Conole plymouth

Digital literacies for a modern learning context

Gráinne Conole, Leicester University18th April 2012

School of Education, Plymouth Universityhttp://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/6197

Outline

• New technologies• Definition• Mapping to pedagogy• Importance• Implications

Discussion

• What are the characteristics of new technologies?

• What are their implications for learning, teaching and research?

Technologies• Transforming everything we do• New forms of communication

and collaboration• Multiple rich representations• Tools to find, create, manage,

share• Networked, distributed, peer

reviewed, open• Complex, dynamic and co-

evolvinghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/6638184545/

IPTS report

• Confident/critical use of technologies for work, leisure and communication

• Digital divide• The network is key• More participatory and

open practices

http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC67075_TN.pdf

Benefits

• Social• Health• Economic• Civic• Cultural• Societal

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaquell/4329902002/

Issues• Personal safety/privacy• Responsible, ethical, legal • Understanding digital media• Inequalities

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/3668208527/

Discussion: What’s your digital network?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/195492568/

My network

Discussion: fb love it or hate it?

Pros Cons

Creativity: definition• Socio-cultural view of digital literacy - set

of social practices and meaning making of digital tools (Lankshear and Knobel, 2008)

• Continuum from instrumental skills to productive competence and efficiency

http://www.flickr.com/photos/r8r/4109502436/

Play

Performance

Simulation

Appropriation

Multitasking

Distributed cognition

Collective intelligence

Judgement

Transmedia navigation

Networking

Negotiation

Jenkins et al., 2006

Transmedia navigation

Distributed cognition

Salamon, 1993

Play

http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/swift/

Networking

Collective intelligence

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Performance

Discussion

• What other examples are their of how these literacies can be fostered through new technologies?

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Creativity• Derived from Latin ‘creo’ to

create/make• Creating something new

(physical artefact or concept) that is novel and valuable

• Ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, partners, relationships and create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaxzine/2278300537/

Why is it important?• Essential skill to

deal with today’s complex, fast and changing society

• Discourse and collaboration are mediated through a range of social and participatory media

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jef_safi/370788912/

Aspects• Process: mechanisms needed

for creative thinking• Product: measuring creativity

in people• Person: general intellectual

habits (openness, ideas of ideation, autonomy, expertise, exploratory and behavioural)

• Place: best circumstances to enable creativity to flourish

Stages• Preparation: identifying

the problem• Incubation:

internalisation of the problem

• Intimation: getting a feeling for a solution

• Illumination: creativity burst forth

• Verification: idea is consciously verified, elaborated and appliedhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/williamcromar/5230835657/

iCreatNet

http://www.imv.au.dk/icreanet/

Creativity in design

Promise and reality

Social and participatory media offer new ways to communicate and collaborate

Wealth of free resources and tools

Not fully exploited

Replicating bad pedagogy

Lack of time and skills

Learning Design

Shift from belief-based, implicit approaches to design-

based, explicit approaches

Encourages reflective, scholarly practices

Promotes sharing and discussion

Learning DesignA design-based approach to creation and support of

courses

http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OULDI/

ConsolidateEvaluate and embed your design

ConceptualiseWhat do we want to design, who for

and why?

http://beyonddistance.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/carpe-diem-the-7cs-of-design-and-delivery/

Carpe Diem:7Cs of learning Design

Course features

Linoit.com

Course map view

Resource audit

Story board

Importance

• Changing the nature of education

• New forms of communication and collaboration

• Rich multimedia reps• Harnessing the global

network

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Implications

• Blurring boundaries• New business models• More open practices• Changing roles• Importance of new

digital literacy skills• Disruptive and

complexity

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Conclusion

• Co-evolving• Disruptive• Unpredictable• Complex• New opportunities• Social

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Good reads

http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/

http://memex.naughtons.org/

http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/6197Conole, G. (forthcoming), Designing for learning in an open world, New York: Springer

Chapters available on dropboxgrainne.conole@le.ac.uk