The uses of (digital) literacy

Authors: McDougall, J., Readman, M. and Wilkinson, P.

Journal: Learning, Media and Technology

Volume: 43

Issue: 3

Pages: 263-279

eISSN: 1743-9892

ISSN: 1743-9884

DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2018.1462206

Abstract:

This article shares research facilitated by a multinational technology provider, converging mobile networked technology (tablets) used across school and home, a technology enhanced community ‘third space’ providing workshops for students aged 6–9 with their parents/carers. The approach taken avoids the instrumental measurement of functional digital literacy competences, but instead seeks to negotiate a more nuanced and complex understanding of the ‘uses of literacy’ [from Hoggart, R. 1957. The Uses of Literacy. London: Pelican] in digital contexts and in a deeply situated, specific local setting. Working with our findings, we later put Amartya Sen’s concept of capability [Sen, A. K. 2005. “Human Rights and Capabilities.” Journal of Human Development 6 (2): 151–166; Sen, A. K. 2008. “Capability and Well-Being.” In The Philosophy of Economics, edited by D. M. Hausman, 3rd ed., 270–293. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press] to work on our data in order to provide a discussion on how the digital literacy community might distinguish digital competences as functionings from the ‘uses’ of such competences for a broader range of capabilities.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/30534/

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The uses of (digital) literacy

Authors: McDougall, J., Readman, M. and Wilkinson, P.

Journal: LEARNING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY

Volume: 43

Issue: 3

Pages: 263-279

eISSN: 1743-9892

ISSN: 1743-9884

DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2018.1462206

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/30534/

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The Uses of (Digital) Literacy

Authors: McDougall, J., Readman, M. and Wilkinson, P.

Journal: Learning, Media and Technology

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISSN: 1358-1651

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/30534/

Source: Manual

The Uses of (Digital) Literacy

Authors: McDougall, J., Readman, M. and Wilkinson, P.

Journal: Learning, Media and Technology

Volume: 43

Issue: 3

Pages: 263-279

ISSN: 1743-9884

Abstract:

This article shares research facilitated by a multinational technology provider, converging mobile networked technology (tablets) used across school and home, a technology enhanced community ‘third space’ providing workshops for students aged 6-9 with their parents / carers. The approach taken avoids the instrumental measurement of functional digital literacy competences, but instead seeks to negotiate, with participants and the various stakeholders, a more nuanced and complex understanding of the ‘uses of literacy’ (from Hoggart, 1957) in digital contexts and in a deeply situated, specific local setting. Working with our findings, we later put Amartya Sen’s concept of capability (2005, 2008) to work on our data in order to provide a discussion on how the digital literacy community might distinguish digital competences as functionings from the ‘uses’ of such competences for a broader range of capabilities. Findings demonstrate initial successes in using networked mobile technology in bridging the school-family-community triad as a third space. However, the outcomes reveal the complexity and specificity of factors which restrict the potential for mobile technology in education to lead on to further reaching capabilities – delimiting the uses of digital literacy.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/30534/

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