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Dr.
Alec Couros is a professor of educational technology and media and the
Coordinator of Information and Communications Technology at the Faculty of
Education, University of Regina. Couros is a scholar and advocate of openness
in distributed learning environments. He has given hundreds of workshops and
presentations around the globe on topics such as openness in education,
social/networked learning, instructional design, digital citizenship, and
critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current
and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the
educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity.
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Alec spoke on
Embedding Digital Citizenship in Adult Basic Education or Adult Upgrading.
It’s important to be aware of your digital identity. For
some human beings, their first appearance on the Internet is before birth.
Alec provided several unfortunate examples where legal
adults, and more often teenagers, that were caught via Twitter, Instagram, or
Facebook in the process of poor decision making. Alec’s examples were a
reminder to all that use the Internet, one’s digital imprint is forever and rarely
forgiven. Yet, Alec advocates that avoiding the internet altogether is
impossible and a better solution is to be a conscious digital citizen.
Alec finished his presentation with some heart-warming
stories in which the Internet changed people’s lives, including one about ESL
students from Brazil who got to practice their English with senior citizens in
North America via an internet device resembling Skype.
To watch Alec’s Couros’ full presentation, follow the link
below:
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