digital literacies, open educational resources (oer) & open badges
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Talk to: Information Futures, Post Graduate Students at Manchester Metropolitan University, 26 March 2014TRANSCRIPT
Anthony Beal - Jisc
Manchester Metropolitan University
26 March 2014
Digital Literacies, OER & Open Badges
Today
Digital Literacies
Open Educational Resources
Open Badges
What is Digital Literacy
“…those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society: for example, the skills to use digital tools to undertake academic research, writing and critical thinking; as part of personal development planning; and as a way of showcasing achievements” (JISC, n.d.), - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/developingdigitalliteracies accessed 24-03-14
"Many learners enter further and higher education lacking the skills needed to apply digital technologies to education”
90% of new jobs will require excellent digital skills…
(JISC, n.d.), - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/developingdigitalliteracies accessed 24-03-14
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Courses that embed core digital skills, as well as subject specific use of technology, enable students to gain the skills and confidence they need to use digital technology not only to support their learning but also in the workplace."
(JISC, n.d.), - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/developingdigitalliteracies accessed 24-03-14
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sector providers to be made responsible for identifying, supporting and developing
learners' digital capabilities so that they can demonstrate their online skills to employers…
FELTAG - Paths forward to a digital future for Further Education and Skills – http://feltag.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FELTAG-REPORT-FINAL.pdf accessed 24-03-14
FELTAG recommendations
Changing definitions of digital literacies
Concepts of digital literacy were introduced as it became necessary to consider the skills and competencies of those on the receiving end of the products of the ICT industries…An initial often cited attempt at defining digital literacy (Gilster, 1997) identified four key competencies:
Assembling knowledge Evaluating information Searching Navigating in non-linear routes
Changing definitions of digital literacies
Glinster also recommended that learners communicate with the with the author of a web site by email.
If they don’t respond..don’t use the information
Did not foresee Wikipedia
Did not foresee social media
Only mention related to e-safety is inappropriate web sites
EU lists 14 areas of digital competence 1. General technical knowledge and functional skills
2. Basic use in everyday life
3. Specialized and advanced skills for work and creative expression
4. Technology mediated communication and collaboration
5. Privacy and security
6. Legal and ethical aspects
7. Information processing and management
8. Informed and flexible decision-making
9. Exploration of digital opportunities and adaptation to own needs
10. Self-directed learning with digital technologies
11. Understanding and awareness of role of ICT in society
12. Effective and efficient use
13. Seamless use and appropriation of technology
14. Balanced attitude towards technology
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http://www.slideshare.net/jisc-elearning/a-history-of-digital-literacy-in-the-uk-and-eu
Elements of Digital Literacy
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Doug Belshaw: http://www.slideshare.net/dajbelshaw/etmooc-t3-s1-digital-literacies-with-dr-doug-belshaw accessed 25-03-14
What is Digital Literacy
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What do you think digital literacy is?
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How do others define digital literacy?
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Is there an opportunity to bring these views together to benefit learners / customers?
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Why is digital literacy important
Identify the key aspects of digital literacy that relate most to your own academic / professional / personal experience explaining why they are important
Reflecting on all the various facets of digital literacy, rank the bubbles in order of importance to an organisation. Consider the implication for the individual as well as the organisational challenges
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Six tips for becoming
digitally literate
Becoming Digitally Literate
Collaborate
Evaluate
Engage
Enquire
Achievable
Open mind
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world. https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836860/What%20are%20Open
%20Educational%20Resources accessed 24-03-14
OER links
Jisc OER infoKit – http://jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/oer/
& Finding OERs
Jorum- http://www.jorum.ac.uk
The Higher Education Academy - OERs and Open Education
Edutopia - OER resources roundup
OER Commons - hub of worldwide OER resources
MMerlot - http://www.merlot.org/ - free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community
Universities - e.g. Huddersfield - MIT - Open University
Learn open practices at School of Open and examples of courses - https://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-open/
OER case studies and licencing Case Studies
OER case studies by SCORE Fellows – process.arts - http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/hea-commissioned-work-score-fellows
Licencing
The licence you choose will depend on a number of factors
Jisc Legal provides legal guidance for ICT use in education and research.
A wide range of information is available on licensing, including the OER IPR Support Project
The Creative Commons website also contains information on selecting the right CC licence for your work.
Jiscmail
Jiscmail list: OER-DISCUSS
Creative Commons Search
http://search.creativecommons.org/
Badges displayed in LinkedIn
Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges series
http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=3080
Badge design template - http://goo.gl/OAgQEI
Badge content design - http://goo.gl/3bxamT
Open Badges
The Mozilla Open Badge framework – badg.us
http://badg.us/en-US/
Mozilla BadgeKit - badges made simple
http://badgekit.openbadges.org/
My badges backpack
http://backpack.openbadges.org/share/07e759d50984909a
9a7fcd76131e09bd
My badg.us profile
http://badg.us/en-US/profiles/profile/ab
Badge for the Digital Literacy workshop
http://badg.us/en-US/badges/badge/Digital-Literacy-
Workshop
Open Badge Designer
https://www.openbadges.me/
Open Badges: what, who, why, how, design, issues –
presentation by Martin Cooke, Jisc RSC East Midlands
http://www.slideshare.net/martincooke/open-
badgesmarch2014
Write on a post-it one thing you plan to do after this session to improve your and one thing to improve your digital literacy skills
What do you think will a significant barrier to achieving this?
Start to think about how you will overcome the barrier.
References
Gillen, J. & Barton, D. (2010) Digital Literacies: A
Research Briefing by the Technology Enhanced
Learning phase of the Teaching and Learning
Research Programme. Institute of Education London.
Gilster, P. (1997) Digital literacy. New York: John Wiley
& Son
Pool, C. R. (1997). A new digital literacy. Educational
Leadership, 55(3), 6.
Jisc infoNet, Developing digital literacies INFOKIT