Looking at how to embed and hone students' digital literacy skills in health care-related curricula

1. Developing Digital Literacy within the Curriculum

2. What is Digital Literacy?
“The capabilities that enable a
person to thrive in a digital society.”

3. What is Digital Literacy?
For university graduates, this means specialised capabilities for their
subject of study:
• Students should know how to use technology effectively in their learning,
work and social life…
• …they should be creative, critical and discriminating in their use of
technology…
• …and they should be aware of ethical issues that arise.

4. A Model of
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy impacts on ALL
aspects of our lives – personal,
social and professional
Instagram
Twitter
Snapchat
Facebook
YouTube
Blogging
Social
Networking
Sites
LinkedIn
(Professional)
Instagram
(Authentic
Self)
YouTube
Blogging
Social Networking
Sites
Cloud Drives
Content curation sites
such as Pinterest
YouTube
Blogging
Social Networking
Sites
Cloud Drives
Content curation sites
such as Pinterest
Privacy settings (social
media, Amazon,
online payment
details, identity theft,
awareness of
phishing, etc.)
Tagging
Search Engines
Critical
Thinking
Pinterest
YouTube
Meme
Generator
Doing all of
this
appropriately

5. Subject Audit: the Digital Difference
How are digital technologies changing your subject area or profession? Consider:
1. publishing, sharing of practice, communication of ideas
2. new research tools and techniques
3. new problem areas or specialisms; new ethical issues
4. new professional practices and systems
5. how people teach and learn the subject

6. Activity: Which skills fit?
Students were asked to
gather information around a
specific clinical issue and
add it to a (shared) digital
noticeboard.
In doing this, what digital
literacy skills were they
honing?
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7. A Bit about Learning Technology

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9. Activity: Embedding Learning Technology into the
Curriculum
A Problem Based
Learning task for groups
of students to work
through.
A revision activity for
individuals.
In pairs / small groups, develop one of the following activities, using technology to enhance learning:
Make a note of any digital literacy skills the activity hones.

10. References and Further Resources
Digital
Literacies
Development
framework
Viewpoints
toolkit from
Ulster
‘5 Resources
Framework’
from
Greenwich
Brookes’
Taxonomy of
Information
and Digital
Literacy
Mapping of
Spaces, Tasks
and Tools (IoE)
Digital Literacy
Case Studies
Presentation Adapted from:
Jisc, (2016), Developing Digital Literacies in the Curriculum, located at:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FtqIQAIsLYaOQHumhLInC15bv9ElQsvkoJYM-
nlB_s8/mobilepresent?slide=id.g36d483278_06, date accessed: 05/01/2018
Wheeler, S., (2016), Digital Literacies in the Age of the Remix, located at: http://www.steve-wheeler.co.uk/2016/06/digital-
literacies-in-age-of-remix.html
date accessed: 08/01/2018