Version 2.0 of the Web Literacy initiative was released this past week at MozFest. To learn more about how we got to two…please review this post and watch the video embedded below. In this work I share an overview of the work we conducted over the past two to three years to get to this point,…
As I’ve detailed throughout this blog I’ve spent a lot of time writing, revising, and helping to promote the use of the Web Literacy standard/map/initiative. After Doug Belshaw left Mozilla, I was concerned with the future of the web literacy work. Recently Doug wrote about a post by Mark Surman, Executive Director of the Mozilla…
TL;DR: In this post I provide an overview of the work conducted on the web literacy map learning pathways, specifically the privacy pathway and associated badges. At the bottom of the post I give the link to review the notes from the #openbadges call on 1/28/2015. Work on the web literacy map is progressing at a…
At the 2014 meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Doug Belshaw was invited to speak and present the current work on the Mozilla Web Literacy Map. Doug Belshaw is the Web Literacy Lead from Mozilla. In this invited session, we also invited four experts in the field to present prepared remarks in response to Doug’s…
The work with the Mozilla Web Literacy Map is coming to a break in the action as the work cycle for the Badge Alliance Digital & Web Literacy Working Group is coming to an end. It seems this is a good time to pause our work and identify exactly where we stand at this point…and…
If you’re like me, you’ve got tons of places online that you frequent. Most people have multiple accounts all over the place. From Facebook to Twitter, LinkedIN, Pinterest, Google+, etc. you are busy and connected online. In addition to social networks you might have a blog, a learning Hub, and possibly email addresses you’d like…
When I introduce myself to people for the first time in professional settings I explain that I’m educational psychologist. Others have called me a “tech guru”, or a “technogeek” depending on if you’re mad at me or not. To this I quickly explain that this means that I’ve built up this expertise building and breaking…
TL;DR Version: A blog post on my reflections from the webinar on the past, present, and future of web literacy. I discuss the challenges that exist in making this happen in the classroom. I also detail the need to empower educators and students to play, learn, and define the WebLiteracyMap. Yesterday I had the privilege…
TL;DR Version: A reflection from week three of the #walkmyworld project. I detail the concerns that are present as we construct and share online information. In this post I urge you to educate, empower, and advocate for others. As we come to the end of the third week of this iteration of the #WALKMYWORLD project…
TL;DR Version: In this blog post I synthesize and share some of the feedback and commentary I’ve had while to make sense of the deletion of our open badges. This situation has been beneficial as it points to another layer of questions and considerations we must have while developing an open badge initiative. In the…