The hidden curriculum of 21st century learning

Three priorities: 1) Digital citizenship (publics & participation v. consumers & audiences) – This defines a participation focus for the public sphere – information and social spaces for the purposes of active citizenship and civic, public and social purposes (publics, commons, communities, participants). This is as distinct from the dominant frames of entertainment and consumerism (consumers, audiences, fans/followers). An example of the participation focus is present in our current Ontario civics curriculum and the digital ethnographies of Michael Wesch and his students. — 2) Digital character (purposeful social intelligences) – This defines much needed social dispositions such as empathy, compassion and respect for difference and diversity (culture, race, class, gender, sexual identity, belief and cognitive styles). Examples of digital character and disposition include Roots of Empathy and other “character” building programs… – (Source: melaniemcbride.net, thanks @AngelaMaiers)

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