How can you ensure blended learning is effective for students with low digital literacy?

1 Assess digital literacy

Before you start planning your blended learning activities, you need to assess the digital literacy levels of your students. You can use various tools and methods, such as surveys, quizzes, interviews, observations, or portfolios, to evaluate how comfortable and confident your students are with using different devices, platforms, applications, and skills. This will help you identify their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their preferences and interests, and tailor your blended learning accordingly.

4 Integrate digital literacy skills

Blended learning is an effective way to deliver content and develop digital literacy skills. You can incorporate activities such as searching and evaluating online information, creating digital products, communicating and collaborating online, problem-solving, and troubleshooting into your blended learning program. Additionally, you can use rubrics or checklists to assess and monitor your students' progress in developing their digital literacy skills, and recognize their accomplishments.

5 Evaluate and improve

Finally, you need to evaluate the effectiveness of your blended learning for students with low digital literacy and make improvements as needed. Various methods can be employed for collecting and analyzing data, such as asking for feedback from your students and their parents or caregivers, reviewing the quality and quantity of students' work and participation, comparing the students' performance and achievement before and after the blended learning, and reflecting on your own practice and experience. With this data, you can identify what worked well and what needs to be improved, allowing you to make adjustments to your blended learning design and delivery accordingly.

6 Here’s what else to consider

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