Welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #331. This week I’ve been working on some things behind the scenes. More to come soon. đ I received a really intriguing request from Kay Oddone that I think all of my readers here at DL should consider. Oddone is investigating academicsâ experience of professional learning through Personal Learning Networks.…
Youth Never Forget Digitally Lit #227 – 1/4/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #227 of Digitally Literate. Welcome to 2020. I hope the new yearâŚand the new decade treat you well. Youâre more than welcome to review these materials on the website. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email…
Thread by @dsquintana: “Youâve worked hard putting together a presentation so why limit it to the people sitting in your talk? Here are a few tips for repurposing y [âŚ]”
The power to explore online social media movements — from the pop cultural to the political — with the same algorithmic sophistication as top experts in the field is now available to journalists, researchers and members of the public from a free, user-friendly online software suite released today by scientists at Indiana University. The Web-based…
We saw some of this happening in earlier research on online reading comprehension. Specifically, I had concerns about how algorithms might impact, shape, or modify what we’re looking for. âGoogling itâ has become the news equivalent of âdo your own research.â But neither Google, nor search terms, are purely neutral. âEven in the face of research…
How do the Australian Department of Health and Ageingâs new screen time guidelines sit with the latest research about screen time? In this blog Jane Mavoa highlights the problems around a lacâŚ
Screensâ have been part of childrenâs lives for well over half a century, and we have been asking questions about their effects for just as long. The types of problems mentioned in guidelines in Australia and elsewhere, are not new, with many often mentioned in âlimitationsâ sections of published research. Surely it is time to move on from acknowledging, then ignoring,…