Course Introduction
In the current technology enhanced world, there’s an assumption that most everyone is comfortable with, and capable of online learning. While the ubiquity of digital communication, automated assistance, and constant connectivity supports this assumption, the reality is that many people around the world, from all walks of life, don’t have the skills required to effectively use digital resources and technologies for an academic purpose. Learning in a Digital Age (LiDA) is a credit-bearing course designed to improve digital literacies and learning literacies for higher education and to help learners gain more value from Open Educational Resources (OER).After familiarizing yourself with the following course syllabus, enroll in this course using the "Enroll me in this course” button. Once enrolled, navigate to Unit 1 of the course to read the Unit Introduction and Unit 1 Learning Outcomes. Links and instructions for all unit specific course resources will follow the introductory materials.
Unit 1: Digital Literacies for Online Learning (LiDA101)
Digital literacies for online learning (LiDA101) is the first of four micro-courses for the Learning in a Digital Age course.
Unit 1 will help you to gain a good understanding of what digital literacies are and why they are important for learning on the Internet. In this unit you will set up a personal course blog.
You will have the opportunity to reflect on your own level of digital literacies and will be provided with opportunities to improve them, including how to find and select credible open resources and a range of related digital and learning literacies for success in higher education.
Completing this unit should take you approximately 30 hours (excluding time for preparing an optional assessment portfolio for formal credit).
Image credit: Smartphone by Geralt, dedicated to the public domain
Unit 2: Digital Citizenship (LiDA102)
Digital citizenship (LiDA102) is the second of four micro-courses for the Learning in a Digital Age course.In Unit 2 you will engage in academic learning as a digital citizen of the internet. This unit will help you to develop a positive online identity in support of learning on the Internet, commensurate with good practice for privacy, security and interpersonal communications.
Completing this unit should take you approximately 30 hours (excluding time for preparing an optional assessment portfolio for formal credit).
Image credit: One World - One Web by Paul Downey, CC BY 2.0
Unit 3: Open Education, Copyright and Open Licensing (LiDA103)
Open Education, Copyright and Open Licensing (LiDA103) is the third of four micro-courses for the Learning in a Digital Age course. In Unit 3 you will harness the potential of open education in pursuit of your own learning goals while adhering to the requirements of copyright in a digital world.
Completing this unit should take you approximately 30 hours (excluding time for preparing an optional assessment portfolio for formal credit).
Image credit: Is licensing really the most important question for OER? by Caroline Madigan for opensource.com, CC BY-SA 2.0
Unit 4: Critical Media Literacies and Associated Digital Skills (LiDA104)
Critical media literacies and associated digital skills (LiDA104) is the fourth of four micro-courses for the Learning in a Digital Age course.
In Unit 4 you will explore the concept of media literacy and apply this knowledge to access, analyse, evaluate and create digital media.
Completing this unit should take you approximately 40 hours of learning effort made up of about 20 -25 hours of online learning with the balance spent on preparing the final assessment for those learners seeking certification.
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