Delivered at Plymouth University's VCs Teaching and Learning Conference 2012.

1. Know Your Digital Literacies
Prof Neil Witt
Dr Anne McDermott
Rob Stillwell
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2. What Is SEEDPoD?
• Investigating digital literacies at Plymouth
University
• Funded under the JISC’s Developing Digital
Literacies Programme
– National Programme 2011-2013
– 12 HEIs
– 11 sector bodies and professional associations
– http://www.jisc.ac.uk/developingdigitalliteracies/
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3. What Is SEEDPoD?
• Builds on 2011 BCUP project
• Audit of systems, policies,
infrastructure and data
• Views from academic and
support staff on use of, and
practice with, existing software
and hardware systems.
• Recommending Institutional
change:
• Infrastructure
• Support
• Curriculum Design
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4. What Are Digital Literacies?
In the 21st century IT competence needed by
– learners
– teachers
– professionals
– everybody (>90% jobs require IT competence of some degree)
Seven separate ‘literacies’ contribute to 3 areas
– Content Production
– Content Consumption
– Professional and Academic Practice
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5. The Digital Literacies
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6. Digital Literacies
• ICT / Computer Literacy
Ranges from basic keyboard skills to the ability to
e.g.
explore, understand and evaluate new technologies
•working with documents, presentations and spreadsheets
•choosing and using cloud services
• Information Literacy
Find, interpret, evaluate, organise, manipulate, share
e.g.
and record information
•understanding issues of authority, reliability, provenance
•knowledge of IPR, plagiarism, citation
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7. And …..
• Media Literacy
Consumption and production of high quality media
e.g.
outputs needs a sophisticatedsuited to target audience
•Selecting transmission means most understanding of
•Use of text, video and audio editing software
audience, creator, message and technology
• Communication and Collaboration
Digital networks for sharing and collaboration in
e.g.
support of knowledge, scholarship, research and
•Email, online forums, chat rooms, social networks, webinar
learning
•Collaborating in online documents & interactive events
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8. Not forgetting …..
• Digital Scholarship
Open publishing is beginning to redefine what is meant
e.g.
by the term ‘scholarly’ have 1000s of followers
•An academic’s blog might
•Academic debates in an online community of practice
•Mandates for Open Access Publishing
• Learning Skills
The ability to study and learn effectively in technology-
e.g.
rich environments.
•Think critically, academic writing, referencing, managing tasks
•Receive assessment and acting on feedback in digital formats
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9. And finally ……
• Being a Professional
•
e.g. Also known as Life Planning, this puts digital
• Digital tools, services, social networks can be used, to aid an
literacies into a distinct framework in support of
individual’s employability.
reflection and build an ePortfolio.
• •Online promotion through blogs, Twitter, Facebook, website
Having the knowledge and skills to act ethically,
• Knowing what others can find out about you on the Internet
responsibly and safely in the digital world are vital
• Use digital tools to support PDP and CPD.
aspects of this element.
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10. The way ahead – Digital Strategy
Theme 1: Support Staff
Professional
•Develop the digital literacy skills and confidence of our
To Academicthe digital literacy ofto develop and deliver
develop Staffstaff to enable them our staff and
professional services literacy skills and confidence of our
•Develop the digital
Students
students to promote and develop the able tothe
efficient services, to embed technology inwho are
academic staff communicate students theirpromote approach,
•Develop digitally literate effectively and learning
University’s reputation,and support the deliveryour and
reputation of the University useour personalise technologies
appropriately effectively and research and of their
to communicate choose,
curriculum.
student experience. their own needs.
digital content to suit
•They will be skilled users of digital information able to act
ethically, responsibility and securely in a fast-moving digital
environment
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11. What is the University doing?
Technology Review
• Putting the Digital Strategy into practice
Based
on Resources
YOUR
needs
Training &
Development Support
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12. Find Out More
See the handouts in your
conference pack
Talk to us at the SEEDPoD
poster stand
Visit www.seedpod.org.uk
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