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LINDA RANDOLPH's List: DGL Vocabulary

  • Digital Literacy

    The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information

  • Apr 14, 13

    " people's ability to demonstrate the skills, utilize the tools, and understand the standards and practices required to successfully find, use, manage, evaluate, create, and present digital information affects their lives."

  • Apr 14, 13

    the sum of all digitally available information about an individual." It's your digital footprint-the evidence of your life in tweets, Facebook updates, pins, blog posts and other interactions on the Web.

    • the sum of all digitally available information about an individual.” It’s your digital footprint—the evidence of your life in tweets, Facebook updates, pins, blog posts and other interactions on the Web.
  • Apr 14, 13

    "Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology. Digital citizenship is the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use."

      • Digital identity is all the online information and data specifically about an individual.

         

        Digital identity is made up of elements that fall into four categories (source: Lionel Maurel / Fadhila Brahimi):

         
           
        • Authentication elements: identification number, IP address, email address, user name, password, last name, first name, alias, etc.
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        • Data: personal, administrative, banking, occupational, social data, etc.
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        • Identifiers: photograph, avatar, logo, image, etc.
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        • Digital traces: contributions to blogs and other content management systems, links, etc.
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        “Managing your digital identity” means monitoring the use of these elements.

  • Digital Law

    Digital Law deals with digital copy-writing laws. The copywrite laws for

  • Apr 14, 13

    "Digital Law is defined as the electronic responsibility for actions, deeds which is either ethical or unethical. Digital responsibility deals with the ethics of technology. U"

    • Copyright of Digital Information
    • It defines “copyright management information” as

        

      any of the following information conveyed in connection with copies or phonorecords of a work or performances or displays of a work, including in digital form, except that such term does not include any personally identifying information about a user of a work or of a copy, phonorecord, performance, or display of a work:

        

         (1) The title and other information identifying the work, including the information set forth on a notice of copyright.

        

         (2) The name of, and other identifying information about, the author of a work.

        

         (3) The name of, and other identifying information about, the copyright owner of the work, including the information set forth in a notice of copyright.

        

         (4) With the exception of public performances of works by radio and television broadcast stations, the name of, and other identifying information about, a performer whose performance is fixed in a work other than an audiovisual work.

        

         (5) With the exception of public performances of works by radio and television broadcast stations, in the case of an audiovisual work, the name of, and other identifying information about, a writer, performer, or director who is credited in the audiovisual work.

        

         (6) Terms and conditions for use of the work.

        

         (7) Identifying numbers or symbols referring to such information or links to such information.

        

         (8) Such other information as the Register of Copyrights may prescribe by regulation, except that the Register of Copyrights may not require the provision of any information concerning the user of a copyrighted work.

  • Digital Native

    A digital native is a person who was born during or after the introduction of digital technologies and has a greater understanding of its concepts.

  • Apr 14, 13

    "A digital native is a person who was born during or after the general introduction of digital technologies and through interacting with digital technology from an early age, has a greater understanding of its concepts."

  • Apr 14, 13

    "a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age:"

  • Digital Immigrant

    A Digital Immigrant is a person that was born or raised during or before the worldwide use of computers and digital technology took off, and for whatever reason chose not to grow with the new technology..

    • a person born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology:
  • Wiki

    a wiki is website that allows users to create and edit pages of information.

  • Apr 14, 13

    Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.

    • Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.
  • Apr 14, 13

    A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media - and anything else you can think of. Wikispaces is special because we give you a visual editor and a bunch of other tools to make sharing all kinds of content as easy for students as it is for their teachers.

    • A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures  and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of.  Wikispaces is special because we give you a visual editor and a bunch of  other tools to make sharing all kinds of content as easy for students as  it is for their teachers.
  • Massive open Online Courses (MOOCs)

    Massive Open Online Courses are online courses or classes, some free, provided by Universities and schools, that provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, instructors, and other school staff. MOOCs also allow a massive number of students all working on the same course schedule to access the same material simultaneously.

  • Apr 14, 13

    "A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aiming at large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, professors, and TAs. MOOCs are a recent development in distance education and often use open educational resources. Typically they do not offer academic credit or charge tuition fees. Only about 10% of the tens of thousands of students who may sign up complete the course"

    • having a massive number of students all working on the same course schedule
      • MOOCs are generally free online courses or classes utilized by mass amounts of individuals, with the ability to have the all interact with system online.

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  • Disinformation

    Disinformation is false information that is intended to mislead. It is false information that is intended to make people believe something that is not true

  • Apr 14, 13

    false information that is intended to mislead

    • dis·in·for·ma·tion  

      /disˌinfərˈmāSHən/
      Noun
      False information that is intended to mislead, esp. that released by a government to a rival power or the media.
      Synonyms
      misinformation
  • Netiquette

    Netiquette is basically the correct rules of communicating via the internet.

  • Apr 14, 13

    The etiquette used to properly communicate via the Internet.

    • The social code of network communication
  • Apr 14, 13

    The Internet system of etiquette, called "netiquette," covers the ground rules for interactions with other people whether you're posting on forums, sending an email or blogging.

    • The Internet system of etiquette, called "netiquette," covers the ground rules for interactions with other people whether you're posting on forums, sending an email or blogging.
  • Apr 14, 13

    Netiquette Home Page

    "Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure.

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      Netiquette Home Page

        

      "Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure.

  • Geo-Technology (Geo-Data)

    Application of the methods of engineering and science to exploitation of natural resources.

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