1. Defining Digital Literacy What does it mean to literate in the 2012?

2. Group Activity O Break out into groups of 4-5 O Discuss what it means to be literate in the traditional sense O Come up with a definition for traditional literacy O Discuss what it means to be digital literate in 2012 O Come up with a working definition for Digital Literacy

3. Definitions in the Literature O Digital literacy is the ability to efficiently and accurately use digital information technologies and the information retrieved from them in a variety of contexts, such as academic, career, or daily life. (Gilster, 1997) O Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology. It involves a working knowledge of current high-technology, and an understanding of how it can be used. Further, digital literacy involves a consciousness of the technological forces that affect culture and human behavior. (Gurak, 2001)

4. Some Definitions O Digital literacy is the ability to efficiently and accurately use digital information technologies and the information retrieved from them in a variety of contexts, such as academic, career, or daily life. (Gilster, 1997) O The skills and knowledge of digital tools and technologies, as well as the ability to interpret and use the information contained within. In a simpler sense, digital literacy is the ability to use technology to communicate and use information today. (Riel, Christian, & Hinson, 2012)

5. Why is this important? O Community College mission O Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff emphasizes that this dependency on technology within career and daily life can even lead to a new class of “haves” and “have-nots.” (Rushkoff, 2011) O Program or be programmed

6. Why is this important?

7. “Life and literacy is not simply paper, pen, and voice any longer: it involves Tweets, status updates, email, texting, mobile, geotagging, prezis, podcasts, wikis, blogs, vlogs, and a host of other multimedia communication options. One of the greatest challenge for educators in today’s digitally mediated school is perhaps simply identifying these new tools themselves and knowing that they exist in the first place so that they can be included as part of the curriculum.” -- Riel, Christian, & Hinson

8. Challenges “ Because of my economic situation, money is always been tight, I’ve just come to the realization that all the information you need is mostly on the Internet—that includes text, the readings—you usually find stuff like that on the Internet. So, you can just get the whole bookstore.” --Student (Head & Eisenberg. 2009)

9. Challenges O Are our students digitally literate? O Myth of the Millennial Student O What are you encountering in your classes? O Tech –vs- non-tech O Students limit their searching to a small set of resources, regardless of the subject O Reliance on Google and Wikipedia a go-to sites for research with Google being number one

10. Challenges O Exception: For course-related research they turn to course readings first. Why? O Librarian help underutilized, though online databases used. O Digital Literacy is evolving – what it meant 10 years ago has changed

11. What digital skills do students and faculty need to know? O Faculty – important to practice what you preach O What does the workforce want? (Chinien & Boutin, 2011) O Not merely about operating digital systems and tools O Complex cognitive and metacognitive skills for processing different types of information

12. What digital skills do students and faculty need to know?

13. Digital Literacy, the Community College, and Student Success O Tools and Interface O Information and Data O Sharing and Creation O Historical and Cultural Context

14. Why is this important?

15. Sources O Gilster, P. (1997). Digital literacy. New York: John Wiley & Sons. O Riel, Christian, & Hinson (2012). Charting digital literacy: A framework for information technology and digital skills in the community college. Retrieved 11 May 2012. O Gurak, Laura (2001). Cyberliteracy. New Haven: Yale University Press. O Head & Eisenberg (2009). Project Information Literacy Progress Report: ”Lessons Learned: How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age”. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

16. Sources O Chinien & Boutin (2011). Defining Essential Digital Skills in the Canadian Workplace: Final Report. Retrieved 11 May 2012.