LiDA100: Learning in a Digital Age

Stimulus resources

1. Read the Digital Visitor and Resident article on Wikipedia
2. Watch David White’s video on visitors and resident mapping
3. Explore the visitors and residents map below (click on the image for a larger view).

Purpose

The purpose of this learning challenge is to:

1. Publish a personal definition of digital literacies and what they mean to you
2. Reflect on the range of digital tools and how you use them in personal and institutional contexts.
3. Prepare an action plan for improving your digital literacies for online learning.

Tasks

Review one or two examples of the following digital visitor and resident maps created by learners. (Click on the image for a larger view and image attributions. Remember that your “back button” will take you back to this page or you can open the image links a new tab or window.)

1. Create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) map. You can generate your PLN map using your preferred graphics software, slideshow software, or draw your map free hand and then take a photograph for posting on your blog. Institutional quadrants in this context refers to your professional environment and/or engagement in formal learning contexts. (Note that the final assessment requires your PLN map to be generated using digital tools, but for the purposes of this post you can use a hand drawn graphic as a draft before finalising this post for assessment.)
2. Revisit your original definition of digital literacy and think about how you would like to refine and improve your first attempt.
3. Prepare a revised definition of digital literacy and what digital literacy means for you.
4. Complete today’s LiDA photo challenge and share your reflection and image on mastodon.oeru.org or Twitter. Remember to include the following two hashtags in the text of your tweet: #lida101 and #lida101photo
5. Consider the digital literacies you would like personally to improve on this course based on the seven elements of digital literacies

Outputs

Publish a blog post responding to four requirements:

1. Your personal definition of digital literacies justified from your reading of the literature (about 100 to 150 words)
2. Describe what digital literacies mean for you in a sentence.
3. Upload an image of your PLN map in your blog post.
4. Summarise an action plan for improving your digital literacies. Identify the literacies you plan to improve including the reasons why and how you aim to achieve this.
5. Ensure that your references are cited appropriately.
6. Scan the course feed for blog posts and post a comment on two posts from your peers.

Notes

• Remember to tag or label your post using the course code: lida101. (If you omit this step, we will not be able to harvest your post for the course feed.)