Enabling eLiteracy: providing non-technical support for online learners

dc.creator	Lindsey Martin
dc.date	2006-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:14:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:14:45Z
dc.identifier	1473-7507
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cf5c034a256447aabdde91dee2dbb7f9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17093
dc.description	As web-based technologies have changed teaching and learning and the support of learning, what it means to be literate has also changed. Reading and writing are now only part of what people have to learn in order to communicate in a technology driven society. A new concept of literacy has emerged that is variously described as e-literacy, digital literacy, silicone literacies, technological literacies, and multi-literacies. This paper offers a synthesis of the literature relating to literacy, e-literacy and e-learning. It discusses current definitions of literacy and e-literacy and applies them to the context of e-learning. This analysis was undertaken as part of a Learning and Teaching Fellowship project within Learning Services at Edge Hill University. The purpose was to identify a range of practical support solutions to enable learners become more e-literate. This paper describes the findings of the analytical first stage of the project and the early second stage: identifying asynchronous discussion as an area of focus and supporting novice e-learners by modelling good practice.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information & Computer Sciences
dc.relation	http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol5iss4/martin.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1473-7507
dc.source	ITALICS, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 97-108 (2006)
dc.subject	asynchronous discussion
dc.subject	digital literacy
dc.subject	e-learning
dc.subject	multi-literacies
dc.subject	online learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Enabling eLiteracy: providing non-technical support for online learners
dc.type	article