Living and Working on the Web
Living and Working on the Web
Living and Working on the Web
This module is for students who want to learn more about how the ways we live, learn, work and interact online are changing. It will develop the skills necessary for successful navigation of the increasingly blurred boundaries between online and offline social and professional activities. Specifically, we will investigate how digital technologies are influencing how people:
• collect, manage and evaluate online information
• build an effective online identity for personal or career development
• create and curate content in both written and visual media
• interact with others for networking, team-building and project management purposes
• deal with online privacy, safety and security issues
• participate actively in live events remotely and face to face
Working in groups, students will have the opportunity to develop and deliver their own online seminars and engage with a ‘real’ and a ‘virtual’ audience simultaneously and in real time.
For more information view the module video and the module profile information.
Module profile information
Aims and objectives/Learning outcomes
This module aims to introduce students to the key concepts of digital literacy that will help them to achieve their full potential both academically and in the job market beyond university.
Title: Living and Working on the Web
Code: UOSM2008
Year: 2 (also open to 1st and 3rd year students)
Semester: 2
CATS: 15
Level: Undergraduate
Module coordinator: Dr Lisa Harris
Pre/Co-requisites: None
Aims and objectives/Learning outcomes
Having successfully completed this module students will:
1. be proactive, confident and flexible adopters of a range of web and mobile technologies for personal, academic and professional use
2. use appropriate web and mobile technologies effectively to search for, store and curate relevant information
3. be equipped to reflect upon and critically evaluate the information obtained
4. engage creatively and productively in relevant online communities
5. be familiar with the use of collaboration tools to facilitate networking, group work and project management
6. be aware of the challenges inherent in ensuring online privacy and security
7. have developed appropriate communication skills for peer and tutor interaction within an ‘always on’ environment
This module goes beyond the acquisition of specific computing skills to examine the full range of behaviours and activities that are increasingly essential to successful navigation of today’s digital learning environments and workplaces.
Topics covered will include:
• using appropriate technology to search for, curate and store high-quality information
• the development of an appropriate online identity for personal, educational and professional purposes
• critical reflection on the relative value of diverse sources of information
• appropriate norms of behaviour within online communities, with particular emphasis upon peer to peer and peer to tutor relationships
• the effective use of cloud-based collaboration tools to facilitate networking, groupwork and project management
• the challenges inherent in ensuring online privacy and security
• engaging and managing the real time backchannel at conferences and other relevant events
Scheduled learning and teaching activities: 24 hours
Guided independent study: 126
Placement/study abroad: None
Online tutor-supported peer interaction, supplemented with weekly face to face practical lab-based seminars.
Up to date resources will be provided each time the module runs, and will include such material as:
- Selwyn, N. (2009) ‘The digital native: myth and reality’ Aslib Proceedings, 61, 4, pp.364-379
- The seven pillars of information literacy http://www.sconul.ac.uk/groups/information_literacy/sp/model.html
- Is Google making us stupid? http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/
- Digital Citizenship: Developing an ethical online culture
- http://www.eric.ed.gov.ezproxy.webfeat.lib.ed.ac.uk/PDFS/ED518512.pdf
1. Each week via the BB discussion forum (50%) students will:
A. post their answer to a set question (300 words)
B. comment on the answers provided by their peers (3 short posts, total 300 words)
C. write a reflective summary of their learning progress (400 words)
2. Portfolio 50%
Reflective Learner – weekly blog posts to diarise and reflect upon progress
Communication Skills – through online and offline interaction with tutors, peers and remote participants
Research & Enquiry – through answering set questions and commenting on the work produced by their peers
For more information please view the full module profile.