Digital Gardener Initiative @ IU

The Digital Gardener Initiative is a faculty-driven digital literacy, digital creativity, and digital learning initiative at Indiana University.

[Paul Cook @paulgeecook]

Check out our new episode: "A Merry ChatGPT Christmas Carol." @maksl and I explore AI and its role in higher education. Plus, some special holiday goodies. @dgi_iu https://t.co/7IFYLMMHOa

[Paul Cook @paulgeecook]

Listen to "How is digital literacy like boot camp? IU's Margaret Lion on digital literacy as basic training for student success in higher education." @dgi_iu @maksl @postdigitalJH ⚓ https://t.co/01IDv0vKXF

[TheJUMP+ @TheJUMPPlus]

We are excited to announce issue 12.1 of JUMP+! This issue covers a diverse number of topics created by four undergraduates from universities in Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan. Check out the full issue at https://t.co/I8CLi8tdTP! #rhetcomp #teamrhetoric

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@IUPUI faculty Cindy Hill: "Digital literacy is the ability to confidently navigate ever-changing technology in our work and home life that enables positive changes in our healthcare systems. These positive changes can then lead to healthier populations in our communities."

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... is abundant and predominately born-digital, so we must be digital experts. The ability to perpetually learn and teach evolving technology in supporting information literacy, the ability to find, evaluate, organize, use, and communicate information, it is imperative. "

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@IUPUI faculty Lydia Spotts on #digitalliteracy in library sciences: "Library and archives professionals preserve and provide access to information in all forms, but few people are seeking or creating their most critical information in analog form. 21st century information... 1/2

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To help students develop #digitalliteracy is, according to @IUSoutheast faculty @KordsmeierSoc, to “Give students the skills, tools, and habits of mind to effectively and ethically make sense of a world of ever-increasing data and to communicate that understanding with others.”

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@ONeill_Indy's Frank Lewis: "The potential of digital technologies and communication in the 21st Century is immeasurable. Digital literacy is understanding and being able to use a variety of digital tools and understanding and being able to analyze how others are using the same."

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@KelleySchool faculty and #digitalgardener Katie Metz on #digitalliteracy: "Digital literacy is understanding the 'how, when, and what' of using and consuming technology."

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... In particular, while my students work to develop expertise in business analytics and some specific tools, I want them to also develop the ability to critically evaluate new digital tools and techniques that could enhance their business and future careers." 2/2

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@KelleySchool faculty @erickinser on #digitalliteracy: "Digital literacy to me is the ability to ingest, evaluate, and create digital content. ... 1/2

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...Digital literacy is the 'magic power' people can have to enhance communication and collaboration, which drives business transformation and innovation." 2/2

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@KelleySchool faculty Xin Chen on #digitalliteracy: "Technologies have changed the world and the way we connect with each other. Digital literacy enables us to harness digital tools to learn, work, and navigate life more smartly. ... 1/2

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... beyond the scope and lens of many aspects of my teaching and pushes me to provide my students with news skills in navigating their college academic experience."

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@IUPUI faculty and #digitalgardener Dr. Leslie Etienne on #digitalliteracy, #creativity, and #teaching: "Digital Literacy embodies the pursuit of creativity in the learning process. It forges new pathways to learning... 1/2

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@IUPUI faculty and #digitalgardener @snellherzog on #dataliteracy: "Data literacy is key for citizen science and civil society. Amid the digitization social movements of Big Data, Data for Good, and AI for Good, data literacy is dependent upon digital literacy.”

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#digitalgardener @gemmicka on #digitalliteracy: “Digital pedagogy is the playground of creative instruction, while digital literacy is understanding how to engage and strategically get imagined users to deploy creative thinking & tools in the production of their final projects.”

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@iunorthwest faculty Monica Solinas-Saunders on #digitalliteracy and social science: "Social scientists work to create knowledge necessary for cultural and societal change. Digital tools can make such knowledge accessible, engaging, and effective!"

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New round of DG Faculty Fellows on #DigitalLiteracy: @IUKokomo Education professor and #digitalgardener Christina Romero-Ivanova - "Digital Literacy for me means interacting in discourses, storytelling, and communicating in different electronic modes."

[Hypothesis @hypothes_is]

Session alert: “The Latest Research on Social Annotation” w/ @cherisemcb, @postdigitalJH & @remikalir sharing recent data & insider info on ongoing studies. Join us for the Social Learning Summit, a free one-day event: Fri 17 June from 9am–2:30pm PT.
https://t.co/dlbhBqG9Ui