1.2b Introduction to Digital Literacy

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Information & Digital Literacy for University Success

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The University of Sydney

Information & Digital Literacy for University Success

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Curso 1 de 5 em Specialization Academic Skills for University Success

This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In this course, you will learn how to develop your Information & Digital Literacy Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Access and search for information efficiently and effectively using a variety of digital tools. 2. Critically evaluate the reliability of sources for an academic context. 3. Filter, manage and organize information from a wide variety of sources for use in academic study. 4. Demonstrate awareness of ethical issues related to academic integrity surrounding the access and use of information. 5. Understand how to use digital tools for referencing and attribution in order to avoid plagiarism. 6. Understand how to disseminate and communicate information in a professional way, including managing digital identity and building networks for learning and research.

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Introduction to Information & Digital Literacy at University

After this module you will be able to (1). Understand the structure and expectations of the course (2). Understand expectations about information and digital literacy within academic culture (3). Articulate the skills & dispositions needed to function effectively in the digital space (4). Demonstrate awareness of ethical issues related to academic integrity surrounding the access and use of information

1.2a Introduction to Academic Culture11:36

1.2b Introduction to Digital Literacy8:41

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Katherine Olston
Deputy Director (Digital Learning)
University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching

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So, we've looked at the concept of academic culture in general,

and some of its core values.

We saw that information and digital literacy was one of these core values.

But what does this really mean in practice, and

how can you develop your skills in this key area?

Information literacy in an academic context relates to information and

how we decide what information we need, how we find it,

evaluate it, select it, discard it, use it and store it.

For your studies, you need to do this when you're researching, writing and

presenting your assignments.

Then, if we add the idea of digital literacy, we get the idea of being

able to do all of these things efficiently, using digital tools.

We then also need to add all those extra elements that relate specifically

to the digital space such as being able to use digital tools to create information,

communicate effectively, to manage your digital identity online,

and to use digital networks to enhance your own learning.

And of course we need to know how to do all this in a way that's appropriate

to the academic context.

So now let's hear from some experts in this field to help us

understand how information and digital literacy practices relate

to academic culture and how this can help you in your studies.

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>> Information that you see is your capacity to find, analyze, comprehend,

evaluate the information you come across, whether that's a quick and

dirty search on Google or if you are digging around in academic databases.

Information literacy is your capacity to take that information that you've found,

work with it in a meaningful way.

>> An example of an understanding around information literacy is that

the value of information is contextual.

So for example, within law, what is a variable document might be something

like a piece of registration or a case law document, a raw report.

But then if you are in medicine for example, it be something like a systematic

review and that might be a very highly valued document in that context.

So another important value around information literacy is understanding

that information is the building up of a conversation between experts.

So over time, there will be a body of knowledge and

that is usually created by that two and fro between experts in the field.

The other aspect of that is understanding that people are not just consumers

of information, even students.

They're also producers of information and at some point they may become an expert

and they can actually contribute to that conversation that's happening on a topic.

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>> Digital literacy is a really interesting concept.

Back in the early 90s, a guy named Marc Prensky sort of

put this idea out there that we have digital natives and digital immigrants.

And a lot of people born recently are digital natives.

It's a language that you speak.

But we all need to be literate in digital technologies as we go

into a world where the digital frontier is well alert right now.

At university now you can't avoid digital technology.

A lot of your learning is done online.

So digital literacy is making yourself familiar with that new language and

ultimately we all need to be digital natives.

>> Yes, in terms of thinking about digital literacy,

I think it starts with information literacy.

So it's knowing that you need to find some information.

It’s having the skills to be able to find the particular resources to use and

how to search them.

How to find the right kind of information you need to assess it and

effectively use it.

And essentially, digital literacy takes that into another realm because you're

using smartphones and your computer, you're searching the Internet.

So really, I think in that context it's thinking

about what you find online is it relevant?

How you evaluate whose created that source.

So is it a reliable source?

And thinking about the consequences of the information you've found.

So can you use it?

Perhaps what are the implications of using it.

And in terms of an academic environment, that it's relevant to your discipline and

it's of scholarly value, considered of academic quality.

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>> So to include this idea of information literacy into academic culture,

you've gotta bear in mind that information is at the core of understanding the world.

Information is at the core of defending an argument or making a proposition about how

the world works, whether that's in science or the humanities or whatever your field.

So information literacy is a fundamental part of study at university.

You need to understand,

where are you going to find information to support your point of view?

How are you going to assess that information for reliability?

How do you evaluate it to make sure it's an accurate way of defending what you've

got to say?

>> So I see information literacy reflecting in this core values

around things like being able to identify a good problem or

research question that you want to investigate.

It's about understanding the importance of finding good evidence to back up

the ideas that you have.

And it's about realizing, as well, that when you have a good idea, if you then

do some research and you find evidence that doesn't support your position, that

you might need to adjust your position, and go off in a different direction.

>> I think the university's core values, sort of the academic cultural values.

How that reflects in digital literacy and

information literacy is really that it equips you not just for university life.

But again, for when you go out in the work place and in your personal life.

So it's really about thinking about those skills.

It's about being able to find information, to evaluate it,

to know where to go to access it, to think how to appropriately use it.

So really, I think it's about giving you the capacity to learn,

apply your thinking, being able to problem solve, respond creatively to issues,

communicate effectively with a range of different users

because you need to be able to write, how do you communicate.

So if you've got to do presentation, speak at a conference, so

you know work meetings, something like that.

So it's about how you get your ideas across and it's really learning how to

adapt and contribute, really in a constantly changing environment.

>> So in the lesson today, we've covered what information and

digital literacy looks like in terms of academic culture.

And we've looked at the skills and

knowledge you'll need to help you in your studies.

The rest of this course helps you to develop those skills in this area and

thus prepares you for university.

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