Learn about current initiatives in digital and media literacy in five countries: Turkey Brazil, Russia, Israel and the United States in this panel discuss from #ISTE2014 in Atlanta featuring Renee Hobbs and Media Education Lab scholars.

1. Globalization of Digital Literacy:
Perspectives from Five Countries
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

2. www. mediaeducationlab.com/ISTE2014

3. Participants
OUR FOCUS:
Consider the
current
opportunities and
challenges by
exploring a sample
of representative
initiatives in five
nations
TURKEY - Sait Tuzel
BRAZIL - Carla V. Coscarelli
RUSSIA - Elizaveta Friesem
ISRAEL - Jonathan Friesem
U.S. - Renee Hobbs

4. Why it’s important
to understand digital literacy in a
global cultural context
● Defining digital literacy
● Politicization of education
● Teacher status
● Fiscal priorities
● Access to technology: digital divide
● Differing needs of center & periphery

5. Many
Definitions
of Digital
Literacy
USING
● Computer Use/ICT Skills
● Workforce Development
TEACHING WITH
● Technology Integration
● Digital Learning
● Online Reading
AUTHORSHIP
● Multimedia Composition
TEACHING ABOUT
● Information Literacy
● Media Literacy
● Internet Safety
● Social Responsibility & Citizenship

6. Turkey
❏ Students and teachers face the digital divide
❏ Teacher-centered education
❏ Connections between research and K-12
education
❏ Creation of digital content
❏ In-service and pre-service teacher training
❏ New curricula
Dr. Sait Tuzel

7. Fatih Project
Negative Arguments Positive Arguments
Political Movement Bridge to students’ life
Teacher’s ICT skills and Digital Pedagogy
Knowledge
Multimedia technology and texts in
the classroom
Curriculum Student motivation
Content Catch up with the era
Top Down
Students’ background and digital divide
Health and Environment Effects
Jail Breaking

8. Old and New Media Literacy Curriculum in
Turkey: Content & Activities

9. Brazil
Dr. Carla Viana Coscarelli
Technology Integration
PCNs: “Technologies of information and
communication and its’ studies need to permeate
the curriculum and its’ disciplines”
Proinfo – National program of educational
technology – computer labs for public schools
(federal). Infrastructure (state and district).
Prouca – one computer for student.

10. Challenges & Gaps
Traditional Approach
○ Teacher-centered and content-based education
○ Few interdisciplinary projects
More Research: What and how to teach using computers?
More Support for Teachers
○ Extension projects
○ Teachers’ development (in service)
More Focus on Digital & Media Literacy in Teacher
Formation Courses
Brazil

11. Dr. Carla Viana Coscarelli
Role of Higher Education
●Responsible for developing knowledge
●Responsible for the formation of teachers
●Needs to promote more connection with schools and
teachers
- IngRede, Taba Eletrônica, Redigir - Applied Linguistics
Groups
Brazil

14. Russia
Elizaveta Friesem
Population: 143 million | GDP: $14,818 per capita
approx. 65,000 general education schools
$ 20 billion spent per year on education
3.6% of GDP, or 13% of consolidated state budget
13 million school students
Centralized system
Mostly public schools
Standardized tests

15. Professional Development Webinars
Elizaveta Friesem
● U.S.-Russian project - intercultural
● Technology used: Adobe Connect
● Synchronous translation
● The format fosters digital literacy of PD participants
● Content: how we can help students develop digital
and media literacy?

16. Webinars: Challenges
Elizaveta Friesem
● Media and digital literacy as protection against bad
media content
● Media and digital literacy as using digital technology
in the classroom
● Hierarchical system - teachers are used to lecturing
and being lectured
● “They will prepare their answers”

17. Jonathan Friesem
1,586,011 Students in K-12
136,000 Teachers
Centralized and Compulsory
Formal, semi-formal, and private
Secular, Arab, Jewish, Druze, Tech Ed
Israel

19. Israel
Webinar & TV show (CET)
Goal: to address changing attitudes about cultural
understanding
Curriculum about democracy and values
THEME: Sitcom narrative reveals comedic views about
Israeli – Jewish – Arab relationships
IMPACT
● Student resistance to learning was strong
● Empathy practices with media analysis to overcome
challenges
● Teachers were protectionist – needed strategies to
validate listening & respect

20. Israel
Webinar & TV show (CET)
Goal: to address changing attitudes about cultural
understanding
Curriculum about democracy and values
THEME: Sitcom narrative reveals comedic views about
Israeli – Jewish – Arab relationships
IMPACT
● Student resistance to learning was strong
● Empathy practices with media analysis to overcome
challenges
● Teachers were protectionist – needed strategies to
validate listening & respect

21. Israel
Webinar & TV show (CET)
Goal: to address changing attitudes about cultural
understanding
Curriculum about democracy and values
THEME: Sitcom narrative reveals comedic views about
Israeli – Jewish – Arab relationships
IMPACT
● Student resistance to learning was strong
● Empathy practices with media analysis to overcome
challenges
● Teachers were protectionist – needed strategies to
validate listening & respect

22. U.S.
Challenges
● Digital literacy definitions are divergent
● Significant disparities between schools
● Testing culture discourages innovation
● Digital literacy competes with other priorities
Opportunities
● Venture capital & entrepreneurship in edtech
● Growing appreciation of connections between
formal & informal learning
● Wide variety of PD experiences and providers
Renee Hobbs

27. Connections

28. Reflections
➢Technology integration is uneven within countries
➢The definition and implementation of digital
literacy is inflected by both protectionist and
empowerment values
➢The complex relationship between K-12 education,
higher education and research affects teacher
professional development
➢Intercultural exchange among educators stimulates
innovation in digital literacy education

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