Educators, are you ready to begin your new quest?
Join us on this eight-week asynchronous challenge to expand your digital literacy toolkit. During this series, you will learn about the eight competencies outlined in the B.C. Digital Literacy Framework, strategies for incorporating these skills into your teaching practice, and how to support student success through digital literacy.
Please register if you would like to receive the Monday emails and Zoom links.
You will receive one challenge in your inbox each Monday morning over the course of eight weeks. Each challenge will address the following:
- What: a definition of the digital literacy competency
- Why: the importance of each competency in teaching practice
- How: approaches for developing the competency in our own learning, and how to incorporate these skills in our teaching practice
Interactive activities and thoughtful prompts will help you learn how to incorporate digital literacy into your teaching practice and generate ideas on how to teach these skills to students. Sharing your thoughts, ideas, and questions in the comments is optional, but please feel free to use the comments section to learn, share, and explore!
Each weekly challenge will take between one to four hours to complete, depending on how deeply you want to explore.
There will be four optional, synchronous drop-in sessions held over Zoom where you can ask questions and connect with peers in a casual setting. These sessions will not be recorded. The Zoom link will be emailed out on the preceding Monday.
Optional online drop-in sessions:
- Wednesday, July 17, 2024 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM Pacific Time
- Wednesday, July 31, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time
- Wednesday, August 14, 2024 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM Pacific Time
- Wednesday, August 21, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT Pacific Time
If you have any questions, you can put them in the comment section below each challenge or email Britt Dzioba at bdzioba@bccampus.ca
Meet the Learning Designers
Helen Lee (She/Her)
I am a self-proclaimed challenge-chaser. My workday is never dull as an Instructional Designer at CTLI designing online courses, creating customized training programs, and playing with multimedia tools. One of the things I really love about the work I do is that I’m frequently faced with new challenges when working on projects, and with an awesome team to lean on, I’m able to come up with creative ways to problem solve and learn from each experience! I completed my MA in Instructional Technology & Media from Columbia University Teachers College and I am proud of my multicultural roots as a Taiwanese-Canadian.
Melanie Latham (She/Her)
In my role as Coordinator, Educational Technologies, I enjoy helping faculty navigate the intersection between educational technologies and instructional design. This collaborative journey often involves creativity and problem solving to come up with an innovative solution. My passions include online course design, the science of learning, and instructional materials design. Outside of work, you will find me crafting something, hiking the trails in and around Kamloops, on a ski hill, or spending time with family.