Stepping Stones

Picked this article up from Stephen Downes Oldaily and it is a gem.

This is a major article that covers digital literacy in the Australian E-learning community. It’s breadth is wide and deep. The links given at the end are awsome as the resources cover such a range of ICT thinking and practices. Of course, I see great potential for using some of these resources in our youth community mapping research and our work in the K- 12 school system in York Region.

In this critique Leigh Blackall discusses how digital literacy affects teaching practices in Australian education. Consideration is given to understandings of digital literacy, the impact of open source software and the place of content within the worldwide rapid publishing and networked learning revolution (Web 2.0). Participatory action research is suggested as an approach to developing awareness of new models for online learning, improving digital literacy skills and enabling networked learning practices in Australian education.

“In developing this critique Leigh has collated and annotated, in a wiki, a fantastic range of links to relevant research. Scroll down to ‘A sample and remix on what has been said already’. Click to view this valuable resource.”