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.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
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 literacy
dc.subjectliteracy
dc.subjectdigital natives
dc.subjectBoard/Authority Authorized course
dc.subjectBAA
dc.subjectconstructivist
dc.subject21st century learners
dc.subjectdigital and media literacy
dc.subjectmedia literacy
dc.subjectcompetencies
dc.subjectblog
dc.subjectonline learning platform
dc.subjectcontemporary students
dc.subjectdigital contexts
dc.subjectpersonalized learning
dc.subjectdesigning a course
dc.subjecthigh school
dc.subjectBritish Columbia
dc.subjectsecondary
dc.subjectdigital illiteracy
dc.subjectcreating a course
dc.subjectmillennials
dc.subject21st century skills
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectNet Generation
dc.subjectdigital literacy standards
dc.subjectdigital literacy competencies
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectWeb 2.0
dc.subjectdigital creation
dc.subjectdigital consumption
dc.subjectdigital citizenship
dc.subjectdigital interaction
dc.subjectonline learning communities
dc.subjectdigital literacy learning outcomes
dc.subjectdigital literacy assessment
dc.titleJust do it: designing and implementing a digital literacy course in a public high schoolen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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