This seminar will explore perspectives on digital literacy and the impact that different meanings might have, both on academic perception and on the curriculum. It will introduce a new framework for understanding digital literacy from a critical perspective, with discussion and examples of how such a framework might be used in curriculum and professional development contexts.

About the presenters

Juliet Hinrichsen is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at the University of Greenwich. She has a background in e-pedagogy, digital humanities and academic development. Her research interests are around the concept of the lecture in relation to the embodied teacher; and methodological approaches to the design of learning.

Antony Coombs works in Educational Development at the University of Greenwich, providing specialist advice in the application of digital technologies for teaching and learning. He combines expertise in the areas of visual design, information design and design for learning.

About the series

This seminar series is funded by the JISC IOE Digital Literacy project, and will be hosted by ALT. It will explore the themes of the forthcoming special issue of Research in Learning Technology, which will focus on Digital Literacies and Digital Scholarship. The authors of four of the papers in the special issue will present on their research and theoretical perspectives surrounding these themes.  The series will be curated by Lesley Gourlay (joint editor of RLT) and special issues guest editors Martin Oliver and Norm Friesen. Sessions will involve presentation, exploration of themes by the facilitators and open discussion with participants.

The webinar will be run using Blackboard Collaborate 11. We will notify you of arrangements approximately three days prior to the webinar, giving you time to get your PC or Mac set up and tested, taking account of the guidance on the ALT web site at http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs.