Post on 19-Jun-2015
Digital Literacies as a Post-Graduate attribute
Gwyneth Price. Institute of Education
LILAC, Glasgow11th April, 2012
JISC funded Developing Digital Literacies programme £1.5 million July 2011 to July 2013 12 projects + Professional organisations The aim of the programme is to promote the development of
coherent, inclusive and holistic institutional strategies and organisational approaches for developing digital literacies for all staff and students in UK further and higher education.
All projects have blogs http://bit.ly/rIxCEi
Two year JISC funded projectObjectives1. To gain in-depth understanding of our students’ digital
literacies 2. To evaluate our current provision and opportunities for
our students3. To review our institutional readiness for change
around digital literacies 4. To implement four pilots developing digital literacies
across different contexts
Objectives 2.
5. To explore the needs of staff tasked with developing student digital literacies
6. To develop exemplar organisational strategies focused on digital literacies as a post-graduate attribute
7. To maintain constant dialogue with our partners SEDA, ALT and SCONUL, to ensure dissemination and sector embedding of project findings
About the IOE
Project team
Dr Lesley Gourlay: Academic Writing CentreDr Martin Oliver: London Knowledge LabSusan McGrath: Student UnionGwyneth Price: LibraryDr Jude Fransman: Research Officer
Definitions ....
JISC understands Digital Literacy to "define those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society".
Focus groups:
4 groups: PGCE, Masters, Doctoral, DistanceDraw map indicating your uses of tecahnologiesDistinct identities
PGCE
Role of school placementMarginal role of IOE Using new technologies eg.
IWB and visualisers VLE “like Pandora’s box” Use of iPhone, Google Docs etc
Masters students
Focus on VLE and access to lecture slides and readings
Managing identities , eg using Facebook as students and professionals
Doctoral students
Focus on library databases, library classification, access to other libraries
Organising research, eg EndNote
Distance LearnersStudents studying on the same programme but in different countriesIssues of connectedness and communityUsing “unofficial” channels of communication when necessary
Next phase
Multimodal journalling using iPod touches Interviews Pilot by staff involved inventories of digital resources
used, maps of spaces inhabited, examples of digital practices (photo, video or audio), diaries of digital experiences.
Change management
Open ModeAssessmentUndergraduates
Any questions?
Contact Gwyneth PriceEmail: g.price@ioe.ac.ukTwitter @gwynethp or @ioelibraryBlog: http://newsamnews.ioe.ac.uk