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HOW IS THE DIGITAL ERA CHANGING READING AND WRITING?

•Will handwriting survive in the digital era?•Is digital literacy a new skill to survive in the digital era?

Students have to:

•have basic knowledge about academic writing

•know the content specific to the subject they are studying

•express themselves in English

•know the digital tools

Credit: Alec Couros

> 1500 students

2006-present:wikis, blogs, microblogs, Google Apps, Moodle, LMS, SNS, web 2.0 / social media

2007: Wikispaces

2008: Wikispaces

2008: Blogging

2010-present: SNS: Ning, Facebook, Google+

2009-present: Microblogging: Twitter, Cirip, Edmodo

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Writing

Writing

Writing Online vs Online WritingWO= created digital content and uploading it OW = writing for online media (blogging, journal/forums, Wikipedia page etc.)

EVALUATION 2.0EVALUATING PEER WORK: Peer learning, Peer mentoring

Peer review , Peer assessment

•creating content: written text, audio/video/other digital artefactslike infographics, mindmaps, maps, webdocumentaries etc.)•sharing - where? how (copyright, CC)•feedback (the student has a voice)

PROBLEMS & PROMISES

PROBLEMS

• plagiarism• quality of content (relevant, language issues)• quoting (in)correctly• assessment (writing in collaboration - who wrote the paper?)

• instant access as you write to a world of specialized info• correct quoting / citing• grammar + content check (Grammarly tool)• instant feedback: media feedback, interactive, chat (SPECIALISTS! EXPERTS)• list of best articles in the field

• students become knowledge creators

STUDENTS: stimulating

online AW writing by informal (less ) exercises

TEACHERS: each teacher

should pursue AW courses (LLL), co-teaching

UNIVERSITY: software

antiplagiarism (university), academic social publishing (research gate, academia.edu)

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