Digital Literacy

Dobson, Teresa; Willinsky, John

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511609664.017

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“…Twenty‐first‐century learning emphasizes creativity, innovation, and collaboration; assignments that embody these traits often make it difficult to credit the original source (Senders, ; Vicinus & Eisner, ). Students are increasingly encouraged to use wikis, blogs, and other social platforms that promote collaboration by providing the means for multiple authors to write, edit, and revise documents (Dobson & Willinsky, ; Pennycook, ). Web 2.0 tools designed to foster digital literacy and socially constructive online learning experiences have altered conventions and cultural norms for writing (Dobson & Willinsky, ; National Writing Project with DeVoss, Eidman‐Aadahl, & Hicks, ; Sweeny, ); therefore, instruction must change as well (Ma et al, ).…”

Section: Plagiarism Millennials and The Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age

Evering¹,

Moorman²

2012

J Adolescent & Adult Lit

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Plagiarism is a complex issue in need of reexamination. A common misconception is there is consensus on what constitute plagiarism, and general agreement that engaging in plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty is a major breech of ethics. There seems to be little concern for differentiating degrees of seriousness; the intentional copying of large amounts of text without acknowledgement is often viewed the same as failing to properly cite sources. Furthermore, instruction that addresses issues related to plagiarism is rare. In this article, the authors explore the issue in relation to the ever‐changing digital environment, and provide one specific example of explicit instruction that engages students in copying information from the Internet, rewriting or paraphrasing, then citing appropriately. Knowing students will utilize technology for writing and research, instruction should aim at demystifying the concept of plagiarism while at the same time improving students’ research and writing skills.

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Section: Plagiarism Millennials and The Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age

Evering¹,

Moorman²

2012

J Adolescent & Adult Lit

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“…The analysis of 'talks,' conducted from a qualitative and ethnographic approach, showed -as it had already happened in other studies (Barton, 2007;Dobson & Willinsky, 2009;Fiore, 2007)-how students discovered and reconstructed the keys that define the game as a semiotic code from the meanings provided by each one of them (Dobson & Willinsky, 2009). In this sense, the talks reflected how participation in a social practice -which forms part of the external game grammar-made players become aware through the collective discourse of internal grammar that characterizes a simulation video game like The Sims.…”

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Virtual communities in a secondary school — Discovering the internal grammar of video games

Méndez¹,

García-Pernía

Cortés

2014

J. New Approaches Educ. Res.

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This study attempts to show how the creation of an innovative scenario, introducing video games and online communities as educational resources in the classroom, facilitates the development of new literacies in the context of participatory culture. The experience described was carried out during the 2010-2011 academic year in a secondary school located in Madrid. The workshop was organized using a social simulation video game, The Sims 3, and the online community Play and Learn, created specifically for this project. From an ethnographic perspective, the article focuses mainly on analyzing what happened outside the game sessions, when the students became involved in the online community after interacting with the game in the classroom. The fact that they participated in a virtual conversational space (through a forum) serves to support the game and encourage reflection from all participants. The results show that social relationships were developed within the online community, where individual contributions proved especially important for group discussion. Participation made it possible for students to become aware of the speech and rules of the game and to improve the acquisition process of new literacies.

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“…In today's knowledge economy, the prevalence of electronic and wireless communication requires increasingly high levels of technology‐based writing skills (Graham & Perin, ). New digital genres and forms of discourse are constantly emerging and diversifying, generating new discourse practices, norms, and communicative processes (Dobson & Willinsky, ; Lankshear & Knobel, ). It is therefore imperative that students have access to resources that will help them develop technology‐based writing skills, which are necessary to successfully meet the literacy demands of the workplace and society.…”

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Cloud‐Based Collaborative Writing and the Common Core Standards

Yim

Warschauer

Zheng

et al. 2014

J Adolescent & Adult Lit

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The Common Core State Standards emphasize the integration of technology skills into English Language Arts (ELA) instruction, recognizing the demand for technology‐based literacy skills to be college‐ and career‐ ready. This study aims to examine how collaborative cloud‐based writing is used in in a Colorado school district, where one‐to‐one computer access with netbooks and open source software is provided to all students. Specifically, this paper highlights how the middle school students’ online writing align with the specific domains of the Common Core ELA Standards. Implications for practices are also discussed based on the challenges and affordances of using cloud‐based collaborative writing in the district.

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Digital Literacy

Cited by 38 publications

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Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age

Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age

Virtual communities in a secondary school — Discovering the internal grammar of video games

Cloud‐Based Collaborative Writing and the Common Core Standards

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