supporting staff development in digital literacy: the digilit leicester project
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Slides for the digital literacy workshop delivered by Lucy Atkins and Josie Fraser as part of ALT-C 2014: Riding Giants, in the Learning to Ride track. The workshop took place on Tuesday 2 September 2014 at The University of Warwick.TRANSCRIPT
The DigiLit Leicester Project
Lucy AtkinsJosie FraserRichard Hall
Project Context
• 2 year Knowledge Exchange Project• Leicester City Council, De Montfort University and 23
Leicester BSF schools
• Lucy Atkins – Research Associate• Josie Fraser – Leicester City Council• Richard Hall – De Montfort University
Developing secondary school staff digital literacy, through the implementation of a self-evaluation framework.
Project Approach
• Literature Review and Consultations
• Framework and Survey Development
• 2013 Survey
• Recommendations and School Activities
• 2014 Survey
Project Impact• Significant cultural change
• Engagement with all schools
• Digital literacy strategy and implementation plan within the University
• Shared understanding of digital literacy situated in practice
• Comparative analysis shows that a statistically significant change in staff confidence has occurred
• Openness
DigiLit Leicester Framework
• Finding, Evaluating and Organising
• Creating and Sharing
• Assessment and Feedback
• Communication, Collaboration and Participation
• E-Safety and Online Identity
• Technology supported Professional Development
Entry Core Developer Pioneer
Activity
1. In groups, select a strand or create a new strand
2. Populate strand with statements/practices relevant to each level
3. Group presentations – feeding back to the group
Feeding back at 9:40am
GroupPresentations
Project Reports and LinksInitial Project Report (outlining the secondary school digital literacy framework and including all of the survey content), June 2013
2013 Survey Results , October 2013
Defining a self-evaluation digital literacy framework for secondary educators: the DigiLit Leicester Project – Research in Learning Technology, April 2014
Project Activities Report, May 2014
2014 Survey Results, September 2014
www.digilitleic.com