Course Description
Integration of digital devices, resources, and platforms into instruction to enhance literacy in elementary through secondary schools.
Athena Title
Digital Resources in Lit Ed
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LLED 7110
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Theoretical Foundations 1. Students will examine and adopt critical literacy stances to study the relationship between technology, learning, and literacy. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment 1. Students will examine and design successful technology integration practices in literacy instruction in relation to early literacy development, comprehension, and the reading/writing process in digital domains. 2. Students will evaluate digital texts and tools that support students’ engagement in digital literacy practices. 3. Students will examine and evaluate standards and assessment procedures related to digital literacies. Access and Diversity 4. Students will evaluate the affordances of digital reading and writing in the study of the intersection of cultural diversity, power, and digital literacy. Professional Development 5. Students will reflect on and examine own dispositions, fluency, and competences in digital literacy. 6. Students will identify and evaluate online networks and resources for professional development in digital reading and writing. Digital Citizenship 7. Students will critically examine and apply guidelines for fair use of copyrighted media and for ethical production and circulation of students’ digital work.
Topical Outline
1.Theories and approaches to digital literacies 2.Copyright and fair use 3.Crafting web texts 4.The digital reading process 5.Early digital literacy development 6.Multimodal literacy: Images, audio, and video 7.Social media and the digital afterlife 8.Assessment of digital literacies 9.Digital media, language, and culture
Syllabus
Public CV