Practical information
- Title: Researching digital literacy practices
- PhD program: Educational Sciences (UTVIT). This course is an elective course under the category C: courses in research methods.
- Target group: This course is at the Ph.D. level, open for individuals already admitted to a Ph.D. program.
- Admission requirements: All candidates admitted to the UTVIT PhD programme and students at the DIALOGUES project will be admitted to the course. Others may be admitted if there is spare capacity.
Priority is given first to PhD candidates admitted to other PhD programmes at INN and at other institutions, and then to staff at INN who hold a relevant master’s degree and are engaged in research. PhD candidates from programmes other than UTVIT, or those who fulfil the PhD admission requirements, may participate as single course (“enkeltemne”) students to earn ECTS credits.
If you are not currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, you must provide documentation of having completed a master’s degree with a grade average of B or better (or equivalent). - Study form: Digital interactive seminars, digital resource base
- Dates:
- 20 April 09.15-12.00 (UCT +1): Introduction, research design and methods,
- 22 April 13.15-15.00: hands-on workshop and data session,
- 23 April 11.15-14.00: Guest lecture: Researching students’ use of AI by Rafael Lomeu Gomes, ethics, analysis,
- 27 April 09.30-13.00: Conference with international experts on digital literacy in families. Download the programme here (pdf).
- 29 April 09.00-12.00: Student presentations
- ECTS: 4 (with essay) or 2 (with presentation only)
- Language of instruction: English
- Number of participants: Up to 15
- Registration deadline: as soon as possible and no later than 10 April 2026
- How to register: Please use the registration form: https://nettskjema.no/a/490071
- Responsible for the course: Professor Kristin Vold Lexander, kristin.lexander@inn.no
- Administrative contact: Tove Knudsen, tove.knudsen@inn.no
- More information: Download the course description and reading list here (pdf).
Researching digital literacy practices is a PhD course for anyone interested in the use of digital tools from a qualitative, social perspective. The course takes place online with a combination of lectures and interactive hands-on sessions to discuss research design, data collection and analysis, and ethics. A half-day conference on Digital languaging in the family is part of the course, with contributions from international experts in the field: Xiao Lan Curdth-Christiansen, Åsa Palviainen, Fatma Said, Sabine Little, Andreas C. Stæhr and Elizabeth Lanza. There will also be a guest lecture by Rafael Lomeu Gomes from the University of Copenhagen on the study of students’ use of AI.
Professor
- E-post
- kristin.lexander@inn.no