Fostering Digital Literacy between Schools and the Local Community: Using Service Learning and Project-Based Learning as a Conceptual Framework

Corrado Petrucco
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Corrado Petrucco: Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC), 2013, vol. 4, issue 3, 10-18

Abstract: This article proposes the use of a conceptual framework for developing digital skills at school using Service Learning and Project-Based learning approaches. In this context, an important role is played by “digital citizenship” understood as a stimulus for participation in the community also through social software. The author also presents the results of a project carried out by students in technical high school on a very sensitive local issue: the installation of new antennas for mobile phones and the dangers of radiation. The students measured cell phone emissions and created videos that were distributed in a blog, accessed by both the local community and the general online community. The project results were positive on various levels, both at school, evidenced by an improvement in student performance and the motivation to learn, and socially, by satisfying the knowledge needs of the community.

Date: 2013
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