LibGuides: INFO 657 Student Project: Digital Literacy -- Parker Kelly

Introduction

Digital Literacy is one of the critical core skills of the 21st century, and this page will help you familiarize yourself with ways to better understand and integrate programs to promote digital literacy in your community. A term for a user's ability to navigate online spaces, digital interfaces, and work with computer tools, digital literacy is highly applicable in an increasingly digitized world.

Digitalization and digital literacy have recently become highlighted, especially in 2020, when the global pandemic "added a fair amount of complexity in, e.g. skills needed to execute remote work, activities and operations of the organisations. This is especially a major challenge for organisations which are used to traditional ways of performing their daily and routine activities" (Nikou, 2022). Now more than ever, the importance of being digitally literate has been seen in nearly every sector of life.

Whether you're looking to shape up your skills or start a workshop in your library or community, the resources here should set you on the path toward greater understanding of how to navigate the digital world of today and tomorrow.

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Understanding Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy Unpacked by Katharine Reedy (Editor); Jo Parker (Editor)
ISBN: 9781783301973
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Digital literacy is a powerful subject, which supports inclusivity, social mobility and digital citizenship globally. This book brings together thought-leaders and experts in the field, providing a blend of research and practice across sectors, and provides a valuable and timely insight into digital literacy and learning. Digital Literacy Unpacked not only offers a snapshot of innovative approaches to digital literacy, but also intends to provoke discussion, encourage collaboration and inspire - whatever the role or context. The editors open up the whole area of digital literacy in all its kaleidoscopic richness, and provide diverse perspectives, content and ideas to inform thinking and practice. The cross-sectoral and global significance of digital literacy is a key theme of the book. Digital literacy is relevant to higher education, further education, schools, children, and the workplace - but crucially at its heart it is a citizenship and inclusion issue, necessary for the full participation and achievement of all in society. Content covered includes: a discussion of terminology, institutional approaches, and existing frameworks digital literacy in learning and teaching copyright literacy teaching the use of digital tools and curriculum design critical approaches to literacy combatting social exclusion using digital skills. The book will be useful reading for library and information professionals across the sector (higher education, schools, business/corporate, special, public), institutional leaders and managers, and LIS students. It will also be useful reading for educational technologists, learning and teaching professionals.

Digital Literacy in Theory and Practice
By Heidi Julien
This article compares different definitions of "digital literacy" and argues for the importance of developing the skillset in all sectors of life.
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Julien, H. (2018). Digital Literacy in Theory and Practice. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 2243-2252). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi-org.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch195
Workplace literacy skills—how information and digital literacy affect adoption of digital technology
By Nikou, Shahrokh; De Reuver, Mark; Matin, Mahboob Kanafi.
An overview of the importance of digital literacy in the workplace and the impact of digital literacy on employee evaluation of workplace tools and technologies.
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Nikou, S., De Reuver, M., & Matin, M. K. (2022). Workplace literacy skills—how information and digital literacy affect adoption of digital technology. Journal of Documentation, 78(7), 371-391. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-12-2021-0241

Digital Literacy Today

Libraries Supporting Online Learning : Practical Strategies and Best Practices ; 1st ed. by Christina D. Mune
ISBN: 9798400678929
Publication Date: 2020
Using practical examples from librarians in the field, this book lays out current issues in online learning and teaches librarians how to adapt a variety of library services-including instruction, reference, and collection development-to online education. Recent studies highlighting the challenges faced by online learners show that skills librarians are uniquely qualified to teach, such as information and digital literacy and source evaluation, can improve academic performance in online courses and enhance the online learning experience. Just as embedded librarianship was developed to answer the needs of online courses when they emerged in the early 2000s, online learning librarian Christina Mune now teaches "online librarianship" as a set of realistic strategies for serving a variety of online education models. Each chapter of Libraries Supporting Online Learning addresses a different strategy for supporting online students and/or faculty, with all strategies derived from real-world practices. Librarians will find information on best practices for creating digital literacy tutorials and dynamic content, providing patrons with open access and open educational resources, helping patrons to avoid copyright issues, promoting peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing, posting to social media, and developing scalable reference services. The tools and practical examples in this book will be useful for all educators interested in increasing the efficacy of online learning.

Taking a Lead on Digital Literacy for Students—A Case Study from the Library at the University of Limerick
By Michelle Breen, Jesse Waters and Louise O’Shea.
This article covers research on the efficacy of digital "upskilling" workshops at the Unversity of Limerick with students during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Breen, M., Waters, J., & O’Shea, L. (2022). Taking a Lead on Digital Literacy for Students—A Case Study from the Library at the University of Limerick. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 29(1), 11–32. https://doi-org.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/10.1080/13614533.2022.2039243
Holistic approaches to digital literacy: Perspectives from library partners
By Kirsten Dean, Julia Feerrar, Katlyn Griffin, Kelsey Hammer.
This article identifies key strategies for developing digital literacy and integrating it into coursework. The audience is for academic librarians and other educators.
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Dean, K., Feerrar, J., Griffin, K., & Hammer, K. (2024). Holistic approaches to digital literacy: Perspectives from library partners. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024(180), 107–115. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20614
Community-led digital literacy training: Toward a conceptual framework
By Brian Detlor, Heidi Julien, Tara La Rose, and Alexander Serenko.
An evaluation of the digital literacy programs offered by two public libraries and five other community workshops. Based on educational theory and user interviews, it establishes recommendations for best practices in information workshops
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Detlor, B., Julien, H., La Rose, T., & Serenko, A. (2022). Community‐led digital literacy training: Toward a conceptual framework. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 73(10), 1387–1400. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24639
Academic libraries in COVID-19: a renewed mission for digital literacy
By Konstantina Martzoukou
This article stresses the importance of digital literacy building among student bodies in response to the rise of hybrid and online education during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Martzoukou, K. (2021). Academic libraries in COVID-19: a renewed mission for digital literacy. Library Management, 42(4/5), 266–276. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-09-2020-0131

Citations

Breen, M., Waters, J., & O’Shea, L. (2022). Taking a Lead on Digital Literacy for Students—A Case Study from the Library at the University of Limerick. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 29(1), 11–32. https://doi-org.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/10.1080/13614533.2022.2039243

Dean, K., Feerrar, J., Griffin, K., & Hammer, K. (2024). Holistic approaches to digital literacy: Perspectives from library partners. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024(180), 107–115. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20614

Detlor, B., Julien, H., La Rose, T., & Serenko, A. (2022). Community‐led digital literacy training: Toward a conceptual framework. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 73(10), 1387–1400. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24639

Julien, H. (2018). Digital Literacy in Theory and Practice. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 2243-2252). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi-org.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch195

Martzoukou, K. (2021). Academic libraries in COVID-19: a renewed mission for digital literacy. Library Management, 42(4/5), 266–276. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-09-2020-0131

Mune, C. D. (2020). Libraries Supporting Online Learning : Practical Strategies and Best Practices (1st ed.). Libraries Unlimited. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798400678929

Nikou, S., De Reuver, M., & Matin, M. K. (2022). Workplace literacy skills—how information and digital literacy affect adoption of digital technology. Journal of Documentation, 78(7), 371-391. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-12-2021-0241

Reedy, K., & Parker, J. (2018). Digital Literacy Unpacked (1st ed.). Facet Publishing. https://doi.org/10.29085/9781783301997