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‘Drowning in information, starving for knowledge’: the Digital Literacy challenge in FE Dr Andrew Eynon Library & Learning Technology Manager

Communities MÔN SIR Y FFLINT SIR DDINBYCH WRECSAM

Some facts about Grŵp Llandrillo Menai • • 34, 000 learners Approx 7, 500 FT 2, 000 staff 14 + Sites

What is Digital Literacy?

Our view of Digital Literacy

Digital Practices v Digital Competences http: //educationaltechnologyguy. blogspot. co. uk/2009/11/digital-literacy-resource. html

Digital Practices • • • Socialise Have Fun Find Information Learn & Self Improvement For work/business Follow News Communicate Shop Express Self

Teaching Digital Literacy http: //steve-wheeler. blogspot. co. uk/2010/11/what-digital-literacies. html

Embedding Digital Literacy http: //www. library. illinois. edu/diglit/definition. html

Information Literacy

Information Literacy in the workplace

Information Literacy in schools

Information Literacy Agored (OCN) Units http: //library. wales. org/en/information-literacy/cqfw-units/

Digital Scholarship http: //zotero. com http: //www. mendeley. com/

E-safety http: //thefuturebuzz. com/2009/02/28/digital-reputation/

E-safety • • • Digital Reputation Digital fingerprint Cyberbullying Staying safe online Online frauds and fakes

Digital Reputation Management http: //youtu. be/FDe. RKFi 0 u 2 g

Digital Citizenship

Basic ICT skills

ICT network http: //www 2. imperial. ac. uk/blog/ictfaq/

Moodle http: //www. engnet-education. com/solutions/moodle-training-for-language-teaching/

Projects • JISC PEDL project • JISC PADDLE project • Welsh Information Literacy Project

Peer e-guides and Digital Literacy (Pe. DL) project

PROJECT AIMS & OBJECTIVES Improve the Digital Literacy skills of learners and staff by: • Identifying and training e-guides • Developing a programme of core and further Digital Literacy sessions • Developing Digital Literacy learning materials

ROLE OF A PEER E-GUIDE • Point of contact • Support • Advocates • NOT teachers

WHAT IS DIGITAL LITERACY? 5 strands: Basic IT Skills Information Skills Digital scholarship College network/Moodle • E-safety/Web 2. 0 • •

Support materials E-Guide Portal TARDi. S

FEEDBACK FROM E-GUIDES • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ru. PIv. EN 7 a h. I

PADDLE: Personal Actualisation and Development through Digital Literacy in Education

Scope Look at the digital literacy needs of different student and staff groups across 5 FE colleges in North Wales: • Coleg Harlech • Coleg Llandrillo • Coleg Menai • Deeside College • Yale College Wrexham

Communities of Practice Identity - a way of uniquely identifying people in the system. Presence - a way of knowing who is online, available or otherwise nearby. Relationships - a way of describing how two users in the system are related. Conversations - a way of talking to other people through the system. Groups - a way of forming communities of interest. Reputation - a way of knowing the status of other people in the system (who's a good citizen? who can be trusted? ) Sharing - a way of sharing things that are meaningful to participants (files, media etc)

Individual applications Integrated applications

COPs - ipads • A level ‘Technology Group’ • Governors • SMT

Webinar software http: //hublished. com/blog/tag/webinar-software/

E-portfolios with ILS learners http: //youtu. be/xfu. RBD 5 wj 0 o

Barriers to FE students becoming effective learners in a digital world Access to ICT in Technology Bypas s ICT Confident Not ICT Compet ent Creepy Treehouse the Workplace Institutional Pol icies Access to ICT in the Classroom Wi Fi Access

Digital Natives versus Digital Immigrants http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=7_zz. PBb. Xj. Ws

Digital Residents and Digital Visitors http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ZCBo. LWynsl 8