Just do it: designing and implementing a digital literacy course in a public high school

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dc.contributor.authorStokes-Bennett, Devon
dc.contributor.supervisorNahachewsky, James
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-08T19:17:37Z
dc.date.available2013-08-08T19:17:37Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-08-08
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Curriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education M.Ed.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis project examines the theoretical and practical educational challenges of designing a ‘digital literacy’ Board/Authority Authorized (BAA) course for implementation in a British Columbia secondary public school. There were three guiding questions for this project: (1) What is digital literacy? (2) How digitally literate are today’s youth through their own practices? and, (3) What is the role of formal education in developing digital literacy in our youth? The project had three corresponding stages: defining digital literacy through the existing literature; designing a digital literacy course that met students’ contemporary learning needs; and structuring the course for implementation in a public secondary school. Through a synthesis of existing discourses regarding learners in a digital age and the author’s classroom-based teaching experiences, digital literacy was defined as “the ability to interact critically, creatively and ethically with text, tools and people in digital contexts.” Further, the course was designed to engage and impact contemporary students’ personal and social constructivist approaches to learning in online and face-to-face contexts. Finally, the BAA course shell was created addressing provincial Ministry of Education, District and school-based criteria, as well as students’ competencies for implementation as a grade 12 elective in a local high school for the following academic year.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4727
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectdigital literacyen_US
dc.subjectliteracyen_US
dc.subjectdigital nativesen_US
dc.subjectBoard/Authority Authorized courseen_US
dc.subjectBAAen_US
dc.subjectconstructivisten_US
dc.subject21st century learnersen_US
dc.subjectdigital and media literacyen_US
dc.subjectmedia literacyen_US
dc.subjectcompetenciesen_US
dc.subjectblogen_US
dc.subjectonline learning platformen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary studentsen_US
dc.subjectdigital contextsen_US
dc.subjectpersonalized learningen_US
dc.subjectdesigning a courseen_US
dc.subjecthigh schoolen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectsecondaryen_US
dc.subjectdigital illiteracyen_US
dc.subjectcreating a courseen_US
dc.subjectmillennialsen_US
dc.subject21st century skillsen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectNet Generationen_US
dc.subjectdigital literacy standardsen_US
dc.subjectdigital literacy competenciesen_US
dc.subjecttechnologyen_US
dc.subjectWeb 2.0en_US
dc.subjectdigital creationen_US
dc.subjectdigital consumptionen_US
dc.subjectdigital citizenshipen_US
dc.subjectdigital interactionen_US
dc.subjectonline learning communitiesen_US
dc.subjectdigital literacy learning outcomesen_US
dc.subjectdigital literacy assessmenten_US
dc.titleJust do it: designing and implementing a digital literacy course in a public high schoolen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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