EduGlu Sandbox

I was asked to provide some thoughts on digital literacies for the Vice Chancellor, but rather than just do a dead email, in keeping with the spirit of the topic, I thought I'd put them in a blog post.

This isn't the research related view, but rather a personal perspective. Here are what I think are interesting about what we might term new digital literacies:

It’s been frequently noted that the response effect of twitter is not a simple matter of opening an account and yelling for help; as a new tweeter you get the tree-falling silently effect. That said, I feel overwhelmingly fortunate to put out a single request and get a string of responses.

If you follow any North American edublogs, you probably can't fail to have noticed a whole flurry of recent posts on "Edupunk". Capturing the spirit of the times, Jim Groom's call to arms last week inspired many, confused some, and even offended a few...