So what do we mean by Digital Literacies?
We mean Digital Literacies to be those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society, this includes:
• The use of digital tools to undertake academic research and writing
• Digital professionalism (what not to share online)
• The use of specialist digital tools
• Producing and sharing information
• Collaborating in virtual networks
• Using digital technologies to support reflection and personal development Managing digital reputation and showcasing achievements
Developing Digital Literacy course
Since January we have been running our 2018 Developing Digital Literacy course for staff. We were delighted to be fully booked before our posters even made it onto the walls and already have a waiting list for next year!
The course consists of 9 mandatory workshops and in addition participants must choose 5 or more optional workshops.
The Story so far:
So far we have looked at what digital literacy actually means. We have looked at Office 365, and One Note as ways to assist collaborative working, and reduce paper reliance. We have looked at the wonderful world of social media through the use of eLearning, and were given some really good feedback on ways to improve upon this content, which we will take forward and adopt for the eLearning content we have coming later in the course.
Last week our Deputy Librarian Karen Lloyd kindly delivered the first of two informative sessions on online research, and copyright legislation in the digital environment, which was received well, and there was a real buzz around a couple of the new systems we have – eStream, and Bridgman education archives. I look forward to seeing these introduced these into our teaching in the future.
What’s next?
We will back next week with the next guest session, and this time we have our Head of ICT Strategy & Architecture Dr Rod Matthews to explore the subject of Cyber Security. Remember the recent cyber attack on the NHS? these attacks had wide spreading implications, and it was a relatively unsophisticated attack that could have been prevented by NHS staff following basic IT security best practice. We will be exploring some examples of best practice, and potential issues to avoid.