Digital Literacies
Thoughts on Digital Literacies
We hear from our instructors and other about how important our portfolios will be to secure a job but we this is not always clear while we are in the midst of our research or when we are reading some primary texts. I like how this article makes it clear how the types of thought processes that we are developing in MSIDT reflect the types of work practices necessary to be successful in this industry.
I consider this very important for me at this stage because I realize that I am really just beginning to understand the responsibilities and languages of the internet. While most of what we see and experience on the internet is curated for us by those versed in the language of the internet, we need to know how this information is collected and presented.
This is something that I have wondered about for a while now. Knowing how we are perceived on the internet seems so essential and important, but like coding it is easily overlooked if you don't really know what it's all about and if you cannot get a handle on how it is done or know its purpose. After some experience with instructional design, being aware of our digital literacy serves as a reflection of dedication or attention to ideas and skills acquired and serves as an individual database of content.
I like to think that we are all designing our own communication hubs with the content that we produce and the comments we post. If we can gather this information into one place, then we too serve as a type of transmission hub for learners who are curious or potential employers wanting to add to their own hubs. These literacies will allow us to understand where we work and how we can more readily adapt to that environment even if we pursue something else.
Resource
Educause is a great resource for instructional designers interested in developing their approach to improving access to education while maintaining the influence of higher educational institutions. These institutions act as drivers for scholarship and give legitimacy to learners engaged in close scholarship.
I came across the digital literacies article within Educause Review, an online magazine that serves to give attention to issues and interests that fall within the scope of the non-profit.
The article is worth a read. It should help the fledgling instructional designer get their wits about them.
One of my favorite sections:
"People who think diagnostically don't do the same thing over and over again while expecting different results each time. They don't jump to unwarranted opinions. They learn to test their beliefs and uncover their assumptions. In a computer coding setting, students can practice diagnostic thinking in a fail-fast way. Transference of these skills to more complex, real-world systems isn't guaranteed, of course, and most real-world problems aren't without some element of randomness. But given how common digital tools are, knowing how to diagnose and troubleshoot problems is a valuable skill on its own, and the practice offered is a great foundation for increasing a learner's digital literacy (Ventimiglia, Pullman, 2016)."
Ventimiliga, P., Pullman, GL, (2016, March 7) From Written to Digital: The New Literacy [Web Article] Retrieved from http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/3/from-written-to-digital-the-new-literacy
We hear from our instructors and other about how important our portfolios will be to secure a job but we this is not always clear while we are in the midst of our research or when we are reading some primary texts. I like how this article makes it clear how the types of thought processes that we are developing in MSIDT reflect the types of work practices necessary to be successful in this industry.
I consider this very important for me at this stage because I realize that I am really just beginning to understand the responsibilities and languages of the internet. While most of what we see and experience on the internet is curated for us by those versed in the language of the internet, we need to know how this information is collected and presented.
This is something that I have wondered about for a while now. Knowing how we are perceived on the internet seems so essential and important, but like coding it is easily overlooked if you don't really know what it's all about and if you cannot get a handle on how it is done or know its purpose. After some experience with instructional design, being aware of our digital literacy serves as a reflection of dedication or attention to ideas and skills acquired and serves as an individual database of content.
I like to think that we are all designing our own communication hubs with the content that we produce and the comments we post. If we can gather this information into one place, then we too serve as a type of transmission hub for learners who are curious or potential employers wanting to add to their own hubs. These literacies will allow us to understand where we work and how we can more readily adapt to that environment even if we pursue something else.
Resource
Educause is a great resource for instructional designers interested in developing their approach to improving access to education while maintaining the influence of higher educational institutions. These institutions act as drivers for scholarship and give legitimacy to learners engaged in close scholarship.
I came across the digital literacies article within Educause Review, an online magazine that serves to give attention to issues and interests that fall within the scope of the non-profit.
The article is worth a read. It should help the fledgling instructional designer get their wits about them.
One of my favorite sections:
"People who think diagnostically don't do the same thing over and over again while expecting different results each time. They don't jump to unwarranted opinions. They learn to test their beliefs and uncover their assumptions. In a computer coding setting, students can practice diagnostic thinking in a fail-fast way. Transference of these skills to more complex, real-world systems isn't guaranteed, of course, and most real-world problems aren't without some element of randomness. But given how common digital tools are, knowing how to diagnose and troubleshoot problems is a valuable skill on its own, and the practice offered is a great foundation for increasing a learner's digital literacy (Ventimiglia, Pullman, 2016)."
Ventimiliga, P., Pullman, GL, (2016, March 7) From Written to Digital: The New Literacy [Web Article] Retrieved from http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/3/from-written-to-digital-the-new-literacy
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