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Rethinking the Basics

Rethinking the Basics: Building Trust, Proximity, and Autonomy with Adult Digital Literacy Learners

DATE: Tuesday, February 7, 2023

TIME: 12 PM EST

LOCATION: Online. Click here to register

FEATURED PRESENTER: David Cooper Moore

In this workshop, you will explore the complex and overlapping challenges that adult learners face in building their digital literacy skills and competencies. David Cooper Moore, a media literacy scholar and educator, draws from his work with libraries, city agencies, and nonprofits in Philadelphia, PA to outline a proximity-based model of digital learning that builds learners' trust and autonomy in "computer basics" and other digital literacy programs. This model enrolls teachers, helpers, and navigators in the work of building programs that meet learners where they are and help them achieve their digital goals. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

David Cooper Moore is a media education scholar, practitioner, and consultant in Philadelphia, PA. He has worked with libraries, city agencies, and nonprofit organizations to better understand and improve digital equity and digital and media literacy education in a variety of environments. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular publications. With Dr. Renee Hobbs, he co-authored  Discovering Media Literacy: Digital Media and Popular Culture in Elementary School, a book about their work at the Russell Byers Charter School in Philadelphia.