Post on 07-Jul-2015
Digital Literacy: an Introduction
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Broad Valleys Federation MeetingMarch 1, 2013 – Butte, MT
presenter: Jo Flick, Montana State Library
Outcomes
• Define digital literacy• Identify the role of libraries in promoting a
digitally literate community• Find useful resources
What is literacy?
• “…ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.”- UNESCO, 1998
• “…to be able to gather and to construct meaning using written language” - Steelman, Pierce, & Koppenhaver, 1994
Digital Literacy
• “ … people's ability to demonstrate the skills, utilize the tools, and understand the standards and practices required to successfully find, use, manage, evaluate, create, and present digital information affects their lives.” - Syracuse University’s Center for Digital Literacy, 2013
• “Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet.” - Cornell University, 2013
A Concept Map of the Library’s Role in Digital Literacy
• Discuss the 3 Factors and the roles of libraries to address them
• Identify the skills and knowledge librarians must have to fulfill those roles:– SKILL – yellow post-it– KNOWLEDGE: blue post-it
• Place post-its on the chart; group similar responses together
Resources for Libraries
• Connect2Compete http://www.connect2compete.org/: free digital literacy training, discounted high-speed Internet, and low-cost computers – partners with IMLS and ALA along with lots of commercial entities such as BestBuy, Microsoft, Cox Cable, and TimeWarner.
Resources for Libraries
• DigitalLiteracy.gov http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/ – online learning – links to resources (including local library look-up under “learn the basics” an IMLS service – I couldn’t get it to work).
Resources for Libraries
• EDGE Initiative http://www.libraryedge.org/ Benchmarks to help libraries evaluate and continually improve their public technology services for their communities.
Resources for Libraries
• Digitallearn.org A PLA initiative to create self-guided resources for libraries to learn digital literacy skills.
Under development with launch set for later this Spring…here’s a sampling: http://digitallearn.org/mw/
Literacy vs. Fluency
• Digital Literacy is:– Computer literacy – ability to utlize computer
technology– Information literacy – ability to find and use
information– Online literacy – ability to search for and find
useful resourcfes– Media literacy – ability to recognize message
manipulation and to make informed choices about the consumption and use of media