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Murdoch University academic voices concern over language skills of international students

Murdoch University academic voices concern over language skills of international students | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
A leaked email suggested the university was admitting “under-prepared” students and called for urgent action.
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Why Web Literacy Should Be Part of Every Education

Why Web Literacy Should Be Part of Every Education | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Like reading, writing, and arithmetic, web literacy is both content and activity. You don’t just learn “about” reading: you learn to read. You don’t just learn “about” arithmetic: you learn to count and calculate.
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The Difference Between Digital Literacy and Digital Fluency | SociaLens Blog

The Difference Between Digital Literacy and Digital Fluency | SociaLens Blog | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it

Literacy and fluency* have to do with our ability to use a technology to achieve a desired outcome in a situation using the technologies that are available to us.


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What’s a Phone Book? Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Digital Native Journalism Students | Small Programs Interest Group

What’s a Phone Book? Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Digital Native Journalism Students | Small Programs Interest Group | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it

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An innovative program developed by Stonehill College’s MacPháidín Library and its Center for Teaching and Learning led to the creation of a semester-long partnership between a communication professor and a reference and instruction librarian. The goal of that partnership was to provide information literacy instruction to narrative writing students to help them meet the Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, hone their online research and evaluation skills, and craft richer narrative pieces. Anecdotal evidence and student responses indicate the information literacy instruction delivered and the library aids created for this class not only helped students track primary resources and historical material for their assignments but also introduced them to search strategies and online resources with which they weren’t previously familiar.

 

KF:  This project is about introducing a higher level of information literacy expectations - while the focus is on writing and journalism students the project easily translates into other disciplines as well.

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Digital literacy can boost employability and improve student experience

Digital literacy can boost employability and improve student experience | Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Scoop.it
Students without the skills to use digital tools risk suffering an inferior learning process at best, and being left completely behind at worst, says JISC's Sarah Knight...
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