Belshaw links Freire's thinking around conscientization and digital literacy where he concludes that Freire would not see digital literacy as an entity but rather those who are digitally literate.
http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/06/10/freire-conscientization-digital-literacy/
http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/06/10/freire-conscientization-digital-literacy/
Are Net Gens tech literate and more...
TechTicker (by Mike Bogle) discusses elearning, educational technology and emerging technology. In this post, discussing digital literacy, pedagogy and the Net Generation, Bogle looks at a few academic articles. One defines ICT Literacy to include "generativity" and takes into account attitude. Another article discusses how students might apply technology in learning. The final article emphasizes the importance of instructor attitude and confidence in teaching with technology. See http://techticker.net/2010/06/11/digital-literacy-pedagogy-and-the-so-called-net-generation/
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Digital Literacy Across the Curriculum
From FutureLab (2010) - Digital Literacy Across the Curriculum.
U.K. Report says "digital literacy should be understood as a wide set of practices that enable students to create, share and understand meaning and knowledge in an increasingly digital age"
p. 61.
See http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/handbooks/digital_literacy.pdf
U.K. Report says "digital literacy should be understood as a wide set of practices that enable students to create, share and understand meaning and knowledge in an increasingly digital age"
p. 61.
See http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/handbooks/digital_literacy.pdf
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