TEACHING DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP BY FOSTERING DIGITAL … · 2014. 1. 21. · • What is digital...

TEACHING DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP BY FOSTERING DIGITAL CITIZENS Dr. Bowen Hui Computer Science University of British Columbia Okanagan

What is Digital Citizenship? • Aspects of online participation • Personal experience, stories, front-page news:

•  Not keeping up with information •  Not keeping up with technology •  Students posting their classroom experience on Facebook •  Students pretending to be others and sending disrespectful emails •  Students as cyberbullying victims

• Need to prepare students for better participation online

Bowen Hui @ WCCCE 2013: Teaching Digital Citizenship 2

A New Course: COSC 132 •  First time offered in Winter 2012-2013 Term 2 • Student demographics:

•  6 first years, major undeclared •  3 second years, Science •  1 third year English •  2 fourth years, Computer Science •  1 fourth year, International Relations •  Overall: 3 female, 10 male

• Use of wikispace, blog, online journals, videos, podcast, infographics, other online tools as per topic


Major Course Components •  Lectures • Reflective Journaling • Group Blogs •  Labs • Community Service • Exams


Course Modules • What is digital citizenship? •  Importance of participation online • Understanding how technology works •  Integration into the digital society


Course Modules • What is digital citizenship?

•  Concept of citizenship •  The nine elements •  Preparing rather than preventing digital participation

•  Importance of participation online • Understanding how technology works •  Integration into the digital society


Course Modules • What is digital citizenship? •  Importance of participation online

•  Access, skills, utilization •  Socioeconomic impact •  Crap detection & information management •  Levels of participation

• Understanding how technology works •  Integration into the digital society


Course Modules • What is digital citizenship? •  Importance of participation online • Understanding how technology works

•  How the Internet works •  Search engines and SEO •  Collective Intelligence •  Social networks & social network analysis •  Security

•  Integration into the digital society


Course Modules • What is digital citizenship? •  Importance of participation online • Understanding how technology works •  Integration into the digital society

•  Online reputation management •  Cyberbullying •  Etiquette: Copyrights, licensing •  Model citizenship •  How the Internet changed the way we live


During the first week of class,

a fourth year Computer Science student said, “everyone should think more like a programmer”


In-Class Activities • Supplementary activities during lectures • Examples:

•  Recent Canadian data on digital divide •  Using whois on specific sites •  Computer activity design for seniors •  Finding Waldo •  Getting public/private keys •  Charter of a model digital citizen


Reflective Journaling •  Penzu: Online journaling tool • Private entries of ~250 words each week • Example topics:

•  What are some other “non-traditional” jobs that require new medial and digital skills?

•  With reference to the Power Law of Participation (Text, p. 120), what are some example activities you do at each level?

•  Internet Blackout: How long were you able to keep yourself offline?


In response to

“What kind of technology would benefit seniors?” a first year student suggested a mind reading technology to

alleviate the need for fine-motor control.


Group Blog • Student-led discussion • Groups of 3 or 4 choose relevant news article • Post three questions for in-class discussion

•  Everyone provides answers

• Group blogs up discussion on WordPress • Example article & questions:

•  Valve’s Gabe Newell Says Piracy is a Service Problem •  Is piracy ever morally or ethically justifiable? •  What effect does piracy have on content creators? •  What are some solutions and their implications?


Group Blog


One group selected an article on digital security and identity theft.

When questions came up, everyone turned to the fourth year Computer Science student, who then said,

“What? I don’t know the answer!”


Labs • Structured as online investigations

•  Background material, investigation activities, references

•  Topics: •  Wikipedia •  Phishing & spam filtering •  Author credibility •  Photoshop forensics •  Data privacy and online profiles •  Online shopping •  Copyrights and licenses •  Video creation & editing


Community Service • Began in second half of course • Opportunity to learn about barriers of access and practice

skills learned in class • Supported by UBCO’s Community Service Learning

Program •  Taught 4 one-hour sessions

•  One-on-one computer training •  Members of non-profit organizations


“This was my first time volunteering and ‘formally’ teaching somebody …

both [my client] and I learned quite a bit … somebody like me takes computers for granted and works

with them from day to day but someone like [my client] wants to learn how to use a computer but finds it difficult

and frustrating”


Exams •  Individual written exams • Midterm

•  Short answers •  One essay

•  Final exam •  Short answers •  Design activities

• Exam preparation – Jeopardy!


Midpoint Student Feedback • Blah

•  Blah


Summary and Future Work • Presented new course development

• Midpoint feedback of engaging activities

• Assessment: Did students become better digital citizens?

•  Integrating student produced videos


“One of the most interesting thing I have learned about this course is author credibility …

it allowed me to be able to be sure with the information I find [on] the Internet.

Before I did not know enough about searching about the authors of articles and how to look for bad parts …

But now it seems easy to find parts of articles and which kind of websites to look at in terms of type of articles”


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