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The focus of this forum is on Digital Literacies and staff development. Liz Bennett from the University of Huddersfield will lead a session to explore how you can support staff to be more digitally confident. You will also have an opportunity to share DL staff development ideas with colleagues. No comment yet.
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There is no doubt you know what YouTube is, but do you know about Vine? Well, Vine is a video app released by Twitter earlier this year that allows users to capture and share short looping six-second videos to Twitter and allows the user to tag people in the post. Delete the scoop?
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One newspaper writes that "there is no place in class for digital illiterates". How are our definitions of literacy being shaped in the 21st century? 
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June 6, 11:48 PM
This article expresses the importance of implementing technology into modern education, while also suggesting that it needs to be done in a meaning full way. With constant evolution, people need to be able to utilise technologies to find information and also share information with others. Therefore, digital literacies have now become just as relevant as traditional literacy in developing students’ both cognitively and socially. Expressed in this article is a warning that students who lack technological literacy skills are being left behind, and this is why finding a relationship between teaching literacy and teaching technology could help to improve understanding and skills within both content areas.
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John Dalziel talks on this short video about the Jisc RSC Northwest Annual event being held this year at St. Helens Rugby Club Delete the scoop?
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Slides and a recording of today's very well received presentation by Scott Anderton on using Social Media for marketing in education - @ScottAndertonRS Delete the scoop?
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This facilitated course runs for six weeks, starting 14 May 2013 (Americas) or 15 May (Asia, Australia). Online class times are Tuesday evenings (Americas) or Wednesdays (Asia, Australia). We will also have optional lab sessions at the same time of day on Thursday/Friday Delete the scoop?
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Martha Rotter gave a Keynote presentation at the EdTech conference in 2012 entitled Digital Literacy – Your Message is Your Medium. In her presentation Martha refers to the changing nature of digital literacy and the opposing views of technology as a distraction for learning versus technology as essential for learning.
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An interesting discussion about aspects of Digital Literacy with ideas for making the classroom more inclusive Delete the scoop?
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original image from pinnacleart Over the past 12 months the importance of embedding employability skills within qualifications has become an increasingly important consideration for HE providers. ... Delete the scoop?
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Developing distance learners' digital literacy - Katharine Reedy (Library Services), Open University
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The digital and information literacy framework at the Open University (DIL). Examines what DIL looks like for students studying a variety of subjects as well as DIL and employability Delete the scoop?
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Presentation to week 2 of the ALT OcTEL MOOC on learners' experiences of e-learning and on digital literacies
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Delegates worked with Helen to define digital literacies Delete the scoop?
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When we are “on-line” are we the same person as “off-line”? Is the person we project online the same all the time? Do we have professional and personal personas?
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Blog post examining the ethics of asking learners to create an online presence. Delete the scoop?
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Created to help support staff with Digital Literacies. It aims to highlight a number of freely available tools which can be used within academic contexts. Examples of how the tools can be used are provided and also there is a five star guide to show easy each one is to use. Categories of tool: Communication, Storage, Collaboration, Publishing, Media, Presentation and Social Bookmarking. Delete the scoop?
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A woman is sued for defamation after using Twitter to complain about delayed payments from a client. Delete the scoop?
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Today, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Digital Literacy Task Force (which is led by the Office for Information Technology Policy) releases its recommendations to advance and sustain library engagement in digital literacy initiatives nationwide. These recommendations build on the January 2013 Task Force report Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy and constitute a call to action on the part of the ALA, library education programs, front-line librarians, various funding bodies, and the diverse stakeholders who use and support library services. Delete the scoop?
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The privacy management of 16 popular social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, is “seriously deficient,” according to a study being published in the June issue of Computer magazine. Delete the scoop?
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Drawing on the wealth of OER experience and knowledge of SCORE Fellows (Support Centre for Open Resources in Education), the HEA has commissioned a set of ten high quality case studies. Delete the scoop?
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A University of Leicester-led study shows students display “Visitor” and “Resident” characteristics when using social media for learning Delete the scoop?
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Graduation season is upon us, and soon college graduates everywhere will have to face the "real world." These digital skills can help the transition.
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Each skills is related to how it can increase employability - looks useful Delete the scoop?
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How can we help today’s ‘digitally literate’ learners critically evaluate online sources?
I remember being asked by a Music Technologies tutor at an FE college to deliver a session to his learners about how to search and evaluate information online effectively, only to be greeted by the refrain “We told our teacher we don’t need you here!”
Naturally, I was a little disheartened initially, but when we started to explore the topic I realised that the learners had only really begun to scratch the surface of an area in which we are all constantly learning...
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I’m not a lover of jigsaws, it has to be said. Mainly because I’m not very good at them, but the jigsaw analogy for your digital identity is an apt one...
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Scott looks at the benefits and implications of developing multiple online identities Delete the scoop?
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This is the December 2012 call for papers for a Special Issue of Research in Learning Technology, the Journal of the Association for Learning Technology. Delete the scoop?
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Being digital from the Open University, is a collection of short, easy to follow learning activities.
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A series of 2-10 minute activities including Xerte objects, videos and podcasts covering Creating, Finding & Using information and Workplace skills Delete the scoop?
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I was delighted to take part in the University of Southampton's 2nd digital literacies conference (#sotonmooc) event yesterday. I gave a presentation on my experiences of being a student on MOOCs. However, what really made the day for me was hearing from some "real" students about the range work they have been involved in as part of the University's DigiChampions project... Delete the scoop?
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From understanding what digital literacy is, to developing skills and establishing ethical principles for students, our live chat panel share ideas and resources for universities
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Published on the Guardian web site a year ago but still worth a visit - Should be of interest to educators outside HE as well Delete the scoop?
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Sponsor's feature: A strong digital focus will attract internet-savvy students with an eye on the jobs market
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Interesting thoughts on how digital literacy skills can help students to improve their learning, research and the application of learning skills Delete the scoop?
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This is the 2nd joint Digital Literacy Forum organised by these RSCs