Browse by Subject "digital literacy"
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(2008-12)An executive summary of two community engagement projects: the new Prairienet technology training and a mini-documentary on community engagement projects of Fall 2008. Video online at: http://www.communityinformaticsproj ...
(iSchools, 2013-02)This poster describes an educational research project we call “Community Informatics Studio,” which uses studio-based learning (SBL) to support enculturation into the field of community informatics. The SBL approach is ...
Digital Literacy: New Approaches to Participation and Inquiry Learning to Foster Literacy Skills among Primary School Children (2009-03)Digital literacy is an important and often misunderstood concept; it has implications for all aspects of primary schooling in Ireland. The purpose of this research is to establish a useful definition and conceptual ...
(iSchools, 2013-02)New technologies and developments in media are transforming the way that individuals, groups and societies communicate, learn, work and govern. This new socio-technical reality requires participants to possess not only ...
(2007-04)The information age has changed how literacy is defined, and in this text, video, and diagram I provide an overview of what it means to be literate in an information age.
(Routledge, 2008-03-10)This chapter reviews literature addressing the following question: What is the relationship of new literacies to community inquiry? We are concerned with how new technologies highlight enduring issues of community and, ...
(2012-05-22)Millie Garfield gets out of bed each morning and makes a cup of coffee. She then goes to her computer and starts her day with a review of her favorite blogs, a visit to her son’s Twitter page, and a quick scan of reader ...
(2013-02-28)The Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) is part of a two-decade-long history of community engagement around technology, from Prairienet (founded 1993), to ...
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-02)Educators today are concerned with how to effectively implement whole school e-learning strategies, encompassing technical support, digital resources, and professional development. This paper reports the findings of a ...
(Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois, 1995-11)This paper surveys five broad areas in which important and dramatic changes are occurring today. The first concerns democracy, and in particular, the issue of universal literacy; the second relates to work, with a focus ...
(2013-02-28)The Urbana Free Library is a hub for community engagement. It is a place where K-12 schools, community organizations, and University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) departments, centers, and student organizations ...
(Symposium Journals, a division of wwwords Ltd, PO Box 204, Didcot, Oxford OX11 9ZQ, United Kingdom, www.symposium-journals.co.uk, 2009)A youth community informatics (YCI) research project intersected an inquiry learning model with the making of audiovisual podcasts to foster personal growth and community engagement in a group of Mexican American youth ...