Definition
What are Digital Assignments?
We think of digital assignments as something that inherently strengthens digital literacies. What are digital literacies? This is a great definition from Media Smarts:
“Digital literacy is more than technological know-how: it includes a wide variety of ethical, social, and reflective practices that are embedded in work, learning, leisure, and daily life…Under the “digital literacy umbrella” are a wide range of interrelated skills that traditionally fall under media literacy, technology literacy, information literacy, visual literacy, communication literacy and social literacies.”
Keeping this in mind, digital assignments:
are not usually text-based (blogs being an exception)
rely (sometimes heavily) on a technology or technical skill
often require the use of multimedia (e.g. images, audio, video, etc.)
often involve a less formal/academic writing style (e.g. drafting a script or a tweet)
Some examples of digital assignments could include:
Videos
Podcasts
Pecha kuchas
Social media posts (e.g. Twitter, Pinterest, or LinkedIn)
Infographics
Blogs
Animated videos
Presentations using animated PowerPoints