Building Digital Citizens
Continued Professional Development events for secondary school teaching staff in Oxfordshire, hosted by the Centre for Digital Scholarship
Beginning on 7 November 2024, the Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries, will host a series of Continued Professional Development (CPD) events for secondary school teaching staff in Oxfordshire.
The programme 'Building Digital Citizens', created by Jonny Tridgell, focuses on giving secondary school teachers knowledge around digital citizenship and how this relates to teaching in schools. By the end of the series, participants will understand the challenges and affordances that come from digitalisation and what is meant by digital citizenship. Participants will also be able to learn how to weave this knowledge into their curriculum.
The series includes four events which will take place at the Centre for Digital Scholarship in the Weston Library, Oxford.
Jonny Tridgell has been a teacher working in Oxfordshire since 2009. He completed his MSc in Education (Digital and Social Change) at the University of Oxford in 2024, researching the development of virtuous digital citizenship through curriculum design. Jonny has worked as Head of Sixth Form, Head of Department and Lead Practitioner in schools, as well as a Curriculum Tutor on the University of Oxford PGCE.
Programme
What are the challenges and opportunities that come with digitalisation in schools?
Thursday 7th November 2024, 16:00-18:45 (option to join earlier at 15:00 for additional activities)
This session will introduce key terms such as “datafication” and “digitalisation” and begin looking at the benefits and costs of becoming increasingly online. It will also consider terms like “Digital Native” (and why this term is contested) and reflect on the current state of play in UK schools. As with all sessions, there will be plenty of time set aside to discuss the implications of this scholarship for classroom practice, as well as time to think about school-based tasks to supplement this course.
What is digital citizenship?
Thursday 23rd January 2025, 16:00-18:45 (option to join earlier at 15:00 for additional activities)
This session will consider various conceptions of digital citizenship, including digital literacy, and how this relates to issues like the climate crisis, colonialism and social justice. This will be followed by a practical session focusing on how we might weave this into our classroom teaching, as well as a reflection on the virtue of assemblies, “drop days” and tutor time teaching as a means of promoting digital citizenship. This session will also include a chance to have a tour of the Bodleian Libraries and hear more about what they can offer teachers and students.
How should we think about mobile phones?
Thursday 20th March 2025, 16:00-18:45 (option to join earlier at 15:00 for additional activities)
The focus in this session will be on scholarship and our own experiences related to mobile phones in schools. We will look at posthumanism and at sex and relationships education as a new way of thinking about how we use and teach about mobiles and, in our practical session, reflect on how we might model responsible technology use in the classroom.
What next in digital citizenship?
Thursday 3rd July 2025, 16:00-18:45 (option to join earlier at 15:00 for additional activities)
This session will reflect on the barriers to promoting digital citizenship in schools and what we can do about these, both collectively and individually. There will also be time to share how we have applied our learning in our schools and think about our next steps as educators. This session will also include the opportunity to have a tour of the Divinity School and Duke Humfrey’s Library.
Event Details and Registration
This event series is free but registration is required. The event series has been designed to attend all four sessions, however, you are welcome to join any number of the events. If attending less than all four sessions and any session after the first one, handouts and session information will be provided in advance.
Registration closes midday on Thursday 31 October 2024.
Location: Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
For further information, please email the Centre for Digital Scholarship: cds@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
