Academic Research &Digital Citizenship

Your Librarian: Katherine AhnbergMLS: IU School of Informatics and Computing

Find me: USF Tampa Library / keahnberg@usf.edu / @lux_serviam

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“Today’s citizens are expected to attend social processes anytime and anywhere. Thus, they are required to have mastery in new literacies which allow them to use all kinds of emerging technologies to share their views and make their voices heard."

Q: How might Digital Citizenship relate to the concept of democracy?

Eylem, S., & Ali, S. (2013). New Literacies for Digital Citizenship. Contemporary Educational Technology, 4(2), 126.

…are digital citizens global citizens?

Digital Citizens use good judgment

What are some characteristics of an authoritative source?

When do you want to double check your info? Why?

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…content is often being displayed with multimodality, combining text, image, motion, sound, music etc... Information processing has been transformed from being passive receivers to active information processors, who must engage, construct, respond, and act with information.

Eylem, S., & Ali, S. Q1: What’s the difference between passive and active information processing?Q2: How does Digital Citizenship relate to academic research at USF?

Thinktank Pair/Share- 5 Minutes What are some examples of how you experience your topic in social media use? What about in your class work?

Choice Conversation Curation Creation Collaboration

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Tips for successful online research…Digital Citizenship at USF

Remember: not every digital citizen has free access to a research expert. Librarians staff the chat desk between 10 AM and 12 Midnight Sunday-Thurs

Here’s how to get the most out of chatting with a librarian: Isolate the part of your assignment that is research oriented Concisely tell the librarian why you need information State your questions clearly Be patient It’s ok to ask more than one question!

Questions?