The challenges facing language in the new media age…
The 'digital revolution' opens up new ways of publishing, new ways of writing, new ways of collaborating, even new ways of reading. This session explores the issue of what it means to be literate in the digital age. Recent research on the ‘Google Generation’ and the information-seeking behaviour of the future researcher suggests that the ‘internet native’ generation increasingly lacks the logical, linguistic and critical evaluation skills to find what they need in a digital environment. Information overload is leading to a cohort who are ‘information rich but question poor’. What are the implications for teaching and learning? Can we use new technologies like blogs and wikis to develop writing skills, inculcate collaborative and communication skills, teach critical thinking skills?
Come and join in this lively, open debate on the issue surrounding the changing face of literacy in the digital age and its effects on students, research, teaching and the wider world.
Monday 23rd June, 2008, 11;45-13:15, location to be confirmed.
Panellists will include Jonathan Westaway (Senior Information Officer, LIS), Professor Jane Singer (Johnston Press Chair in Digital Journalism), Joanne Bryce (Senior Lecturer in Psychology), Daniel Lamont (Principal Lecturer in English).
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