DLITEDIGITAL LITERACY AND INNOVATION FOR TOMORROW’S EDUCATION

IntroductionDavid Hiddleston – Lecturer and Project leader | DLITE

david.hiddleston@edinburghCollege.ac.uk

Richard Bisset – Lecturer

Richard.Bisset@edinburghcollege.ac.uk

Edinburgh College

With over 26,000 students and 1,200 staff, Edinburgh College combines the existing strengths of the four campuses to serve Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian.

The College is developing a broad curriculum based around five key hubs, which will underpin the development and sustainability of the Edinburgh and Lothians key economic sectors, working hand in hand with industry.

DLITE Digital Literacy and Innovation for Tomorrow’s Education

DLITE Partnership

Aims and ObjectivesTo work collaboratively to develop a digital literacy skills programme.

Engage learners, teachers, employers and stakeholders in the UK and India

Three significant challenges…….

Engage teachers and learning assistants in rethinking their practice.

Engage learners to develop digital learning literacies.

Engage employers and other stakeholders

Digital Literacy Tools and Resources

Teachers and Learners Teachers and Learners (UK and India) will visit each other institutes to explore, gain experience, knowledge and understanding of Digital Literacy.

This week…… We will deliver a four day workshop – Digital Literacy for Teachers

Starting point…..

•Establish prior knowledge

•Complete worksheet - Individual

Group Task

In your groups discuss the following:

Q1.What does digital literacy mean for your organisation?

Q2.What support is available to support digital literacies inside and outside the classroom?

Q3.What support do teaching staff have for developing their digital skills with a view to embedding digital literacies into their teaching and learning practice?

Q4.How do you think you learners currently develop their digital capabilities?

Next step….

Produce a Presentation based on the given group task:

Slide 1: Title - Digital Literacy for Teachers

Slide 2: Introduction

Slide 3: Q1

Slide 4: Q2

Slide 5: Q3

Slide 6: Q4

Slide 7: Summary

Slide 8: Q & A/ Thank you

Introduction to PowerpointAreas to be covered:

oNew

oNew Slide

oFont and Paragraph

oInsert

oDesign

oTransitions and Animations

oSlide Show

oSave and Print

Question over the Break Moodle

Linux

Video

Interactive Smartboard

Question 2