Digital

literacy

Glyndŵr University FdSc Library and Information Practice

17/10/13

Lis ParcellJisc RSC Wales

www.slideshare.net/lisparcell

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What’s our experience of digital?

What is digital literacy?

“By digital literacy we mean those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society”

(Jisc, 2011 )

Image source: Jisc infoNet www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk

Some other definitions“the confident and

critical use of ICT for work, leisure, learning and

communication“(EU)

“digital literacy is about mastering

ideas not keystrokes” (Paul Gilster)

What does digital literacy mean to

you?

Digital literacies: the need

• “Many learners enter further and higher education lacking the skills needed to apply digital technologies to education. As 90% of new jobs will require excellent digital skills, improving digital literacy is an essential component of developing employable graduates.” (JISC, 2011) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies.aspx

What does digital literacy mean for your learners/customers?

www.getcaerphillyonline.org.uk/digitalfridays

Image courtesy of Steve Paine http://www.flickr.com/photos/umpcportal/

Digital: changing our relationship with learners/customers?

Images : thanks to http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/

The role of the librarian: some questions

• What professional librarian skills could be useful for digital literacy?

• Are new skills needed?• Does a shift to digital mean a threat to other

library activities?• How can digital literacy help library advocacy

and professional networking in general?

Some key resources for digital literacy

• Jisc guide “Developing students’ digital literacy” http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-students-digital-literacy

• Jisc Digital Literacies Programme #jiscdiglit• http

://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies.aspx • PADDLE project (Grŵp Llandrillo Menai)• http

://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/paddlellandrillo.aspx

• Digidol project (Cardiff University)• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/DigiDol.aspx

• Jisc Regional Support Centres digital literacy support http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/digitalliteracy.aspx

• Jisc RSCs digital literacy links• https://groups.diigo.com/group/digital-literacy-resources • Lis Parcell’s digital literacy links (under revision!)• https://delicious.com/lisparcell/digital_literacies

Stay in touch• Lis Parcell• e.j.parcell@swansea.ac.uk• @lisparcell

• Sharon Cook• s.e.cook@swansea.ac.uk• @S_Cook2013

Jisc RSC Wales websitewww.jiscrsc.ac.uk/wales

@rscwales

Jisc main websitewww.jisc.ac.uk