Applied Digital and Information Literacy MOOC Specialization and Micro-Credential (#ADLMOOC)
Communicate your ideas through digital media. Master strategies and tools to locate quality information and multimedia to effectively and ethically communicate your ideas using digital technologies.
The Applied Digital Literacy (#ADLMOOC) Coursera Specialization and Micro-Credential are designed to build upon a student’s skills and expertise in information literacy concepts. #ADLMOOC is offered by the University at Buffalo Libraries and is hosted on the Coursera MOOC platform. The MOOC acronym stands for Massive Open Online Course. This specialization is a pathway of related MOOCs designed to deepen your expertise in digital literacy. The #ADLMOOC specialization contains three separate MOOCs; Basic Information Literacy, Advanced Information Literacy, and Digital Information Literacy. To complete the specialization, a learner must successfully complete all three courses. The #ADLMOOC online learning opportunity is intended for student and learners at every level who is seeking to develop digital literacy skills along with advanced knowledge of multimedia creation and disemination. Upon successful completion of each course in the ADL series, a learner will earn a verified Coursera Certificate of Completion and a University at Buffalo Micro-Credential, otherwise referred to as a Digital Badge. Upon completion of all three courses within the specialization, a learner will also earn a certificate and a digital badge that signifies their successful completion of the entire #ADLMOOC specialization.
Applied Learning Project
Throughout the three courses, learners will craft a research statement of personal relevance and develop a project outline on a topic of their choosing and use that outline to build a multimodal, digital artifact such as a presentation, poster, infographic, podcast, or movie. This final project can be used by the learner to showcase their new talents and skills in digital literacy. Mentoring and feedback are provided by University at Buffalo librarians on the final project and throughout the entire learning process. The MOOC courses and the modules build on each other and provide learners with a framework (project outline). The final project is disseminated and shared as a digital object that exemplifies the learners’ status as emerging scholars and professionals.
Objectives
Learners in #ADLMOOC will:
- effectively search databases and websites to satisfy their research need.
- articulate an information need.
- employ media creation tools to share their research project.
- craft a workable research project.
Skills You Will Gain
Learners in #ADLMOOC will:
Multimedia, Visual Communication, Information Seeking Behavior, Critical Thinking, Evaluation, Media Literacy, Communication, Multiliteracy, Graphic Design, Design Thinking
Criteria
Learners need to complete the 3 courses to earn the Coursera MOOC Specialization Certificate of Completion and a University at Buffalo Micro-Credential and Digital Badge. Certificates and Badges are also earned for completing each individual course. (Note: It is important for SUNY affiliates to register through the SUNY Coursera Portal to be eligible to earn the Coursera Certificate and Digital Badges at no cost.)
Applied Digital Literacy Specialization
Completing the specialization will result the participant creating an end product consisting of an infographic or a slidecast/slideshow that meets the criteria in the #ADLMOOC Rubric.
(Note: It is important for SUNY affiliates to register through the SUNY Coursera Portal to be eligible to earn the Coursera Certificate and Digital Badges at no cost.)