In a world of rapid technology advancement, it is important that individuals become aware of how to use developing technology in an ethical and effective way, to ensure that they gain competent skills to help them move through post-secondary school in BC and eventually into their future jobs. This framework provides context on different aspects of digital literacy, highlighting the importance of the ability to contribute digitally in a world of technology. Today, I will be exploring The B.C Post Secondary Digital Literacy Framework created by the B.C Government, and how I align with different aspects of digital literacy.
The first topic that I wanted to touch on is Technology Supports. Technology support can be defined as knowing what to use and when to use it in the context of different technological tools, as well as knowing when to use a new tool to help in what you are doing. After reading this section of the framework, there are some aspects of the framework that I believe I already practice on a daily basis. For example, I have extensive knowledge about the differences between hard drives and cloud drives, and when to use each one. Additionally, I am good at knowing where to find documents I have previously saved. Another aspect of Technology Support that I resonate with is always choosing a strong and unique password. Especially for my important accounts such as bank accounts, I understand the importance of choosing a password that is unlikely someone else will guess. As I have grown up using a lot of technology, I believe that I align with this section of the framework very well as I know how to use technology proficiently to support my school work.
On the flip side, a topic I believe that I am less proficient in but working towards proficiency comes under the digital scholarship aspect of the framework. Under the digital scholarship, literacy can be described as intentionally using different digital technologies for advanced efficiency. More specifically, I believe that I should work on participating in online learning opportunities. As I am starting to work on this, I expect that my new learning will help me in producing more efficiently. Another aspect of digital scholarship I believe I can improve on is identifying opportunities to digitally share my learning. I believe my first step in addressing both of these areas of growth for myself is joining this EDCI class. I believe that this class will help me in identifying different open access platforms to share my work, as well as using different online resources to learn about the digital world.
After reading my post and reading The B.C Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework, I invite you to share with me your thoughts on my post. I am curious where my readers align with this framework, identifying areas of strength and improvement on our collective journey of becoming more digitally literate.
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