Location:

Main Campus

Session:

2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne

Faculty:

Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts

Unit:

DHN Digital Cultures / Cultures numériques_PT

Course Title:

Digital Literacy

Course Code:

DCN 1101

Section:

Course Description:

Introduction to the fundamentals of using technology for university-level studies. The course explores various topics related to the evaluation of information, media and technology; works toward an understanding of digital media within multiple contexts; examines the role of digital media in shaping beliefs and practices in society. Development of technical skills, including computer operations, file management, spreadsheets, and search strategies.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel étudiant / Student Part-Time Professor

Date Posted:

July 29, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

August 29, 2025

Expected Enrolment:

70

Approval date:

July 29, 2025

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Course type:

C

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

- - - Asynchronous

Requirements:

PhD in Communication, History or other Arts discipline with specialization in digital cultures/digital humanities methodologies. This course requires expertise in digital literacy, with knowledge of current issues, debates, and trends related to information and media literacy, data literacy, and algorithmic literacy. This includes experience working with a range of digital tools and methods to find, evaluate, and communicate information (search engines, online databases, citation management tools, fact-checking websites), to prepare and manage datasets for analysis (spreadsheets, OpenRefine, Git and GitHub), undertaking various forms of data analysis and visualization (spreadsheets, Nvivo, Timeline JS, ArcGIS, ESRI Maps, HTML, TEI.xml, Voyant Tools) required to critically evaluate algorithmic systems. Experience teaching these tools and leading collaborative digital research projects is required.

Course delivery mode: Asynchronous

Additional Information and/or Comments:

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