In previous posts, I have shared some of the resources I use for exploring digital identity and digital literacies with students (e.g. Resources for exploring digital identity, privacy and authenticity and Learning and teaching digital literacies). All of these resources and approaches have been developed through my work with 2nd year Computer Science and IT students as part of a Professional Skills module.
This year we are using an open course blog to share our work. Instead of preparing and posting static presentations as class notes, I prepare a blog post after class each week, summarizing what we explored and discussed. Students and others are free to comment and engage in discussion on the blog. Later this term, the course blog also will link to student blogs, as these are developed. We also have a course Twitter account @CT231 which you are invited to follow — or simply check our course hashtag #ct231.
This week’s class on Exploring Digital Identities was fascinating. Students engaged in reflection and discussion both in class and online. We were joined online (via Twitter) by Bonnie Stewart, whose excellent blog post Digital Identities: Six Key Selves of Networked Publics we analysed. The discussion continued on Twitter and on our blog with contributions from @sharonlflynn, @marloft, @tweety4bird and @fboss (so far). Many thanks to you all! Please check out our blog (link below) and feel free to join the conversation — we welcome your thoughts.
>> CT231 Week 6: Exploring Digital Identities
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Reblogged this on elketeaches and commented:
I had to reblog this post by Catherine Cronin…lots of great ideas and resources. I like her use of a course Blog, especially for later reflection. I have used a similar commenting/reply (inquiry) WordPress “class website” in previous teaching; I think separating it to an individual Blog is a good idea. Also great for students that miss a class.
Many thanks, Elke. Glad to share ideas with you — please feel free to join the #ct231 conversation via Twitter or the blog any time 🙂