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Presentation
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Description
Concerns about the digital divide have shifted from simple access to digital literacy. Digital literacy includes skills ranging from using a mouse to evaluating website information. Public libraries are a key venue for digital literacy program implementation, especially for hard-to-serve populations. Researchers from Portland State University are studying the effectiveness of an online and tutor-facilitated digital literacy learning model for adults. The researchers will discuss this program and share insights from their fieldwork at a public library in Austin, Texas.
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Start Date
2-8-2013 2:10 PM
End Date
2-8-2013 2:55 PM
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20042
Subjects
Computer literacy, Internet literacy, Academic libraries -- Information technology, Information literacy -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Digital Literacy and Libraries: Insights from a Tutor-Facilitated Learning Model
Concerns about the digital divide have shifted from simple access to digital literacy. Digital literacy includes skills ranging from using a mouse to evaluating website information. Public libraries are a key venue for digital literacy program implementation, especially for hard-to-serve populations. Researchers from Portland State University are studying the effectiveness of an online and tutor-facilitated digital literacy learning model for adults. The researchers will discuss this program and share insights from their fieldwork at a public library in Austin, Texas.
