Thriving in the 21st century: Learning Literacies for the Digital Age
We are very pleased to have just published the final report from the Learning Literacies for the Digital Age (LLiDA) project, which was set up to examine the kinds of skills and capabilities students need to have to get the full benefit of the technology and resources available to support their learning and the differing ways in which institutions supported the acquisition of these.
We intend to publicise this report (written by Helen Beetham, Allison Littlejohn and Lou McGill at the Caledonian Academy within Glasgow Caledonian University) in many ways over the summer, but here - for the early adopters - is the document itself.
Download executive summary and conclusions (Adobe pdf, 360kb)
Download full final report (Adobe pdf, 1MB)
The intellectual rigour of the report is obvious to even a cursory reader, what is equally striking is the timeliness of such attention to this aspect of academic life. As JISC programme managers we encounter these issues within project final reports frequently, and we are also seeing digital and learning literacies making increasing appearances in high-level strategy documents. What the LLiDA team has done is to put the debate onto a firm evidence- and research-based footing, allowing interventions by individual institutions and national bodies to provide maximum benefit to students.