Digital Literacy Conference

The Centre for Innovation in Technology and Education is organising a Digital Literacy Conference on 14th June 2012, 10am – 4pm  at Wide Lane, Southampton Airport.

This FREE event (#sotondiglit) is open to staff, students and visitors who want to know more about how the ways in which we teach and learn are changing.

You can register here

There will be ‘unkeynote’ sessions led by:

Sue Beckingham (@suebecks ) from Sheffield Hallam University is an Educational Developer with a research interest in the use of social media in education

Doug Belshaw (@dajbelshaw) is from JISC infoNet where he researches open educational resources, mobile learning and digital literacies

Cristina Costa (@cristinacost) is from the University of Salford where she researches the implications of the social web for teaching, learning, research, and public engagement

Steve Wheeler (@timbuckteeth) is from the University of Plymouth and a prolific edublogger on the social and cultural impact of disruptive technologies in education

What is Digital Literacy and why should you care? J Digital technologies influence how we:

  • collect, manage and evaluate online information
  • build an online identity for personal or career development
  • create and curate content in both written and visual media
  • communicate for networking, collaboration and project management purposes
  • deal with privacy and security issues
  • participate in events remotely and face to face

Please get in touch with Fiona (Fiona.harvey@soton.ac.uk @fionajharvey) or Lisa (l.j.harris@soton.ac.uk @lisaharris) if you have a digital literacy project that you would like to discuss or demonstrate at this event. You can choose any of the following presentation options: Pecha kucha, BYO laptop, demonstration, poster, café session, or other innovative approach of your choice!