Digital Literacy
UseBelow are six core literacies for university students [building on the work of Howard Rheingold in "Net Smart"]. This page will serve as a portal to resources and a series of online lessons for self motivated students to cultivate their digital literacy and get ahead of many of their peers.
Institutional know how
Locating resources
Finding answers to your questions at OU (or elsewhere)
Norms and expectations for communication
Control of attention and intention
Create space to get your computing work done
Train your attention
Focus on achieving your intentions
Start small and build new habits
Review and evaluation
How to search
Evaluate what you find
Think like a detective
Organize what you find
Creative participation
You are already an author [take charge of how you participate]
Learn 5 tools of creative participation
Find your digital footprints
Build what you want to become
Coordination, cooperation and collaboration
Exceed expectations by being collectively active
Use tools that help you get work done with others
Learn how you can contribute to your own success and that of others
Effective communication is responsive and concise
Cultivation of networks
Who knows who you know?
Which networks do you bridge?
Cultivate relationships by paying forward
Leverage attributes of social media: persistent, replicable, scalable, and searchable
Digital literacy can be a lever-- if you can know where to stand you can accomplish great things. What do you want to accomplish with your time here?
Events and resources related to Digital Literacy
Digital literacy research and the need for managing your online reputation
Chronicle of Higher Education article relating to Eszter Hargittai's work
A short article explaining why you need digital know-how. (by Howard Rheingold)
excerpted from his book: Net Smart
Video from Howard on his book
Spotlight on Learning, (Program);
Monday, April 28; 10am - 3 pm; Alden Library
Lunch and "TEd Talks"
ePortfolio Showcase on 4/24/2014
Panel discussion
Slides for "An ePortfolio Flight"
Using free blogging and ePortfolio tools