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Digital Gardener Initiative @ IU @dgi_iu

The Digital Gardener Initiative is a faculty-driven digital literacy, digital creativity, and digital learning initiative at Indiana University.

Joined January 2022
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Digital Gardener Initiative @ IU retweeted
Paul Cook@paulgeecook
16 Dec 2022
Check out our new episode: "A Merry ChatGPT Christmas Carol." @maksl and I explore AI and its role in higher education. Plus, some special holiday goodies. @dgi_iu anchor.fm/digital-gardening/…
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Digital Gardener Initiative @ IU retweeted
Paul Cook@paulgeecook
9 Nov 2022
Listen to "How is digital literacy like boot camp? IU's Margaret Lion on digital literacy as basic training for student success in higher education." @dgi_iu @maksl @postdigitalJH ⚓ anchor.fm/digital-gardening/…
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Digital Gardener Initiative @ IU retweeted
TheJUMP @TheJUMPPlus
1 Nov 2022
We are excited to announce issue 12.1 of JUMP ! This issue covers a diverse number of topics created by four undergraduates from universities in Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan. Check out the full issue at jumpplus.net! #rhetcomp #teamrhetoric
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Replying to @IUIndianapolis
@IUPUI faculty Lydia Spotts on #digitalliteracy in library sciences: "Library and archives professionals preserve and provide access to information in all forms, but few people are seeking or creating their most critical information in analog form. 21st century information... 1/2
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... is abundant and predominately born-digital, so we must be digital experts. The ability to perpetually learn and teach evolving technology in supporting information literacy, the ability to find, evaluate, organize, use, and communicate information, it is imperative. "
To help students develop #digitalliteracy is, according to @IUSoutheast faculty @KordsmeierSoc, to “Give students the skills, tools, and habits of mind to effectively and ethically make sense of a world of ever-increasing data and to communicate that understanding with others.”
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Replying to @KelleySchool
@KelleySchool faculty @erickinser on #digitalliteracy: "Digital literacy to me is the ability to ingest, evaluate, and create digital content. ... 1/2
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... In particular, while my students work to develop expertise in business analytics and some specific tools, I want them to also develop the ability to critically evaluate new digital tools and techniques that could enhance their business and future careers." 2/2
Replying to @KelleySchool
@KelleySchool faculty Xin Chen on #digitalliteracy: "Technologies have changed the world and the way we connect with each other. Digital literacy enables us to harness digital tools to learn, work, and navigate life more smartly. ... 1/2
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...Digital literacy is the 'magic power' people can have to enhance communication and collaboration, which drives business transformation and innovation." 2/2
Replying to @IUIndianapolis
@IUPUI faculty and #digitalgardener Dr. Leslie Etienne on #digitalliteracy, #creativity, and #teaching: "Digital Literacy embodies the pursuit of creativity in the learning process. It forges new pathways to learning... 1/2
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... beyond the scope and lens of many aspects of my teaching and pushes me to provide my students with news skills in navigating their college academic experience."
#digitalgardener @gemmicka on #digitalliteracy: “Digital pedagogy is the playground of creative instruction, while digital literacy is understanding how to engage and strategically get imagined users to deploy creative thinking & tools in the production of their final projects.”
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New round of DG Faculty Fellows on #DigitalLiteracy: @IUKokomo Education professor and #digitalgardener Christina Romero-Ivanova - "Digital Literacy for me means interacting in discourses, storytelling, and communicating in different electronic modes."
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Digital Gardener Initiative @ IU retweeted
Hypothesis@hypothes_is
1 Jun 2022
Session alert: “The Latest Research on Social Annotation” w/ @cherisemcb, @postdigitalJH & @remikalir sharing recent data & insider info on ongoing studies. Join us for the Social Learning Summit, a free one-day event: Fri 17 June from 9am–2:30pm PT. hubs.li/Q01cF2kQ0
Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves with a string of bare lightbulbs hanging down in front of them.

ALT Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves with a string of bare lightbulbs hanging down in front of them.
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Digital Gardener Initiative @ IU retweeted
Paul Cook@paulgeecook
27 May 2022
Listen to "Psychological Myths, Information Overload, & the Fear of Failure--a Chat with IU Kokomo's @kmth23 Kathy Holcomb" by Digital Gardening: Cultivating Digital Literacy in Higher Education. ⚓ anchor.fm/digital-gardening/…
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Check out Ep.3 of the DGI #podcast: featuring a conversation with @IndianaUniv academic and administrative thought leaders @GGenitty and @gladden_jay on leveraging #digitalskills and the value of college. tinyurl.com/dgiepisode3
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Replying to @IndianaUniv
@IndianaUniv School of Dentistry and #digitalgardener Paul Edwards - “Digital Literacy comprises a broad range of skills that includes the ability to critically assess the validity of digital information. ..." (1/2)
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"At the university level, Digital Literacy must be recognized as the cornerstone of the education of our students. The Digital Gardener initiative is a timely and innovative approach to providing faculty with the tools needed to support our colleagues and students in this area.”
Last week @Intellagirl took our #digitalgardeners on an introductory journey through @playposit. Check out the opening activity she created: Find the Bathroom. A relatable, yet simple challenge showing much of the functionality of the tool. api.playposit.com/player_v2/…
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Today we wanted to shift gears a bit and highlight some student work, like this video project by Lauren Becker published at @TheJUMPPlus: offering a look at the food service labor and prep for a Sorority House at a State University jumpplus.net/issues/issue-7-…
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Replying to @IUBloomington
@IUBloomington Ezkenazi Museum of Art's Juliet Istrabadi - "Developing digital literacy is an important part of learning to function in our increasingly technical world. But, just as importantly, [1/2]
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digital literacy provides new ways to gather, analyze, and share information. Along with language literacy, visual literacy, and cultural literacy, it can also be used to promote creativity and, ultimately, to gain greater understanding of our multi-faceted world." [2/2]
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Check out the Summit on Women & Technology put on by @IU_CEWiT. It is open to all IU students, faculty, staff, alumnae, employers, members of the general public, and persons of any gender, and includes a dynamic range of in-person and online sessions. womenandtech.indiana.edu/ind…
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Here's a fun, video-based approach to reading responses that @postdigitalJH shared with our faculty fellows teaching.betterlesson.com/st…
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Replying to @IUIndianapolis
@IUPUI's Pat Clark - "When you look up the definition of digital literacy, it includes just about anything you do with information technology. But simply having access and rudimentary skills aren’t good enough. That is like owning a book but not knowing how to read; [1/2]
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the pictures might tell a story, but what did you miss because you couldn’t read the words? As a Digital Gardener Faculty Fellow I get to ‘learn to read’ and hopefully pass digital literacy skills on to students, so they are better prepared for life now and in the future." [2/2]
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