Within the new participatory ethos of media and information that knowledge abundance brings into being, filtering and prioritizing the messages we choose to trust cannot be done solely on traditional broadcast terms. Thus we need to learn to make sense of each other, and to make ourselves make sense: this presentation explores the ways in which identities are a central aspect of networked literacies, especially for teachers. Part 2 of a 2-part MIL session in London, January 2014.

1. Identities & Literacies
of a New Ethos:
Media Information Literacies
Part II
Bonnie
Stewart
University
of
Prince
Edward
Island
@bonstewart

2. Information Abundance…
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3. …can become information overload
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4. “It’s not information overload, it’s filter failure.”
- Clay Shirky, 2008
FINE THEN
.
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5. Traditional Media Literacy Filters =
Judgment, Analysis, Critical Thinking
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6. But those are no longer sufficient.
Not all media information is coming
from institutions
- or via broadcast - any longer.

7. We need to be able to filter AND
contribute within the constant,
intermeshed streams of the
fire hydrant,
without drowning.

8. Networks = a Reputational Economy
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9. Digitally Networked Media:
4 qualities
•
•
•
•
Persistent
Searchable
Replicable
Scalable

10. Identities = the Structure of Networks
Thanks
to
@mhawksey

11. Networked Identities =
Multiple, Public, Participatory

12. Many to Many Literacies

13. Signal/Noise Literacies
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14. Remix Citation Literacies

15. New media literacies are more participatory,
collaborative, and distributed…less published,
individuated, and author-centric
(adapted from Knobel Lankshear, A New Literacies Sampler, 2007)

16. Always Connected
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17. Always Hybrid

18. Now I’m TOTALLY Overwhelmed.
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19. The journey of 1,000 connections
begins with a single signal.

20. Networks are connections,
identity to identity

21. To build connections in a network:

22. But what does this have to do with
education?

23. Let Go of the Need to Know
Everything

24. What do students need to know?
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26. How do I know?
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27. I don’t know.
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28. Teaching/learning in networks =
1. Preparing for uncertainty
2. Letting go of THE answer
3. Offering possibilities and experiences
4. Dealing with complexity
5. Being responsible to your own learning
6. Drawing your own map making it visible

29. Not just for teachers but for students

30. A networked education…
l
Connects
l
Cultivates
l
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Curates

31. …but cannot
control or count value
in the same ways as
institutional models of education

32. Where will you begin?
J