{"id":734,"date":"2018-03-05T23:38:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/?page_id=734"},"modified":"2018-03-05T23:38:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:38:05","slug":"forum-why-digital-literacy-matters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/unit-1-2\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/forum-why-digital-literacy-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum – Why digital literacy matters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A key component of digital literacy and networked learning relates to the ability to engage meaningfully in online learning communities.<\/p>\n

The learning activity which follows will provide you with the opportunity to familiarise yourself with the open discussion technology platform we use at OERu to support community learning discussions.
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Purpose of discussion activity:<\/b>
To reflect on the reasons why digital literacy matters to you, and to demonstrate your digital skills using an open forum to earn your first badges on forums.oeru.org.\n<\/p>\n

The OERu uses forums.oeru.org<\/a> as the main discussion platform for all our courses. This is a community managed platform using the open source Discourse<\/a> software. The system awards badges<\/a> for a range of activities. Authentic activity increases the user’s trust levels<\/a> which will enable more software features for participants as your trust levels increase over time. Therefore it’s a good time to get started in earning your first badges and improving your trust levels early in the course.\n<\/p>\n

Watch the following video and jot down the reasons why digital literacy matters to you, then complete the steps which follow.\n<\/p>\n