developing digital scholarship and information literate staff
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Developing digital scholarship and information literate staff
Dr Jane SeckerLondon School of Economics and Political
Science
UCISA Digital Capabilities Conference: 26th-27th May 2016
The trouble with terminology…
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My dolly is bigger than yours….
Image: ‘Russian Dolls’ by Lachlan Fearnley, CC BY-SA 3.0Matryoshka metaphor conceived by Florence Dujardin (@afdujardin)
Information Literacy and other literaciesSecker and Coonan, 2013
Digital literacies or capabilities?
What is digital literacy?…….the capabilities which fit someone for
living, learning and working in a digital society. Jisc (2015)
Literacy = studentsCapability = staff
Scholarship??
What is information literacy?Information literacy empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion in all nations.
UNESCO (2005) Alexandria Proclamation
A New Curriculum for Information Literacy (ANCIL)
Secker and Coonan (2013)
Is digital a red herring?
http://www.public-domain-image.com
Or is digital an opportunity?
Digital natives?
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Visitors and residents
Images: Jisc InfoNet Visitors and Residents collection licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/sets/72157641903755433/
Digital literacy at LSE: 2005-2016
Digital literacy is real
What works ?
What doesn’t?
Startled cat from Flickr licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND: https://flic.kr/p/5XpzSf
Innovation and transforming teaching
Working with students as partners
Aligning with strategy
Portrait of a loser from Flickr licensed under CC-BY: https://flic.kr/p/xbDGE
Making it sustainable
Sustainability by Kyle MacKenzie at https://flic.kr/p/6s1ssp
Collaboration ….
Marvel Avengers from Flickr licensed under CC-BY: https://flic.kr/p/dza1Nr Together from Flickr licensed under CC-BY-SA: https://flic.kr/p/C5JP
Further readingHinrichsen, J and Coombs (2013). The five resources of critical digital literacy: a framework for curriculum integration. Research in Learning Technology. 21: 21334. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v21.21334
Jisc (2015) Developing students’ digital literacy: quick guide. https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-students-digital-literacy
LSE SADL Project: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsesadl
Secker, Jane (2012) Digital literacy support for researchers: the personalised approach. In: Priestner, Andy and Tilley, Elizabeth, (eds.) Personalising library services in higher education: the boutique approach. Ashgate, Farnham, UK, pp. 107 -125. Available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/45810/
Secker, J and Coonan, E. (2013) Rethinking Information Literacy: a practical framework for supporting learning. Facet Publishing: London.
Straumsheil, C (2016, May 13) Leave it in the Bag. Inside Higher Education. Available at: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/13/allowing-devices-classroom-hurts-academic-performance-study-finds
UNESCO (2015) Media and Information Literacy. Available at: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/media-development/media-literacy/mil-as-composite-concept/
White, D and Le Cornu, (2011) Visitors and Residents: a new typology for online engagement. First Monday. Available at: http://firstmonday.org/article/view/3171/3049