Tag Archives for Digital Learning
Information Literacy in the Digital Age: Myths and Principles of Digital Literacy
Librarians have traditionally served as the champions of information literacy, adopting it as a core principle of the profession and creating a movement that tries to facilitate fair, equal access to knowledge and its creation. There are plenty of publications … Continue reading
4 Things to Consider When Teaching Digital Literacy to College Students
In higher education, I think it is imperative that we teach our learners and peers about what it means to participate and interact in digital spaces and places. How can our institutions help students, staff, and faculty “be” online and … Continue reading
Collaborative Digital Literacy Practices among Adult Learners: Levels of Confidence and Perceptions of Importance
Technology has transformed learning at the postsecondary level and significantly increased the prevalence of digital learning environments. As adult educators approach instructional design, they must consider how to apply research-based practices that preserve the quality of instruction and provide adult … Continue reading
Digital Literacy: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief
Explores the landscape of digital literacy as it relates to advancing more authentic learning in campus settings. Read More
Libraries Look to Big Data to Measure Their Worth—And Better Help Students
These days, though, libraries are finding new ways to measure their worth. They’re counting how many times students use electronic library resources or visit in person, and comparing that to how well the students do in their classes and how … Continue reading
Purdue App Puts Learning Data into Students’ Hands
Engineering students at Purdue University can track their study behaviors with Pattern, a quantified-self tool designed to help learners regulate and improve their habits. Read More
Ohio State collaborates with Apple to launch digital learning initiative
Students, faculty, staff and community to gain access to new educational and economic development opportunities. Read More
Does Harvard-2U Deal Challenge Skeptics?
Online program management advocates applaud as Harvard and 2U work to create an online business analytics certificate program. Others worry about corporate encroachment on teaching and learning. Read More
Commentary: Do schools still need paper textbooks in a digital age
Our children grow up in a world where digital technology pervades every aspect of their lives, and educators need to leverage such tech to help them learn more effectively, argues NIE’s Tay Hui Yong. Read More
100 Years of Cinema: New Documentary Series Explores the History of Cinema by Analyzing One Film Per Year, Starting in 1915
Film has played an integral part in almost all of our cultural lives for decades and decades, but when did we invent it? “We have evidence of man experimenting with moving images from a time when we still lived in … Continue reading