This wiki was kicked off by Josie Fraser to help organise attendees, resources, schedule and outputs from the Digital Literacy debate that will be took place online, in Elluminate, on Friday 27 March 2009, at 1pm GMT.

Transcripts of the debate to follow.

Why did we run this debate?

The purpose of the debate is to try and move forward on issues surrounding Digital Literacy. The focus of the debate will be the UK education sector, but international attendees and contributors are more than welcome. Recently, Digital Literacy has gained a lot of traction within academic and educational technology discussion within the UK, and is generally thought of as A Good Thing. However, some important questions have yet to be addressed.

• Is Digital Literacy the right term to be using? What are the alternatives?
• What is Digital Literacy? can we agree a succinct and useful definition?
• What are the constituent parts of a robust and meaningful Digital Literacy education?
  
• How is Digital Literacy currently being addressed in the UK, with in the schools, Further Education, Adult, Community, Life Long & Work Based Learning, Higher Education and other learning sectors?
• Which sectors should be taking responsibility for facilitating digital literacy and what is it the should be doing?
  
• How do we support a national discussion about Digital Literacy?
  

These aren't all the questions that need addressing. Please feel free to add those you think are missing, so that we can draw up the agenda to best reflect the interests of attendees.

Who is contributing to the debate? Sign up page is now here