Emerging Technologies – Embedded Digital Literacies

Frances Bell, f.bell@salford.ac.ukMarie GriffithsMaria Kutar

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Context, Philosophy and Design

X 6

theorypractice

Personal/ consumer

Commercial/ producer

Example of linking theory/ising to (personal)

practice

How does your personal network influence finding and sharing

behaviours?

Findinglinks

Saving/ sharinglinks

Network influences volume/ quality

Network influences impact

2 virtuous circles if finding/sharingStrength is in overlap

Delicious

Twitter

Then applied to business context

Issues and Emerging Themes

(from reflective assignments)

Increased awareness of implications of personal use e.g.Facebook

Comments on their use of links/ plugins in public web content conveys a sense of themselves as active nodes in socio-technical network

Web site evaluation important practice of critique

Reviewing consumer /producer relationship in business context

Over to you – I am listening

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What next?Module (PRINT) handbook (except slides)

Use classroom-based discussion in place of lab-based activities

Refine assessment

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