<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Dear ATTW members,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">We
(</span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:ahduin@umn.edu"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Ann Hill Duin</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">,
UMN; </span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:jason.tham@ttu.edu"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Jason Tham</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">, Texas Tech; </span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://Isabel.pedersen@uoit.ca"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Isabel
Pedersen</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">, Ontario Tech U)
invite you to join us in collaborative exploration of <b>Building Digital Literacy through Exploration and Curation. </b>We
thank CPTSC, UMN, Texas Tech, and OnTechU for support of this project. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Problem statement</span></u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">:
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Emerging technologies have
been broadly and rapidly embraced due to their promise of increased efficiency
and the allure of personalized data. </span>Massive amounts of data are
collected, mined, and used to alter our behavior. As a result, we face a
digital literacy crisis: public understanding of immersive technologies has not
kept pace with the full potential of their benefits and perils.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Objective</span></u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">: The
primary objective of this exploratory study is increased understanding of
student development of digital literacy as a result of examining, contributing,
and/or curating <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">technological
artifacts at <b>The Fabric of Digital Life</b>
(</span></span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://fabricofdigitallife.com/"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://fabricofdigitallife.com/</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">), an
internationally-renowned digital research repository that includes articles, images,
videos, and media on wearables, carryables, implantables, ingestibles,
embeddables, and roboticals</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">As
part of a course module or assignment, students might</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Examine:
learn to explore existing content through artifacts;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Contribute:
learn to archive single items (media representations) and understand existing
keywords meta data; and/or</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Curate:
learn to archive collections of media representations related to a theme. Here
they develop/identify a novel set of keywords, applicable to the collection.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Pilot test</span></u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">:
During Spring 2019, we developed and pilot tested instructional materials to
guide students<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> in learning a
common language of classification to ground their understanding of technical
emergence. One component is a keyword schema that helps students to standardize
the constantly evolving language used to describe emerging technology. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><a name="_8uj2l322aoqh"></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Our use of the Fabric archive took place
in both upper level technical writing and advanced/graduate level courses as
part of short (one week) to longer (4 week) assignments. Students were thrilled
to see their collections published on the Fabric site! Please see the following
collections:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Course: Technical and Professional Writing; Jason Tham
(instructor)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Collection: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://fabricofdigitallife.com/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/29"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Emerging Technologies for Technical
Communication</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Course: Technical and Professional Writing; Danielle
Stambler (instructor)<span style="background:rgb(251,251,251)"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Collection: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://fabricofdigitallife.com/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/35"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Wearables and Carryables for Everyday
Communication: Past, Present, Future</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Course: International Professional Communication; Ann Hill
Duin (instructor)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Collection: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://fabricofdigitallife.com/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/31"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">What Language Sounds Like: Wearable Devices in
Translation Communication</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Collection: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://fabricofdigitallife.com/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/32"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Cultural Reality - A VR Experience</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Collection: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://fabricofdigitallife.com/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/33"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">AR From Conception to Reality</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Collection: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://fabricofdigitallife.com/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/34"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Implanted and Embedded Medical Devices</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Details / next steps</span></u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">: <b>Please let us know of your interest/participation/collaboration by no
later than <u>August 15, 2019</u> to allow time to share instructional
materials and to learn about your goals / learning outcomes.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">If you agree to participate,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">we will share the
instructional units to use (and revise as you’d like) for student exploration
and/or possible curation of collections on emerging technologies;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">you agree to share with
us the course, learning objectives, assignment and timeline for specific
exploration or development of collections as part of an assignment in your
course(s);</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">you invite students to
share their work and to complete a short survey on how this has influenced
their understanding of digital literacy; and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">you provide a short
(one page) reflection on your incorporation of an exploration/curation
assignment and its impact on building student understanding of digital
literacy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We will also invite you to participate in
bi-weekly discussions with both us and other instructors about the impact of
repository exploration and collection curation on building student
understanding of digital literacy. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Thank you for considering the possibility
of integrating exploration and curation of emerging technologies as part of
your upcoming Fall 2019 teaching. We look forward to hearing from you!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Best regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ann, Jason, and Isabel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:ahduin@umn.edu"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">ahduin@umn.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; </span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:jason.tham@ttu.edu"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">jason.tham@ttu.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">; </span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:Isabel.pedersen@uoit.ca"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Isabel.pedersen@uoit.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Note: The IRB (at UMN) determined that
this study meets the criteria for exemption from IRB review. To arrive at this
determination, the IRB used “WORKSHEET: Exemption (HRP-312).”</span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>