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COURSE OPENS: January 5, 2026
What if the key to reimagining higher education has been hiding in plain sight—in the everyday ways people already read, write, create, and connect across digital spaces, especially at a time when access, trust, and opportunity matter more than ever?
Digital Literacies in Action is a self-paced, asynchronous course that helps faculty, staff, and academic leaders move beyond surface-level technology skills toward systemic change. Grounded in decades of research on digital literacies, learning sciences, and inclusive design, the course invites participants to examine how digital practices shape whose voices are amplified, whose knowledge is valued, and how students experience belonging.
Through reflective storytelling, collaborative analysis, and applied design challenges, participants map their own courses, programs, and units against plural literacies frameworks. Each module builds toward a personalized, actionable blueprint for sustaining digital literacies initiatives that connect everyday teaching and leadership decisions to broader institutional goals and more connected, impactful learning environments.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze how digital literacies influence participation, access, and opportunity across roles and systems in higher education.
- Identify and critique limiting digital practices, proposing inclusive alternatives aligned with plural literacies frameworks.
- Design and apply strategies that integrate digital literacies into teaching, professional communication, and institutional planning.
- Create and ethically remix digital artifacts that model care, clarity, and accessibility.
- Develop an actionable plan to sustain digital literacies initiatives within their professional context.
SERVICE DELIVERABLES
- Access to a six-module, self-paced eLearning course (plus orientation) focused on digital literacies as culture and practice in higher education.
- Guided reflective activities (e.g., Digital Habit Snapshot, Connection Audit) to surface current digital practices and their impacts on students.
- Interactive mapping tasks (e.g., Digital Context Map, Institutional Literacies Map) that help participants see how literacies are distributed across roles, systems, and supports.
- A hands-on Remix Lab experience for creating and ethically remixing digital artifacts that model care, clarity, and accessibility.
- A customizable Digital Literacies Blueprint Builder template that participants complete to plan sustainable, context-specific digital literacies initiatives.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Faculty, instructional support staff, deans, chairs, directors, IR, executive leaders
SERVICE TYPE
Faculty/Staff experience
SERVICE MODEL
Professional learning
CONTACT HOURS
0 required contact hours
TIME ON TASK
- Approximately 18–20 hours total.
- Typical pacing: 2–4 hours per week over six weeks, or equivalent time in a shorter intensive format.
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