Developing Digital Literacies and the role of institutional support services

Digital literacy involves having the skills to apply a broad range of practices and cultural resources to digital tools. It includes the ability to create, collaborate, communicate, and understand when digital technologies can support these processes. Many students lack digital skills needed for education and future jobs, so improving digital literacy is important. Developing digital literacies should be explicitly specified in learning strategies and embedded in curriculums across all programs.

This document discusses core news values in the digital age. It outlines five core news values: timeliness, proximity, prominence, consequence, and human interest. It provides examples of how these values can be applied. The document then discusses how technology is impacting media processes and the emergence of converged and participatory media environments. It argues that while technology changes how news is distributed, core journalistic values still guide content creation. The future of journalism will require skills in multiple platforms and tools, while continuing to serve communities and share truthful information.

Build a community of organizations and activists in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond that use technology to drive social change. Increase the capacity, knowledge, and skills of these groups in areas like technology usage, open data, citizen participation, and government collaboration. Empower local actors by sharing knowledge, tools, and expanding personal networks across regions.

A presentation given by Dr Govind at the Cooperation SIG during APRICOT 2015 on Tuesday, 3rd March 2015.

This presentation by Max Aubernon and Morgane Louis (Futurs Publics) was made at the OECD conference on Innovating the Public Sector: From Ideas to Impact (12-13 November 2014). For more information visit the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation: https://www.oecd.org/governance/observatory-public-sector-innovation/events/.

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Valerie Johnson, The National Archives The #CultureisDigital project was launched at the end of March 2018 by the Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, coming out of the Government’s Culture White Paper commitment to review the digitisation of public collections and enhance the online cultural experience. As one of the commitments from the report, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/culture-is-digital, The National Archives was asked to set up a Digitisation Taskforce to work with a broad reach of cultural sector representatives in order to explore a new strategic approach to the digitisation and presentation of cultural objects. This paper proposes to discuss the work of the Taskforce and the results of the survey it undertook, and explore the themes that emerged, for example, content strategies, standards, data interoperability, preservation and sustainability, different economic models to fund digitisation, and skills development. The paper will show what the group achieved, and how it intends to take the work forward.

The vision is for African scientists to be at the cutting edge of data-intensive science, innovative advocates of open science, and leaders in addressing challenges in Africa and globally. The mission is for the African Open Science Platform to convene and coordinate open science interests, ideas, people, and resources in and for Africa. It will provide a federated infrastructure of digital tools, a technical network to support their application, and a community of practice.

The document discusses building digital capability among staff and students. It notes a skills gap and the importance of digital skills for employability and careers that will increasingly involve digital elements. Both staff and students feel their courses do not fully prepare them for the digital workplace. The discovery tool allows individuals to assess their digital capabilities and identifies next steps. Over 3,000 staff and students from over 100 organizations have used the tool, finding it beneficial for reflection. Institutions can gain insights into digital capabilities across departments. The community of practice shares resources and ideas for developing digital capability in organizations.

The document summarizes the findings of the INDEx Survey, a national survey of digital experiences in higher education in Ireland that received responses from over 25,000 students and 4,000 staff members at 32 institutions. Some key findings were that students wanted more reliable WiFi, consistent use of virtual learning environments, and access to recorded lectures. The survey also found that only 25% of students reported having access to recorded lectures, while 29% of teaching staff said they had access to lecture capture tools. The full report of the survey findings was published in May 2020 on the website provided.

This webinar charts the story behind the planning, development and implementation of the Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey. Participants will have an opportunity to engage directly with Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, co-ordinators of the survey, as they share their experiences of this first for Irish higher education

This document discusses open data in Africa. It notes that open data can lead to increased governance transparency and accountability, economic job creation and innovation, and social empowerment and improved service delivery. However, open data faces challenges in Africa including government inertia, poor coordination, low data and internet access, and weak institutions. Leveraging open data will require stronger civil society, media independence, and public institutions to enforce open practices and data release. There appears to be a correlation between strong institutions and greater open government and open data readiness. The document provides context on Africa's diversity and open data definitions.

Virtual Clusters is an initiative by the Ministry of MSME to create a single online platform connecting various stakeholders in business and economic development, including industries, academic institutions, experts, entrepreneurs, and government. The platform aims to facilitate networking and sharing of information between these groups for mutual benefit. It allows industries to connect with academic institutions to improve curriculum and student training programs. Students can also find internships and complete projects working with industries. The platform provides resources like e-learning modules, listings of industries and experts, loan application forms, and information on various ministry schemes. Over 23,000 industries, 200 organizations and 125 experts have already registered on the platform.

This document discusses UNDP's efforts in knowledge sharing for democratic governance. It outlines achievements like developing global networks of over 3000 members, inter-agency knowledge portals, and a democratic governance knowledge base. However, it also notes challenges like the lack of incentives for knowledge sharing, ensuring quality, and knowledge uptake. Going forward, it recommends moving from networks to teamworks, developing a cohesive UNDP strategy, addressing incentives issues, and enhancing regional and national level knowledge exchange.

Middle East College (MEC) is the largest university college in Oman, with a student population of over 5,600 students representing over 30 different nationalities. MEC was founded in 2002 and is located in Knowledge Oasis Muscat. MEC's vision is to contribute to a harmonious and sustainable world through education, inquiry, innovation, and intercultural engagement. The upcoming international conference on Big Data and Smart City aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss advances in smart cities and green technologies.