I have come up with a kind of baseline literacy list:
Baseline Literacy List
Contributing to the web via blogs, forums, wikis, videos etc;
Sharing content - making all things you contribute free to use by others;
Communicating over the internet - knowing the different mediums and how to use them i.e. webinar software, skype, forums, internet relay chat etc;
Applying creative commons licensing to your contributions;
Finding information - learning how to search for information, where to find it, how to check its provenance, understanding its relevance;
Search Language - this is a new internet language that all people should know how to speak - how to refine searches to get the most relevant results;
Community participation - sharing, critiquing, participating, contributing to a community helps to increase its reputation and impact on a subject;
Collaborating over the web using tools like Google Docs or Wikis to work towards common personal or community goals;
Backing up information - Understanding that you need to keep copies of anything you create, in the event of it being lost on the net (websites shutting down etc);
Maintaining information - taking ownership of the upkeep of information and making sure it stays relevant, increasing community and online reputation as a contributor;
Building upon others work - With knowledge of creative commons and open resources, you can build upon work done by others to improve it or keep resources up to date (file formats, information etc)
Basic coding language - knowing how to customize blogs or webspace like tumblr to achieve a desired aesthetic i.e. learning how to use CSS script to structure a page etc.
On a further note, I think it is better to introduce learners/internet users to concepts rather than tools, and if we can sell them on the ideas and concepts of the open web (not just education) we will see a better engagement, as they will be able to see these new skills as useful beyond their time in education. For example, if you teach an art student to create a way of sharing their artwork over the web, they will be able to see the value of that in their chosen career path in the future. Hopefully, they will be inspired to look into different ways of improving their own abilities to share their work in the best, most exciting ways possible.
H817 Block 2 Week 12 Activity 24 - Web Literacy
I have come up with a kind of baseline literacy list:
Baseline Literacy List
Contributing to the web via blogs, forums, wikis, videos etc;
Sharing content - making all things you contribute free to use by others;
Communicating over the internet - knowing the different mediums and how to use them i.e. webinar software, skype, forums, internet relay chat etc;
Applying creative commons licensing to your contributions;
Finding information - learning how to search for information, where to find it, how to check its provenance, understanding its relevance;
Search Language - this is a new internet language that all people should know how to speak - how to refine searches to get the most relevant results;
Community participation - sharing, critiquing, participating, contributing to a community helps to increase its reputation and impact on a subject;
Collaborating over the web using tools like Google Docs or Wikis to work towards common personal or community goals;
Backing up information - Understanding that you need to keep copies of anything you create, in the event of it being lost on the net (websites shutting down etc);
Maintaining information - taking ownership of the upkeep of information and making sure it stays relevant, increasing community and online reputation as a contributor;
Building upon others work - With knowledge of creative commons and open resources, you can build upon work done by others to improve it or keep resources up to date (file formats, information etc)
Basic coding language - knowing how to customize blogs or webspace like tumblr to achieve a desired aesthetic i.e. learning how to use CSS script to structure a page etc.
On a further note, I think it is better to introduce learners/internet users to concepts rather than tools, and if we can sell them on the ideas and concepts of the open web (not just education) we will see a better engagement, as they will be able to see these new skills as useful beyond their time in education. For example, if you teach an art student to create a way of sharing their artwork over the web, they will be able to see the value of that in their chosen career path in the future. Hopefully, they will be inspired to look into different ways of improving their own abilities to share their work in the best, most exciting ways possible.