In July 2020, I embarked on a professional learning journey to convert one of my face to face courses into an online course. I took the time to carefully craft a road map to achieve this feat with all the enthusiasm of a naive, excited, undergrad taking on a first time internship experience and expecting to apply all the things I studied at university. For initial conversion I selected an academic course named Caribbean Travel and Tourism so that I can learn the rudiments of building an online course using materials meant for face-to-face learning. But as I began to follow my plan, and started to think about how to use existing materials to teach the course online, my bravado faltered. How can I possibly preserve the rich and sometimes heated interactions and in-class discussions that derive from hot topics such as the impacts of mass tourism on small island states, cultural and heritage effects on tourism, or the economic dependence of tourism in some Caribbean coun...
Tech Savvy and Digital Literacy are not the same thing. Many people think that having the most sophisticated or expensive cellular phone and computer, or having your security system, car and washing machine connected by Bluetooth are all signs of being technology savvy. But in truth being tech savvy really means that you have the ability to use any accessible technology to be more productive and efficient. If you can use your computer or mobile devices to manage client calls, projects, meetings, social networking, research, blogging, bill payments, banking, shopping AND handle domestic chores - then you are tech savvy . Digital literacy on the other hand is not just about technical know-how, it is about more about knowing how to use technology in a responsible way. One researcher at Deakin University describes Digital literacy as "the ability to identify and use technology confidently, creatively and critically to meet the demands and challenges of...