Digital Literacies
Our focus on Digital Literacies at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app supports students to confidently, creatively and critically use technology in a global context and in a variety of ways. It enables our students to look for information and evaluate its authenticity, collaborate, manage an online identity and become a content creator, not just a consumer.
As Australia’s first and only Adobe Creative Campus, we are focused on ensuring that all students and staff have access to industry-standard software and multiple opportunities to develop and practice their digital literacy skills. We support our community to be fluent across all areas of information, technological and critical literacy.
Information Literacy is the ability to find and use information in a digital world. This includes the ability to access and manage digital data, information, draw insights through analysis, and construct findings and outcomes.
Technology Literacy is the confidence and ability to learn, select and use appropriate technological and digital tools to achieve desired outcomes.
Critical Literacy is the ability to reflectively question the context in which digital artefacts are made and used: who makes them, who consumes them and who controls them? Where are they controlled and what are the ethics we need to consider for future use? Can everyone have access?
Embedding these skills throughout curriculum will help students graduate with a creative and persuasive digital communications expertise, an ability to clearly express ideas in a variety of formats and showcase their personal brands in a global context. Technology is at the heart of our work at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app and we encourage students to use digital literacies to create work with impact.
Discover Digital Literacies
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In Curriculum
Read about how our methodologies create digital literacy opportunities for all and how their integration is preparing both students and staff for the future of work.
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Projects
View some of the projects our students and staff have recently undertaken. These projects express personal views of the world using a digital literacy lens.
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Adobe Digital Coaches
To support our students and staff to achieve greater digital literacy we have a team of Adobe Creative Coaches to help with all things Adobe.
Digital Literacies news
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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app staff awarded Adobe Innovation Grants for new approaches to learning and teaching
Ten projects developed by ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app staff to support new approaches to learning and teaching have received Adobe Innovation Grants
Tuesday 06 October 2020 -
- Design
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app — Learning and adapting in a changing world
In an increasingly digital world, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app knows graduates need new skills to succeed, and it’s working hard to prepare them for a digital future.
Tuesday 29 September 2020 -
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Student Adobe Digital Coaches are using storytelling to improve digital literacy
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½app students are being employed as Adobe Digital Coaches to share their knowledge and experience of Adobe applications with students and staffThursday 04 June 2020
Want to learn more about Digital Literacies?
To find out more, contact us at adobehub@swinburne.edu.au or email Clare Dyson, Associate Professor Digital Literacies on cdyson@swinburne.edu.au.