Taming the Waves: Understanding digital practice at scale, presentation for ALT-C 2014 by Sarah Horrigan with Laura Hollinshead, University of Derby, August 2014

1. Taming the waves
understanding digital practice at scale
Sarah Horrigan and Laura Hollinshead
University of Derby
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What does
digital practice
look like?

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4. Are
we
digitally
literate?

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“digital literacy defines
those capabilities which fit
an individual for living,
learning and working in a
digital society”
JISC, 2011

6. Plan
Find
Evaluate
Use
Create
Communicate
Manage
Adapt
Learn
Participate
Share
Critique
Adopt
Interpret

7. DIGITAL
LITERACY
DIGITAL LITERACY FRAMEWORK, Beetham and Sharpe (2010)
Attributes
/
identities
Practices
Skills
Functional access

8. University of Derby
Threshold Standards

9. Blackboard Exemplary
Course Program Rubric

10. 3Es Framework (2011)
Edinburgh Napier University

13. Analysis
Design
Testing
Standardisation
Application
THE
PROCESS

14. WHAT DID WE
DISCOVER?
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15. LOTS OF
TUMBLEWEED
MOMENTS
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17. LOTS OF
“STUFF”

18. NOT LOTS OF
INTERACTION
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19. … AND DIGITAL
LITERACY? Attributes
/
identities
Practices
Skills
Functional access
DIGITAL LITERACY FRAMEWORK, Beetham and Sharpe (2010)

20. … WE FOUND
GAPS…
DIGITAL LITERACY FRAMEWORK, Beetham and Sharpe (2010)
?
Practices
?
Functional access

21. SO

22. Background
• Threshold standard
• Benchmarking
• ‘Improving the quality of eLearning’
What doing?

23. They say they do
BUT
How do you know?

24. And at what
LEVEL
is it happening?

25. Pioneer
Developer
Core
Entry
LEVELS
of digital practice
Hall et al, 2014, ‘Defining a self-evaluation digital literacy framework for secondary educator: the DigiLit Leicester project’

26. Pick a characteristic
AND
Explore the evidence

27. ‘It’s simple.
They’re not
talking to
you’
Clay Shirky, 2008

28. Plan
Find
Evaluate
Use
Create
Communicate
Manage
Adapt
Learn
Participate
Share
Critique
Adopt
Interpret

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30. Taming the waves
understanding digital practice at scale
Sarah Horrigan and Laura Hollinshead
University of Derby
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