1. H800 Weeks 8 and 9
Mapping digital media to four facets of learning
The context of activities described in the table below is that of a recently completed
project “Digital Futures in Teacher Education” which was part of the UK Open
Educational Resources programme and focused on digital literacy in teacher
education, involving school teachers and their pupils as well as PGCE tutors and their
students (www.digitalfutures.org)
Tools and a description of their use in a Types of learning
particular context
Evidence and demonstration
reflectionThinking and
activityExperience and
interactionConversation and
For example: an individual blog being used as a
reflective diary or a group-based blog being used
to collect a set of class resources to support a
particular course.
Wikis used as a collaborative space to support x x
project methodology based on principles of
reflexivity and dialogue between project
participants
Twitter used as a professional development tool X
where the users followed were representatives of
professional organisations and relevant
communities of practice in the area of e-learning
with an emphasis on Open Educational Resources
Video clips used to capture the work of the x x
teachers involved with the project who developed
case studies demonstrating issues of embedding
digital literacy within the classroom
Slideshare used as a tool to store documents x
produced by the project (reports, leaflets,
conference presentations) and disseminate them
more widely across the sector
Blog used as a dissemination tool and a vehicle for x x
project team to reflect on their experience of
involvement with the project and their evolving
understandings of digital literacy and Open
Educational Resources
Skype used as a tool to communicate with project x
partners and to disseminate the outputs of the
project to prospective international collaborators
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