Digital Literacy for Educators
Dr. Alec Couros
This session will provide an overview of the concept of digital literacy and how it applies to educators. Emerging digital tools will be demonstrated along with a discussion of accompanying pedagogical approaches. Additionally, there will be discussion of strategies for digital literacy including new search techniques, information literacies, content analysis and curation, and connected pedagogies. Participants will come away with a better understanding of new possibilities for teaching and learning along with actionable techniques.
Dr. Alec Couros is the Professor of Educational Technology and Media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, digital identity, digital ethics, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity.
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Dr. Alec Couros
This session will provide an overview of the concept of digital literacy and how it applies to educators. Emerging digital tools will be demonstrated along with a discussion of accompanying pedagogical approaches. Additionally, there will be discussion of strategies for digital literacy including new search techniques, information literacies, content analysis and curation, and connected pedagogies. Participants will come away with a better understanding of new possibilities for teaching and learning along with actionable techniques.
Dr. Alec Couros is the Professor of Educational Technology and Media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, digital identity, digital ethics, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity.
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