Hi,Technically Digital Literate note necessary communication, to quote Fraser from Anyangwe (2012) “digital literacy = digital tool knowledge + critical thinking + social engagement”, therefore it is not specific to communication skills, it is the abil…

Dear allI discussed the four different option (we looked at two each and then reviewed) with a colleague today as we are putting a percentage of learning on-line across the whole college from next year and wonder if this style of quiz – survey could be…

Wow… this is already an informative thread.It now seems to me that the term “Digital Literacy” could do with beingcategorised. Perhaps along the lines of being fit for purpose.For example:Let’s assume all of our students are literate.Then pose the qu…

Hi,
We need to be careful in assumptions of digital literacy, I found University of Houston the better of the quizzes.

As a tech’ academic and assessing e-submission students, my observations of Gen Y and Post PC gen’ their IT skills are superficial.

My observations and findings the current first and second year students are:
• very effective internet browsers, however the majority do not how to use any
• poor understanding of MS Word functionality i.e. use of tabs, automatic paragraph spacing, *automatic heading and body of text styles, use headers and footers, word reference tool, embedding excel into […]

Dear all,Thanks for all your responses so far.Gerry and Sue, you’re doing the right thing by pressing on, and don’t worry about missing the induction period. If you’ve got the hang of communicating with others — and it seems you have — that’s the mai…

Hi! I support Serena’s viewpoint. For example, I would just add that people completing the questionnaires could also be like my parents are: always interested in learning something new but with no experience with computers, no idea on how to fix proble…

Dear all, I have looked at all four questionnaires and the thoughts that came in my head was is if the use of the net is the medium for thee message then motivation for engagement is the key any questionnaire should get the student thinking. A certain …

HII’ve not yet introduced myself (sorry).I work predominantly helping people to find work.Today we’ve launched Achieve–a Coaching system which blends a VLE withone-to-one support. (Really exciting!)Our students do need to be asked about their computer…

HI thereThis is my first post – I am a little behind on this work and have had to skip induction which I know I will pay for down the line. I too tried all of them also and would agree that they are pitched very low in terms of expectations. One of the…

I tried all four of these questionnaires. The best one was the Penn State university. But the purpose of doing these questionnaires is quite baffling. I f I was contemplating undertaking an online course then surely I would have an acceptable level of …