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Title: Launching a Digital Literacy Accelerator: An Overview and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Authors: Department of Education (ED), Office of Educational Technology, WestEd
Source: Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education. 2022.
Availability: Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 202-401-1444; Fax: 202-401-3941; Web site: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/index.html
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 29
Publication Date: 2022
Contract Number: 91990020C0104
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Public Agencies, Federal Government, Educational Technology, Innovation, Skill Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Misconceptions, Dialogs (Language), Citizen Participation, Discourse Communities, Information Literacy, Program Design
Abstract: Digital technology and social media are rapidly changing the way that citizens consume, create, and share information. Many learners spend significant time each day online, yet they have never received training on how to engage meaningfully with the information they encounter. The country's civic present and future depend on our ability to strengthen learners' digital literacy skills, particularly in relation to combating misinformation and promoting civil discourse in digital spaces. The Office of Educational Technology (OET) at the U.S. Department of Education is actively looking for ways to promote digital literacy. OET believes that one effective way to support digital literacy is through innovative educational technology (edtech). To support the development of these tools, OET--with help from WestEd, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research, development, and service agency--established the Digital Literacy Accelerator (DLA), a project that ran from August 2021 to April 2022. The DLA recruited teams of instructional designers and edtech developers to create and pilot edtech innovations focused on digital literacy. Specifically, the DLA was established to surface innovative edtech ideas and strategies to support middle school, high school, and postsecondary learners in (a) evaluating and combating misinformation and (b) promoting civil discourse in digital spaces. This report, coauthored by OET and WestEd staff, is aimed at agencies interested in supporting edtech or digital literacy accelerators, as well as education leaders interested in supporting strategies to address misinformation.
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  Data: Digital technology and social media are rapidly changing the way that citizens consume, create, and share information. Many learners spend significant time each day online, yet they have never received training on how to engage meaningfully with the information they encounter. The country's civic present and future depend on our ability to strengthen learners' digital literacy skills, particularly in relation to combating misinformation and promoting civil discourse in digital spaces. The Office of Educational Technology (OET) at the U.S. Department of Education is actively looking for ways to promote digital literacy. OET believes that one effective way to support digital literacy is through innovative educational technology (edtech). To support the development of these tools, OET--with help from WestEd, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research, development, and service agency--established the Digital Literacy Accelerator (DLA), a project that ran from August 2021 to April 2022. The DLA recruited teams of instructional designers and edtech developers to create and pilot edtech innovations focused on digital literacy. Specifically, the DLA was established to surface innovative edtech ideas and strategies to support middle school, high school, and postsecondary learners in (a) evaluating and combating misinformation and (b) promoting civil discourse in digital spaces. This report, coauthored by OET and WestEd staff, is aimed at agencies interested in supporting edtech or digital literacy accelerators, as well as education leaders interested in supporting strategies to address misinformation.
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