S3B What Does That Button Do?: How Faculty Can Foster Curiosity and Inquiry in Digital Literacy

Presenters

Emily Zerrenner, SU Library

Abstract

When was the last time you clicked on a button in a computer program, on a phone app, or anywhere else without knowing what it would do? When you did, did you have to use the undo function to go back to where you started? Exploration and simple curiosity are key factors in digital literacy, even more specifically, the concept of digital competency. It is very hard for the average user of technology to properly “break” whatever program or technology they are using; there’s a plethora of help, tutorials, and other information about any given digital tool available at users’ fingertips. I argue in this session that exploration and curiosity is something we need to actively cultivate in today’s college students, and one way to achieve that is through the use of inquiry-based learning activities.

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