The first topic had me reflecting on how confident I really am in the digital world… How do I really fit in. I’m generally quite a private person and struggle in sharing information or venturing into the relatively wide world of online and digital network. While I have a Facebook and Instagram account, I haven’t really ventured into the usage of Twitter, in fact I deleted my account a few years back as I just did not enjoy the ‘social’ experience… perhaps my view will change at the end of this programme.
Topic 1 allowed me to investigate and look into the different types on online tools to better aid and facilitate online collaborative work. I thoroughly enjoyed navigating through these on my own as well as with the PBL group 3. For our group presentation we used the application Coggle which enabled us to mind map our ideas and contribution to the topic. In particular, in my reflection on our PBL group meetings I learnt quite a bit about Online Safety, Information Sharing and Protection, Content Creation and Problem Solving.
Literacy is about development so understanding digital literacy in this way is important; we acquire language and become increasingly proficient over time and eventually reach a level of fluency. Beetham and Sharpe’s framework (2010) describes digital literacy as a development process from access and functional skills to higher level capabilities and identity.
Digital literacies encompasses a range of other capabilities represented here in a seven elements model:
I’m thoroughly looking forward to the next topic!
Bring on the new week