INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LITERACY

17,18   November 2008

BRUNEL University, London, UK

" Pursuing Digital Literacy in the 21st Century: Reconstructing the School to provide Digital Literacy for All"
 
The Conference aimed to initiate a dialogue among academics, practitioners, educationalists, teachers, policy makers, and other key education stakeholders in the area of digital literacy in compulsory education.
 
The conference topics were drawn from:
•       Digital Literacy - Theoretical Frameworks
•       Digital Literacy from Theory to Practice
•       The pursuit of Digital Literacy in the practice of teaching and learning
•       Digital Literacy: National Policies and National Curricula
•       Teacher Training and teacher education in Digital Literacy
•       Digital Literacy and e-Inclusion
•       Digital Literacy Ethics
•       Digital Literacy: Formal and Informal Learning
•       Developing Digital Literacy: Factors and Indicators
 
The conference included keynote speeches and discussion tables.
 
The conference speakers included:
 
BAWDEN, David (City University, UK)
CORNU, Bernard  (CNED, Centre National d’Enseignement à Distance, France)
CULLEN, Joe (Tavistock Institute UK /MENON Network, Belgium)
ERSTAD, Ola (Univeristy of Oslo, Norway)
FACER, Keri (FutureLab, UK)
HADJIVASSILIOU, Kari (Tavistock Institute, UK)
HELSPER, Ellen  (Oxford University, UK)
JUNGE, Kerestin (Tavistock Institute, UK)
KLECUN, Ela (London School of Economics, UK)
PASSEY, Don (Lancaster University, UK)
SELWOOD, Ian  (University of Birmingham, UK)
SELWYN, Neil (Institute of Education, UK)
TSITOURIDOU, Meni (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
VARIS, Tapio (University of Tampere, Finland)
 
The conference was organized by the e-START Network (supported by the European Commission) and the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics of Brunel University.
 
For more information: international Conference on Digital Literacy 

Material from the Conference will also be available through our Community and can found in the relevant Repository page. 

All conference matters are dealt with by: 
Dr. Lampros Stergioulas

Dept. of Information Systems and Computing
Brunel University
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK
 
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