Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education
Celebrating 30+ Years of
Service to the IT in Education / E-Learning Community
Celebrating 30+ Years of
Service to the IT in Education / E-Learning Community
Drawing on examples from projects, research and policy I am currently involved in in the UK, (in particular, cyberbullying, digital literacy and Green ICT) my talk will focus on the role online engagement can play in institutional and social change. As well as looking at the benefits of a digital/network literacy approach for social inclusion, learning and activism, I will review current barriers and the potential risks associated with putting all (or most of our) strategic eggs in the digital basket.
Josie Fraser is a social and educational technologist based in the UK, currently working as an independent consultant.
She has local, regional and national level experience promoting and developing the effective and innovative use of ICT and e-learning design, delivery and policy. Working across a broad rage of projects, she is primarily interested in digital literacy, and the ways in which web 2.0 and social media can be employed to support community engagement.
Josie is active in online community research and development, serves on several national and international advisory boards, and manages the Edublog Awards (the annual international awards programme for educators who use weblogs and social media). In September 2008 the Association for Learning Technology awarded her the title Individual Learning Technologist of the Year “for ground-breaking work in the learning technology domain”.
She frequently works with the charity Childnet International, delivering national schools guidance Safe To Learn: Cyberbullying and Cyberbullying: Supporting School Staff for the UK Government. She worked as Lead Community Architect on JISC's cutting-edge Emerge project, and currently supports JISC's Institutional Innovation Programme.
