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Digital Literacies:learning futures
Sue Watling [email protected] #suewatling
Centre for Educational Research and Development University of Lincoln, UKStaff Student Conference #ssc20131 February 2012
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Digital Literacies
• digital literacy defines those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society
Social Media
• user generated content
• …and sharing…
• either appropriately
• or… inappropriately
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Misuse of personal information
Inappropriate sharing Embarrassment Professional damage Disciplinary procedures Suspension Job loss
Digital Identities • What goes online stays online
• Permanent digital footprints
Email…
– [email protected] – Email redirect
https://portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C13/Redirection/default.aspx
Email Embarrassment
• Commonest mistakes– Hitting Reply All instead of Reply – Sending to the wrong person– Not pausing and re-reading
• Viral emails – Indiscrete comments– You're dumped…because… – You’re useless… because…
Online identities
http://mashable.com/2011/06/16/weinergate-social-media-job-loss
Presentation of Self: Online• Erving Goffman (1959)
Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
• Roles based on social expectations
• Presentation of self online requires strict boundaries between personal/private and public/professional identities
Social Media in Teaching and Learning
• Appropriate and inappropriate use of mobile technology in lectures/seminars
• Code of Conduct…
Digital Graduate Attributes
• Informed expertise with digital information
• Appropriate user and reuser; data protection
• Manager of a range of digital environments
• Matcher of appropriate tools for tasks
• Aware of public/private boundaries
• Stays safe; scams, phishing, viruses etc
• Sustainable; makes smart use of resources
• Critical thinker; potential for exclusion
