{"id":13329,"date":"2022-04-14T03:44:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T03:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida101\/?page_id=13329"},"modified":"2022-04-14T03:44:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T03:44:18","slug":"researching-a-definition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/researching-a-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Researching a definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Remember.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Remember.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Remember.jpg\/320px-Remember.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"226\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Learning in a digital age is facilitated and enabled by resources that learners can access on the Internet. This involves the ability to search, evaluate, and select resources to support your learning. A key feature of a PLE is the ability to share useful and valuable information with your peers.\n<\/p>\n<p>In this section, you will complete your first resource bank activity, where you are invited to search for additional resources to help you refine and develop your own definition of <i>digital literacies<\/i>, and to reflect on how this differs from definitions for <i>digital skills<\/i>. The resource bank activity builds on your initial search on the <a href=\"\/lida101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/introduction-to-digital-literacy\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA101\/Introduction to digital literacies\/Defining\">previous page<\/a> by inviting you to share links to valuable resources you source on the Internet. The resource bank provides the technology to share these resources with our LiDA learning community.\n<\/p>\n<p>The OERu resource bank hosted at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">bookmarks.oeru.org<\/a> is an open source <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_bookmarking\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Social bookmarking\">social bookmarking<\/a> application which enables users to share and annotate links to resources they find on the web. It uses a tag system to group resources according to different topics. The tag system helps users to locate links to resources on the site using the same tag.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Resource bank activity<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>First resource bank activity: Search, evaluate, select, annotate, tag, and share resource links<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this activity is to find and select online definitions for <i>digital literacies<\/i> and <i>digital skills<\/i>, and to record and share these links using the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">OERu resource bank<\/a>. This activity is designed to give you the opportunity to familiarise yourself with our shared resource bank, which is hosted on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">bookmarks.oeru.org<\/a> site. Note the format of the resource bank activity; in particular, scroll down to the footnote area at the bottom of this activity to see the required and recommended tags.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> <b>Search<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li> Conduct a general Google search to find a few definitions for <i>digital literacies<\/i> and <i>digital skills<\/i> (narrow your search to three or four resources you find valuable for both concepts.)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Select<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li> Select the best resource link for each concept &#8211; think about why you chose these links.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Create an account on bookmarks<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li> Click on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/register.php\">register link<\/a> on bookmarks.oeru.org\n<\/li>\n<li> The code you need for the anti-spam question is contained in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mautic.oeru.org\/email\/preview\/24\">instructions for Session 1<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> For additional help in using bookmarks, consult the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/studying-courses\/course-bookmarks\/\">support site<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Record, annotate and tag your bookmarks<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li> Log in to <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">bookmarks.oeru.org<\/a> and click on the &#8220;Add&#8221; link to record your best resource link describing <i>digital literacies<\/i>, and your best resource link for describing <i>digital skills<\/i>.\n<\/li>\n<li> Remember to add the required tags and suggested tags (<b>see below<\/b> in the footnote area).\n<\/li>\n<li> Notes about tags: Tags should be lowercase without spaces. When adding more than one tag, these should be separated using commas. The lida101a2-1 refers to the first activity of the second learning pathway of the lida101 course.\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Important<\/b>: Remember to make your bookmark public (this is located next to the privacy section in the edit window when adding a bookmark).\n<\/li>\n<li> Include a short description summarising the link, including why you recommend the resource.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>Explore the bookmark tags for <i>digital literacy<\/i> and <i>digital skills<\/i><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li> Click on the &#8220;Tags&#8221; link located at the top of the page at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">bookmarks.oeru.org<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> Search for resources tagged: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/tags.php\/digital%20literacy\">digital literacy<\/a>, or with the activity number: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/search.php\/all\/lida101a2-1\">lida101a2-1<\/a> (Note, remember to select &#8220;all bookmarks&#8221; so that your search is not restricted to your own bookmarks.)\n<\/li>\n<li> Explore a few bookmarks which have been submitted by fellow learners. If you find a resource you like, vote for the resource by clicking on the &#8220;thumbs-up&#8221; graphic. Click on the &#8220;copy&#8221; link to add useful bookmarks to your personal bookmark account on <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">bookmarks.oeru.org<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Search for resources tagged: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/tags.php\/digital%20skills\">digital skills<\/a> (Remember to select &#8220;all bookmarks&#8221;).\n<\/li>\n<li> Explore a few bookmarks which have been submitted by fellow learners, and vote for those that you find useful.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"margin: 2ex; width: 100%;\">\n<hr width=\"25%\"><small>The resource bank is hosted at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/\">bookmarks.oeru.org<\/a>. The system uses tags to search for related resources. Log in and vote for resources you find useful. Please use the following tags for this activity:<br \/><font color=\"green\">Required tags: <\/font>: <b>lida101, lida101a2-1<\/b><br \/><font color=\"green\">Suggested tags: <\/font>: <b>digital literacy, digital skills<\/b> (or other descriptive tag(s))<br \/><font color=\"green\">Quicklink: <\/font>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/tags.php\/lida101a2-1\">lida101a2-1<\/a><br \/>\n<\/small><\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.025 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.029 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 148\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 935\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 14477\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 11446\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 8\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:178436-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20220414034418 and revision id 1078118\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/digital-skills-versus-literacies\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/forum-why-digital-literacy-matters\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA101\/Introduction_to_digital_literacies\/Researching_a_definition\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"3f866419816b0f3b20aeed14e3577cba\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA101\/Introduction_to_digital_literacies\/Researching_a_definition\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"3f866419816b0f3b20aeed14e3577cba\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning in a digital age is facilitated and enabled by resources that learners can access on the Internet. 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