Teaching Tip: Interface literacy for faculty and students

May 26, 2017

Marissa Carl

The so-called "waffle" icon. You probably use hundreds, if not thousands, of gestures, keyboard commands and icons every day to navigate the web, perform various actions on a device and interact with others. Doing this in a skilled way is called interface literacy, and it’s an emerging literacy that faculty not only have to acquire themselves but also must impart to their students.

Read the full Teaching Tip to test your own literacy.

— Teaching Tip by Madara Mason, M.A., the UAF eLearning faculty development coordinator, adjunct faculty with the Art Department and a Google Apps for Education certified trainer.