The digitally literate instructor

1. Possesses the variety of skills technical

The digitally literate learner

1. Possesses the variety of skills technical

and cognitive required to find,

and cognitive required to find,

understand, evaluate, create, and

understand, evaluate, create, and

communicate digital information in a wide

communicate digital information in a wide

variety of formats to facilitate student

variety of formats to peers, community of

learning;

learning, and instructors;

2. Is able to use diverse technologies

2. Is able to use diverse technologies

appropriately and effectively to retrieve

appropriately and effectively to retrieve

information, interpret results, and judge

information, interpret results, and judge

the quality of that information to foster

the quality of that information to

deep learning among learners;

accomplish learning objectives and

3. Understands the relationship between

technology, life-long learning, personal

goals;
3. Understands the relationship between

privacy, and stewardship of information

technology, life-long learning, personal

to provide flex time for learners to study,

privacy, and stewardship of information

research, and process information at their

to make good use of their flex time to

own pace;

study, do research, and process data at

4. Uses these skills and the appropriate

technology to communicate and

their own pace;

4. Uses these skills and the appropriate

collaborate with pupils, colleagues,

technology to communicate and

members of their community of practice,

collaborate with classmates, other

and the general public by means of blogs,

students, member of their community of

forum posts, etc.; and

learning, and on occasion general public;

5. Uses these skills to actively participate in

civic society and contribute to a vibrant,

and
5. Uses these skills to actively participate in

informed, and engaged community of

civic society and contribute to a vibrant,

practice and learning.

informed, and engaged community of

learning.

Adapted from (Visser, 2012) by Prof. Jonathan Acua