Digital literacy has become the vital competency that students need
to master before graduating. This book provides rich examples of
how to integrate it in disciplinary courses. While many
institutions are developing introductory courses to impart
universal literacy (skills students need to know) and creative
literacy (skills for creating new content), discipline-specific
skills (skills needed to succeed within a specific discipline) are
a vital extension to their learning and ability to apply digital
literacy in different contexts. This book provides examples of how
to integrate digital literacy across a wide variety of courses
spanning many domains. Rather than a wholly new core institutional
outcome, digital literacy adds to the development of critical
thinking, communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills by
building students' capacities to assess online information so they
can ethically share, communicate, or repurpose it through the
appropriate use of available digital technologies. In short, it
provides the vital digital dimension to their learning and the
literacy skills which will be in increasing demand in their future
lives. Following introductory chapters providing context and a
theoretical framework, the contributing authors from different
disciplines share the digital competencies and skills needed within
their fields, the strategies they use to teach them, and insights
about the choices they made. What shines through the examples is
that, regardless of the specificity of the disciplinary examples,
they offer all readers a commonality of approach and a trove of
ideas that can be adapted to other contexts. This book constitutes
a practical introduction for faculty interested in including
opportunities to apply digital literacy to discipline-specific
content. The book will benefit faculty developers and instructional
designers who work with disciplinary faculty to integrate digital
literacy. The book underscores the importance of preparing students
at the course level to create, and be assessed on, digital content
as fields are modernizing and delivery formats of assignments are
evolving. Domains covered include digital literacy in teacher
education, writing, musicology, indigenous literary studies,
communications, journalism, business information technology,
strategic management, chemistry, biology, health sciences,
optometry, school librarianship, and law. The book demonstrates a
range of approaches that can used to teach digital literacy skills
in the classroom, including: Progressing from digital literacy to
digital fluency Increasing digital literacy by creating digital
content Assessment of digital literacy Identifying ethical
considerations with digital literacy Sharing digital content
outside of the classroom Identifying misinformation in digital
communications Digitizing instructional practices, like lab notes
and essays Reframing digital literacy from assumption to
opportunity Preparing students to teach digital literacy to others
Collaborating with other departments on campus to support digital
literacy instruction Incorporating media into digital literacy
(digital media literacy) Using digital storytelling and
infographics to teach content knowledge] Weaving digital literacy
throughout the curriculum of a program, and with increasing depth
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