ETL523 Digital Citizenship in Schools (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Information Studies (INFST)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject explores the concept and practice of digital citizenship. Students are required to examine economic, political, ethical and technological issues concerning digital citizenship, and how information policies in schools can be used to develop the capacity of students and teachers as digital citizens. Students examine policy and practice at local, regional, national and international levels concerning intellectual property and plagiarism; freedom of, and access to, information and technologies; cybersafety and transliteracy; and effective use of technologies to support teaching and learning. Students explore these issues through a series of online conversations using a suite of asynchronous and synchronous tools.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
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| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ETL523
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of key concepts of digital citizenship - in practice, policy statements and curriculum documents;
- be able to articulate the information policy needs of schools based on policy trends in both education, and library and information science contexts;
- be able to discuss the wide range of economic, political, ethical and technological
issues affecting the development of a digital citizenry, and informing information policy at the macro- and micro-levels;
- be able to articulate the role of the school's information specialist as an information leader in the development and management of digital citizenship and information policy within a school community;
- be able to independently locate and evaluate a range of print and digital information sources relevant to digital citizenship and information policy discipline areas;
- be able to identify ways in which information specialists/leaders can contribute to the development of digital citizenship and information policy at the local, regional, national and international levels;
- be able to develop transliteracy skills, and engage in professional dialogue, using a range of asynchronous and synchronous online tools;
- be able to evaluate the use of information sources and delivery of information services in schools based on existing digital citizenship practices and information policy statements, legislation, and prevailing political and economic conditions; and
- be able to develop whole school information policy statements in response to local, state, national and international digital citizenship and information policy issues.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- What is digital citizenship?
- Information leadership and information policy in schools
- Legislative and regulatory issues
- Macroeconomic issues
- Social issues
- Organisational issues and policy development processes
- Influencing the digital citizenship agenda: Locally and globally
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.