Browsing by Subject "digital literacies"

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    The digital native in a new era - apartheid or democracy?
    (2017-07-04) Czerniewicz, Laura
    This presentation discusses the concept of new students as 'digital natives' and critiques the one-sided conceptualisation of contemporary university students as inherently skilled in the use of digital and online learning tools and strategies.
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    Position Paper: Digital Literacies
    (2015) Brown, Cheryl; Mayisela, Tabisa
    Digital literacies are an emerging phenomenon that both international and national higher education institutions (HEIs) are still grappling to explicitly define. Universities are beginning to adopt the terminology of digital literacies but probably have a long way to go in adopting practices that emphasise the fuller vision of what digital literacies encompass. Conceptualisation of digital literacies is now shifting focus from a capabilities and consumption of technology notion to a use of technology for academic practices and contribution to production notion. This paper highlights the importance of contextualising digital literacies into disciplinary context and therefore, embedding them in courses or subjects.