ETL523 - Digital Citizenship in Schools
Julie Lindsay
The ETL523 case study features these OLM elements - Teacher Presence, E-Assessment, Learning Communities and Interaction with the Professions. These elements are not present in isolation from each other. A combination of elements provide multiple strategies for subject implementation and often overlap and interconnect. The case study showcases these elements and attempts to reveal how vital it is we understand how they may co-exist and work together to improve engagement and enhanced learning outcomes.
Choice Within Assessments, Collaborative Group Projects, Creating A Shared Resource, Creating Rich Media Artefacts, Multimodal Presence, Practice Focused Tasks,
ETL523 Digital Citizenship in Schools is a subject in the postgraduate degree Master of Education in Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation (School of Information Studies). It explores the concept and practice of digital citizenship. Technological, political and ethical issues concerning digital citizenship are examined, including intellectual property, plagiarism, cybersafety, freedom of information, transliteracy and the effective use of a range of technologies to support learning and teaching. Issues in policy and practice are examined to understand how learning programs and school community practices can build capacity and resilience in students to enable them to become effective and responsible digital citizens in global online learning environments.
The ETL523 case study features these OLM elements - Teacher Presence, E-Assessment, Learning Communities and Interaction with the Professions. These elements are not present in isolation from each other. A combination of elements provide multiple strategies for subject implementation and often overlap and interconnect. The case study showcases these elements and attempts to reveal how vital it is we understand how they may co-exist and work together to improve engagement and enhanced learning outcomes.
Assignment 1 - Group Wiki Project
In this subject the focus of Assignment 1 was to work in a small team and create an authentic online learning module, demonstrating a range of digital and media affordances of the web environment. The chosen topic related to digital citizenship in an education context. This module was created using a wiki (Wikispaces) and required a high level of group communication, collaboration and co-creation skills as well as some technical skills.
Collaborative Group Projects, Creating A Shared Resource
Read More...Assignment 1 - Digital Citizenship Learning Module, Assignment 2 - Environmental Scan Report
The focus of Assignment 1 was to create an authentic learning module based on a chosen topic to do with digital citizenship in schools. This module was to be extensive and comprehensive enough for creators to use in their own learning environments. It could include content in various media forms, activities and assessments as needed. Assignment 2 asked students to be able to articulate and reflect on the role of an information leader and be able to develop an information policy or set of guidelines that support digital citizenship and digital learning in schools.
Choice Within Assessments, Practice Focused Tasks
Read More...Announcements, Discussion Forums, Adobe Connect Meetings, Twitter
In this subject teacher presence was fostered across the use of announcements, discussion forum design, the use of online meetings using Adobe Connect and additional online communication tools. This multimodal approach provided a scaffold for establishing a strong teacher identity and effective, reliable and regular communication. It also amplified teacher to student interaction through the different choices and opportunities provided.
Assignment 1 - Digital Artefact
The individual creation of a digital artefact required students to be able to demonstrate an understanding of key concepts of digital citizenship and the social, political, ethical and technological issues affecting digital citizenship development. It also encouraged transliteracy skills and clear communication of ideas through the use of multimedia.