Learning/WebLiteracyStandard
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Web Literacy standard | |
| Owner: Doug Belshaw, Carla Casilli | Updated: 2013-07-26 | |
| A new, open learning standard comprising the skills and competencies people need to read, write and participate effectively on the web. | ||
Current status: Request For Comments (RFC) released (July 26th)
Many thanks to the Mozillians and community members who have contributed so far!
Introduction
This standard comprises the skills and competencies Mozilla and the community believe it is important to pay attention to for getting better at reading, writing and participating on the web. It is not a diagnostic tool. Our aim is to define the skills and competencies in such a way that they are specific enough to be able to have meaning, while not being so specific as to limit innovation. We wish to describe, not prescribe as there are many contexts in which the Web Literacy Standard could be used. ...Read more
Competency & skill descriptors
Each column on the diagram is a strand with each box a competency comprised of a bundle of skills. These are listed in full at the link below:
Getting involved
There are several ways to get involved and give feedback on the standard:
- Use this feedback form to give an indication of what you like, any questions you have, and constructive criticsm
- Join us for our regular community calls
- Discuss the standard on the Mozilla Webmaker list
- Tweet @WebLitStd and/or use the #WebLitStd hashtag
- Respond to posts on the Web Literacy Standard blog
Roadmap
- February 2013 - Work begins
- February-April 2013 - Community calls working on the framework
- 26 April 2013 - Soft launch of first draft of Web Literacy standard
- 26 July 2013 - Request For Comments (RFC): milestone release of standard
- May-September 2013 - Feedback and iteration
- October 2013 - 'Code freeze' to finalise v1.0 of the standard
- 25-27 October 2013 - v1.0 of the Web Literacy standard launched at the Mozilla Festival
- November 2013 onwards - Organizations align with the standard