Digital Literacy’s and Digital Portfolio’s
Digital literacy is more than knowing how to send a text or watch a music video. It means having the knowledge and ability to use a range of technology tools for varied purposes. A digitally literate person can use technology strategically to find and evaluate information, connect and collaborate with others, produce and share original content, and use the Internet and technology tools to achieve many academic, professional, and personal goals.
Universities and colleges have a responsibility to develop students into individuals who can thrive in an era of digital information and communication – those who are digitally literate are more likely to be economically secure and these skills are especially important in higher education given that graduate white collar jobs are almost entirely performed on computers and portable devices.
So, what's to be done? Ideally, the work begins in school and extends through to further and higher education, with a shared understanding of what it means to be digitally literate across the curriculum so that students are supported at all levels and at all stages of their learning path.
This is where we need to be as adult educators. Technology is driving what our future adult learners need to succeed. I love being at the cutting edge of the education process, only bound by our imaginations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/
Digital literacy is more than knowing how to send a text or watch a music video. It means having the knowledge and ability to use a range of technology tools for varied purposes. A digitally literate person can use technology strategically to find and evaluate information, connect and collaborate with others, produce and share original content, and use the Internet and technology tools to achieve many academic, professional, and personal goals.
Universities and colleges have a responsibility to develop students into individuals who can thrive in an era of digital information and communication – those who are digitally literate are more likely to be economically secure and these skills are especially important in higher education given that graduate white collar jobs are almost entirely performed on computers and portable devices.
So, what's to be done? Ideally, the work begins in school and extends through to further and higher education, with a shared understanding of what it means to be digitally literate across the curriculum so that students are supported at all levels and at all stages of their learning path.
This is where we need to be as adult educators. Technology is driving what our future adult learners need to succeed. I love being at the cutting edge of the education process, only bound by our imaginations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/