Projects per year
Abstract
In this paper we examine digital literacy and explicate how it relates to the philosophical study of ignorance. Using data from a study which explores the knowledge producing work of undergraduate students as they wrote course assignments, we argue that a social practice approach to digital literacy can help explain how epistemologies of ignorance may be sustained. If students are restricted in what they can know because they are unaware of exogenous actors (e.g. algorithms), and how they guide choices and shape experiences online, then a key issue with which theorists of digital literacy should contend is how to educate students to be critically aware of how power operates in online spaces. The challenge for Higher Education is twofold: to understand how particular forms of digital literacy practices pave the way for the construction of ignorance, and to develop approaches to counter it.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 302-317 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Teaching in Higher Education |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- digital literacy
- philosophy of ignorance
- epistemology
- higher education
- writing
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Projects
- 1 Active
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R2458SES: How connected are students to campus technologies and official learning spaces?
26/01/2018 → …
Project: Research
Activities
- 3 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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What is the relationship between digital literacy’ and ‘post-truth’ and what does this mean for literacy and education? [keynote at Muhammadiya University of Riau, Indonesia]
Ibrar Bhatt (Keynote speaker)
26 Sep 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Preparing critical students for the post-truth era [keynote panel at the SRHE International Conference, Celtic Manor, Newport]
Ibrar Bhatt (Keynote speaker)
12 Dec 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Digital Literacy and ‘post-truth’ in a world of informational abundance [keynote at the 4th International Conference on Teacher Education and Professional Development, Indonesia]
Ibrar Bhatt (Keynote speaker)
15 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Prizes
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Best Concise Paper Award [28th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning, 2019]
Bhatt, Ibrar (Recipient) & MacKenzie, Alison (Recipient), Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Profiles
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Ibrar Bhatt
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work - Lecturer
- Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation
Person: Research, Academic