Synthesis EDC 534 Spring 2016
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This document summarizes the key points of a seminar on digital authorship including: 1. Creativity involves going beyond given information and using critical analysis and creative production in a dialectic relationship. 2. Digital authorship involves remixing and synthesizing others' work as part of one's own creative work while respecting copyright and fair use. 3. The practice of digital authorship as a literacy pedagogy has a long history and involves collaboration, with the creative process affecting how work is understood by audiences.
Synthesis EDC 534 Spring 2016
- 1. Seminar on Digital Authorship EDC534 Spring 2016 Professor Renee Hobbs
- 2. Digital Authorship Synthesis in 12 Simple Sentences PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL Spring 2016 Digital Authorship Renee Hobbs EDC 534
- 3. Creativity, Literacy & Learning 1. Human creativity is an essential part of the cognitive, social, emotional, physical and moral development of human beings across the entire lifespan; it involves “going beyond the information given” 2. Creativity is an inquiry process that requires sensitivity to content, medium, form & audience 3. Critical analysis and creative production exist in a dialectic relationship of mutual dependence
- 4. Ethical Dimensions of Digital Authorship 4. Human creativity involves remix & synthesis as people use, rework and manipulate others’ creative expression as part of their own creative work 5. Copyright and fair use offer strong protections to authors and users of creative content 6. When people use digital media as creators and consumers, they become implicated in an ethical relationship that includes both the subjects depicted and the audiences who interpret the work
- 5. Contexts: Where and How Composing Occurs 7. The practice of digital authorship as a literacy pedagogy has a long history that includes approaches developed by youth media practitioners, English educators, and technology integration specialists. 8. Through collaboration, learning about personal and social identity is magnified
- 6. Contexts: Where and How Composing Occurs 7. The dialectic between process and product affect how & whether youth media works are comprehensible to their audiences 8. The creative collaboration process involves a complex set of power relationships among learners 9. Creative authorship activities are inevitably inflected by the ideology and world view of the educators and mentors who support this work.
- 7. Contexts: Where and How Composing Occurs 10. Educators need to learn to be comfortable with messy engagement as learners discover their own power & autonomy as creative individuals 11. Risk-taking & transgression are important to the development of self-efficacy & confidence in the creative process 12. “Creating to learn” is a pedagogy of engagement that activates critical thinking, collaboration, creativity & communication skills to promote lifelong learning
- 8. Renee’s Assumptions about Learning A. Learners are engaged and self-directed, able to make strategic choices in order to maximize all available learning opportunities. B. People learn best by making and doing things. C. Reflection is an essential literacy component that can be activated through social interaction in a challenging and supportive community where there are high levels of respect and trust.
- 9. The Experiment: Open Network Learning • Learning outside the walled garden builds transferable skills that help people participate in public, creative and collaborative endeavors • Using social networking to select, organize, create and evaluate content helps people develop ideas and connect to people, resources and tools in an open and transparent way.
- 10. Our Technology Learning Curve • Change is a constant: we are learning to learn for a lifetime • New digital technology tools are an essential dimension of the work of information professionals • Peer learning is important for developing technology fluency and digital media literacy competencies. We informally serve as helpers, coaches, mentors, colleagues, collaborators, and critics. Each of these roles promotes learning.