‘Drowning in information, starving for knowledge’: the Digital Literacy challenge in FE Dr Andrew Eynon Library & Learning Technology Manager
Communities MÔNMÔN SIR DDINBYCH SIR Y FFLINT WRECSAM
Some facts about Grŵp Llandrillo Menai 34,000 learners Approx 7,500 FT 2,000 staff 14 + Sites
What is Digital Literacy?
Our view of Digital Literacy
Digital Practices v Digital Competences
Digital Practices Socialise Have Fun Find Information Learn & Self Improvement For work/business Follow News Communicate Shop Express Self
Teaching Digital Literacy
Embedding Digital Literacy
Information Literacy
Information Literacy in the workplace
Information Literacy in schools
Information Literacy Agored (OCN) Units
Digital Scholarship
E-safety
E-safety Digital Reputation Digital fingerprint Cyberbullying Staying safe online Online frauds and fakes
Digital Reputation Management
Digital Citizenship
Basic ICT skills
ICT network
Moodle
Projects JISC PEDL project JISC PADDLE project Welsh Information Literacy Project
Peer e-guides and Digital Literacy (PeDL) project
PROJECT AIMS & OBJECTIVES Improve the Digital Literacy skills of learners and staff by: Identifying and training e-guides Developing a programme of core and further Digital Literacy sessions Developing Digital Literacy learning materials
ROLE OF A PEER E-GUIDE Point of contact Support Advocates NOT teachers
WHAT IS DIGITAL LITERACY? 5 strands: Basic IT Skills Information Skills Digital scholarship College network/Moodle E-safety/Web 2.0
Support materials E-Guide Portal TARDiS
FEEDBACK FROM E-GUIDES hIhttps:// hI
PADDLE: Personal Actualisation and Development through Digital Literacy in Education
Scope Look at the digital literacy needs of different student and staff groups across 5 FE colleges in North Wales: Coleg Harlech Coleg Llandrillo Coleg Menai Deeside College Yale College Wrexham
Communities of Practice Identity - a way of uniquely identifying people in the system. Presence - a way of knowing who is online, available or otherwise nearby. Relationships - a way of describing how two users in the system are related. Conversations - a way of talking to other people through the system. Groups - a way of forming communities of interest. Reputation - a way of knowing the status of other people in the system (who's a good citizen? who can be trusted?) Sharing - a way of sharing things that are meaningful to participants (files, media etc)
Individual applications Integrated applications
A level ‘Technology Group’ Governors SMT COPs - ipads
Webinar software
E-portfolios with ILS learners
Wi Fi Access Access to ICT in the Classroom Institutional Policies Access to ICT in the Workplace Creepy Treehouse ICT Confident Not ICT Competent Technology Bypass
Digital Natives versus Digital Immigrants
Digital Residents and Digital Visitors