Ten Steps to Digital CitizenshipKathleen Stone, Director of Curriculum and Instructional DesignMichele Forte, Assistant Professor, Human Services

Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative

• Metaliteracy: An Open SUNY Learning Experience• http://metaliteracy.learningtimes.net/

The Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative is composed of librarians, disciplinary faculty members, and instructional designers from several State University of New York (SUNY) institutions, including the University at Albany, SUNY Empire State College, Fulton Montgomery Community College, and Monroe Community College. The Collaborative was funded in 2012 by an Instructional Innovation Technology Grant.

Metaliteracy Constellation

Digital Citizen Badge Goal 2Goal 2: Understand personal privacy, information ethics, and intellectual property issues in changing technology environment1. Differentiate between the production of original information and

remixing or re-purposing open resources (C)2. Distinguish the kinds of information appropriate to reproduce and

share publicly, and private information disseminated in more restricted/discreet environments (C)

3. Use technology to build a positive web presence (B)4. Apply copyright and Creative Commons licensing as appropriate to

the creation of original or repurposed information (B)5. Recognize the ethical considerations of sharing information (A)6. Articulate the necessity of attribution when borrowing the

intellectual property of others, regardless of format (A)7. Identify the context for which accurate attribution is needed and

consistently apply that attribution (C, B)

Why Digital Citizen?

• Centrality of this specific literacy for the *adult* learner – even if not in higher education setting

• Content used for entirety of Canvas MOOC • Life skill, open platform resourced

Why Digital Citizen?

• Assumptions about K-12 (“protected class”) exposure to this content

• Timeline: • 2003 LinkedIn• 2003 MySpace• 2004 Facebook• 2006 Twitter• 2010 Instagram

Generational usage and familiarity varies

Step 1 – Copyright (quest)

• Learning Objectives: • Define copyright • Distinguish between copyright, creative commons

licensing, and public domain• Quest established foundational knowledge • Did not cover the scope of copyright laws• Limited to U.S.• As evidence of successful completion of this quest,

participants take a quiz – Success > minimum score of 90%.

Step 2 – Open Access (quest)

• Learning Objectives: • Define open access• Define “open washing”• Differentiate between “open” and “free”

• Quest established foundational knowledge• As evidence of successful completion of this

quest, participants take a quiz – Success > minimum score of 90%.

Step 3: Intellectual Property (challenge)Learning Objectives• Apply creative commons to original work • Explain level of openness in original work

As evidence of successful completion of this quest, you will apply a Creative Commons license to an original work, and describe the level of openness in that work.

Step 4 Remixing (quest)

Learning Objective• Identify creations/content that can be legally

remixedAs evidence of successful completion of this quest, you will reflect on several short answer questions at the end of this Module.

Step 5 Sharing (quest)

Learning Objective• Recognize and discuss the ethical considerations

of sharing information

As evidence of successful completion of this quest, students write a reflection on a short case study.

Step 6 Information Use (challenge)

Learning Objectives:• Remix a creation • Apply new license to that creation • Describe the ethical considerations of sharing this

remixed creation

As evidence of successful completion of this quest, students will create and submit new creation with proper licensing discuss the ethical considerations of your choices.

Step 7 Information Ethics (content badge) Learning Objective• Synthesize issues attached to information ethics

in emerging technological environments

As evidence of successful completion of this content badge, student will analyze and discuss the information ethics of “net neutrality”.

Step 8 Online Persona (challenge)

Learning Objective• Research and analyze their own web presence and

identity

As evidence of successful completion of this content badge, students will research and analyze your online presence.

Step 9 Personal Privacy (challenge)

Learning Objectives• Examine personal privacy settings on social

media and other web based sites• Articulate implications of these privacy settings

As evidence of successful completion of this challenge, students will be able to write about implications of their own online privacy settings.

Step 10 Social Identity (content badge)Learning Objectives• Articulate implications of using social media to form public

identity • Articulate implications of how others use social media to form a

public identity for us• Articulate implications of using social media to form public

identity for others

As evidence of successful completion of this content badge, students will be able to write about and reflect on the implications of their own online social identity(ies), as well as the identity(ies) of others

Digital Citizen Badge

At the conclusion of these ten steps, students are awarded the Digital Citizen badge

Wrap up conclusions

Applications for future use include: • Trainings and workshops• Workplace trainings – industry specific and general• Community College• Badging and MOOC certification pathways• K - 12