Digital Literacy
March 24, 2017, 8:00 am - 9:20 am PST
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Taewoong Kim
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Empowering through Digital Literacy: ESL Students' Responses to Blogging and VoiceThread |
This presentation discusses ESL students' reflective thoughts and responses about how a Digital Literacy (DL)-embedded ESL class helps their learning. A total of 124 international students' reflective journal logs and work examples have been analyzed to explore how DL empowers ESL students. |
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Baman Kumar Ghimire
Bishwa Raj Gautam
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Engaging Young Learners in Online Learning : The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Practices in Nepal |
The presentation aims to convey the message how MOOCs are changing the perspective and performance of the high school MOOCers in Nepal. It will also highlight what the challenges are and how we mitigate them ensuring maximum participation and benefit in students developing their digital literacy and English language skills. |
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Suzan Stamper
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Spam, Hoax Websites, Fake News, Advertisements, and Critical Thinking
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This presenter will introduce how spam, hoax websites, fake news, and advertisements were used to teach critical thinking in a tertiary institution in Hong Kong. Topics included logical fallacies (e.g., bandwagon, misinterpreted statistics), appeals (e.g., appeal to pity, appeal to emotion), and strategies for evaluating online sources. |
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| Presenter Bios: |
| Taewoong Kim (tw0622@gmail.com) |
| Baman Kumar Ghimire (baman.ghimire@gmail.com) |
| Bishwa Raj Gautam (gautambr@state.gov) |
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Suzan Stamper (suzan.stamper@yccc.edu.hk)
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Jack Watson - Moderator (jack.watson@unb.ca)
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