Integrating Digital Literacy in the Disciplines

This book provides rich examples of how to integrate it in disciplinary courses. This book provides examples of how to integrate digital literacy across a wide variety of courses spanning many domains. This book constitutes a practical introduction for faculty interested in including opportunities to apply digital literacy.

Lauren Hays, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Central Missouri where she enjoys teaching and developing new learning opportunities. Prior to her position at UCM, she was an Instructional and Research Librarian. Her areas of research interest include digital literacy, educational technology, and information literacy. Jenna Kammer, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in Library and Information Services at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. She teaches Organizing Information, Action Research and Technology in Libraries. Prior to her role at UCM, she was an instructional designer and a librarian in public and academic libraries. She conducts research in the areas of information culture, policy, and ethics.

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Digital Literacy in the Academy-Jenna Kammer, Todd Cherner, and Lauren Hays Part One. Education 2. Repositioning Digital Literacy in Educator Preparation Programs. A Digital Disciplinary Approach for Teaching Methods Instructors-Todd Cherner 3. Developing Digital Literacy in the Arts for Pre-Service Teachers-Judith Dinham 4. Enhancing Digital Literacy Through Scholarly Digital Storytelling-Kelly Schrum 5. Teaching Digital Literacies to Challenge Narratives of Compliance and Defiance-Leah Panther Part Two. Humanities 6. Digital Literacies for English. Laying a Foundation in First-Year Writing-Jessie L. Moore and Greg Hlavaty 7. Open and Closed. Open Education Projects, Indigenous Studies, and Teaching Undergraduate Students About the Ethics of Information Access-Jennifer Hardwick 8. Using Public Musicology to Teach Digital Literacy in Music History Classes-Reba Wissner Part Three. Communication and Media Studies 9. Digital Literacy From the Perspective of Journalism Education. Digital Media Literacy-Simge Süllü Durul and Tezcan Özkan Kutlu 10. Digital Literacy in Design, Media, and Communications Disciplines. Fluency Is the New Literacy-Phillip Motley and Derek Lackaff Part Four. Business 11. Digital Storytelling in Postgraduate Strategic Management Courses-Mo Kader 12. Extending the Notion of Digital Literacy in Business IT Courses. Thoughts on Process and Meta-literacy-Jeffrey Mok and Damien Joseph Part Five. Science 13. An Infographics Assignment as a Vehicle to Promote Digital Literacy in a Non-majors Introductory Biology Course-Isabelle Barette-Ng and Patti Dyjur 14. Digital Literacy in Chemistry-Jordan Mantha Part Six. Health Sciences 15. The Importance of Digital Literacy Education in a Cancer Genomics MOOC-Louise Blakemore, Camille Huser, Aileen Linn, and Leah Marks 16. Integrating Digital Literacy Into Optometric Clinical Reasoning-Heather Edmonds, Sandra Mohr, and Aurora Denia Part Seven. Professional Degrees 17. Digital Literacy in School Librarianship-Rene Burress 18. Taking the Law Into Their Own Hands. Innovative Digital Video Assessment in a Law Degree-Eleneth Woolley, David Yammouni, and Gerry Rayner About the Editors and Contributors Index