Digital Transliteracy

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge acquired in the curricular units regarding the use of Information Tecnologies.

Teaching Methods

The methodology follows a sequence of three steps: presentation of concepts (using multimedia resources), exemplification and tasks aimed at testing and consolidate by applying the skills acquired.

Learning Outcomes

In this course it is expected that students :

- Improve the digital literacy of native and digital imagrants, helping them to understand the relevance and impact of IT in the comunication in personal and profissional activities

- Acquire competencies to understand and create contents using diferent digital context though diferent suports

- Use various computer programs to produce and improve scientific documents.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Basic notions of hardware and software on the use of ICT.

 

Basic concepts of digital transliteracy:

- Digital transliteracy;

- Digital natives vs. digital immigrants;

- Simultaneity;

- Network computing.

 

Contexts and digital communication tools:

- Social networks;

- Virtual worlds;

- Podcasts;

- Digital video;

- Blogs and microblogs;

- Wikis.

 

Effective communication in scientific and professional context:

- Reports;

- Presentations;

- Posters.

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Synthesis work: 50.0%
Resolution Problems: 50.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Bennett, S., Maton, K., & Kervin, L. (2008). The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(5), 775-786.

Costa, J. J. M. (2013).Infografia: Optimizar a visualização na comunicação pedagógica e científica. Coimbra: CINEP - IPC

Crockett, L., Jukes, I., & Churches, A. (2011). Literacy Is NOT Enough: 21st Century Fluencies for the Digital Age. Thousand Oaks: 21st  CFS

Tapscott, D. (2008). Grown up digital: How the net generation is changing your world. USA: McGraw-Hill

Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). Born digital: Understanding first generation of digital natives. New York: Basic Books.

Presnky, M. (2001a). Digital natives, digital immigrants Part 1. On the Horizon, 9, 5, 1-6

Presnky, M. (2001b). Digital natives, digital immigrants Part 2: Do They Really Think Differently? On the Horizon, 9, 6, 1-6

Rivoltella, P. C. (2008). Digital literacy: Tools and methodologies for information society. London: IGI Publications.