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I write about learning, technology, systems, and open recognition, and share that work freely through Open Thinkering and related projects.

If you would like to support this, here is how: blog.dougbelshaw.com/support-my-w...

#OpenThinkering #OpenRecognition #DigitalLiteracies

Work in progress... #OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #Skills #DigitalLiteracies

My 7-step approach for authentic AI-assisted blogging Posts I publish here are mine. I'm holding myself accountable for them, and you too should hold me to that, even if AI was involved in the process.

Wondering how someone can use AI as part of their writing/publishing workflow without just copy/pasting?

I've written up my current process with screenshots, chat transcript, and original LLM draft:

blog.dougbelshaw.com/authentic-ai...

#AI #WritingPractice #DigitalLiteracies

Building a 'thinking system' to help you be less wrong If you are trying to practise epistemic humility, but your tools punish revision and reward certainty, the tools will win. You will end up locked into unproductive system which is atrophying your abil...

This is part 2 of my series on mental models in times of polycrisis.

It looks at extended minds and tools - and how they change the way we think and act together.​

blog.dougbelshaw.com/mental-model...

#SystemsThinking #MentalModels #DigitalLiteracies

You can ask AI to write the code, but the hard part is... everything after that Code is becoming cheap. Care, it turns out, is not.

AI writes the code. You’re still responsible. New post on what that means for non‑developers building software:

blog.dougbelshaw.com/ai-code/ #AI #DigitalLiteracies

Why books are now luxury goods A tetrad explainer about media, luxury, and what happens when secondary orality reverses.

How come books are 'luxury items' now?

Using mcluhan's tetrad to think through media obsolescence, what happens when secondary orality overheats, and why "digital dementia" might be the reversal we should've seen coming.

blog.dougbelshaw.com/books-luxury...

#MediaTheory #DigitalLiteracies

Still new to Bluesky—and to using social media as a space for academic reflection. Posting, replying, and connecting here has turned theory into dialogue. It’s been a learning curve, but also a reminder that digital literacies grow through participation.
#edu800fall25 #DigitalLiteracies

Exactly—Knobel & Lankshear (2014) highlight that new literacies, like research, are social and collaborative. Knowledge grows through shared inquiry, dialogue, and participation—never in isolation.
#edu800fall25 #Knobel #DigitalLiteracies

Leander & Burriss (2020) explore what it means to teach with machines. As AI and algorithms shape how knowledge is formed, how can educators ensure technology amplifies—not replaces—human connection and critical thought?
#edu800fall25 #Leander #AIinEducation #DigitalLiteracies

Mills (2010) reminds us that literacy is multimodal—visual, spatial, and interactive. As AI reshapes how students create and communicate, how can we help them move from consuming media to designing meaning?
#edu800fall25 #Mills #DigitalLiteracies #AIinEducation

If, as Leander & Burriss (2020) suggest, we now read and become 1 with machines, what does that mean for critical literacy? How do educators teach students to question, co-create, and think critically in a world shaped by AI/algorithms?

#EDU800fall25 #Posthumanism #DigitalLiteracies #AIinEducation

If “new literacies” are defined more by social practices than by digital tools, how should educators rethink assessment? Are we measuring skills—or participation, collaboration, and meaning-making? (Knobel & Lankshear, 2014)

#EDU800fall25 #DigitalLiteracies #EdTech #OnlineLearning

Knobel & Lankshear (2014) remind us that “new literacies” aren’t just about tools—they’re about social practices, collaboration, and participation. In EDU800, I’m exploring how this mindset reshapes how we design and experience learning online.

#EDU800fall25 #DigitalLiteracies #OnlineLearning

Literacy keeps evolving—each new web generation expands what it means to read, write, and connect. In EDU800, I’m reflecting on how educators must help students adapt and thrive in a world of constant digital change (Leu & Forzani, 2012).

#EDU800 #DigitalLiteracies #EdTech #OnlineLearning

The “digital turn” redefines literacy as multimodal, networked, and social. In EDU800, I’m exploring how platforms like Engageli and Canvas become spaces of meaning-making where students connect and create (Mills, 2010).

#EDU800 #DigitalLiteracies #EdTech #OnlineLearning

Chicago Sun-Times confirms AI was used to create reading list of books that don’t exist Outlet calls story, created by freelancer working with one of the newpaper’s content partner, a ‘learning moment’

This is why it's important to fact-check 😱 #generativeai #criticalevaluation #digitalliteracies www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Example of altering how a website looks using Arc browser tools

💥 Don't just put up with how websites are presented to you by default! thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/03/15/i...

#DigitalLiteracies #WebHacks

4th grade AE Reading students read Eat This! by Andrea Curtis. Demonstrating an understanding of marketing unhealthy products to children, students created advergames and food commercials. #EduSky ##EduSkyIL #digitalliteracies #multimodal #alternativeassessment #collaboration #engagement

Becoming a new parent during the pandemic: experiences of pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth New parenthood in ordinary times can be a vulnerable and unpredictable time. The Covid-19 pandemic brought additional, unprecedented changes to policy and practice that drastically impacted on the exp...

What was it like becoming a parent for the first time during a global pandemic? Read our findings, based on over 300 individual accounts, open access in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth doi.org/10.1186/s128... #parenting #pandemic #digitalliteracies

RIDLHE Conference - Research in Digital Learning in Higher Education is a new conference, launching on 3rd-4th September 2025 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Still time to submit your contribution to this new, exciting conference exploring critical perspectives on Research in Digital Learning. hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk/ridlhe/ (Sep. 3-4, in Newcastle, UK)
#digitaleducation #digitalliteracies #digitalresearch

Deep fakes and baby peacocks Just before Christmas I attended the excellent SocMedHE conference at Sheffield Hallam University, and presented a session which I (rather…

A summary of my brief session at #socmedhe24. A bit of a brain dump of thoughts and concerns about the reality-bending nature of generative AI. Way more questions than answers I'm afraid! medium.com/@themella/de... #ai #genai #digitalliteracies

Just resharing this starter pack for those interested in research and chatter on #digitalliteracies or #tech in #ELA. #edusky #academicsky

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👋 Hi, I'm Doug. I deleted my Twitter account in 2019 as I could see the way the wind was blowing.

I'm part of a #coop focusing on #learning, #technology, and #community.

Probably best known for my work on #OpenBadges and #DigitalLiteracies

Currently studying towards an MSc in #SystemsThinking

#digitalliteracies #informationliteracy #medialiteracy #dataliteracy #metaliteracy

The Kamergotchi-app: Constructing Digital Literacies with Arjen Lubach Arjen Lubach has often succeeded in changing the Dutch political agenda with calls to action and satire. This article explores how Lubach uses digital tools in his digital activism and demonstrates ho...

Found this via a Google Alert for my name. Hilariously, there is (or was) a tamagotchi-style app for 'adopting' a Dutch politician 😂 www.diggitmagazine.com/articles/The...
#DigitalLiteracies #Netherlands #Politics

Stoked to be exploring this #BlueSky world! It feels like Twitter 2007 all over again :). Would love to connect with educators passionate about #SchoolLibraries, #TeacherLibrarianship, #DigitalLiteracies, #InformationLiteracy and more!

"PBL in the digital space"
#gamification #engagement #digitalliteracies
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