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	Web Literacy standard
	Owner: Doug Belshaw, Carla Casilli	Updated: 2013-07-25
	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:

Strands

Getting involved

There are several ways to get involved and give feedback on the standard:

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

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-|owner=Erin Knight, [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/dajbelshaw/ Doug Belshaw], [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/carlacasilli/ Carla Casilli]
+|owner=[https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/dajbelshaw/ Doug Belshaw], [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/carlacasilli/ Carla Casilli]
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-<p align="center" style="background:yellow;padding:10px 0 10px 0;">Current status: <strong>FIRST DRAFT</strong> released <em>(April 26th)</em></p>
+<p align="center" style="background:yellow;padding:10px 0 10px 0;">Current status: <strong>Request For Comments (RFC)</strong> released <em>(July 26th)</em></p>
 <p align="center" style="background:#90EE90;padding:10px 0 10px 0;">Many thanks to the <strong>[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Contributors Mozillians and community members]</strong> who have contributed so far!</p>
-=== Overview ===
+== Introduction ==
-Currently, this first draft version of the Web Literacy standard comprises the competency-level grid and descriptors. Further iterations will include more granular levels of detail at the 'skill' level as well as at the meta-level 'literacies' level.
+This standard comprises the skills and competencies [http://mozilla.org 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 <em>describe</em>, not prescribe as there are many contexts in which the Web Literacy Standard could be used. &nbsp;
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Background Background]
+<strong>[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Background ...Read more]</strong>
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/About About]
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Why Why do we need a 'standard' for Web Literacy?]
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/CompetencyGrid Competency Grid]
-=== More details ===
+[[Image:WebLitStd-RFC-competency-grid.png|640px]]
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/CompetencyDescriptors Competency descriptors]
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Vision Vision document]
-=== Getting involved ===
+== Competency & skill descriptors ==
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Feedback  How to participate and give feedback]
+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:
-* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/HowToAlign How to align with the standard]
+* <strong>[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Strands Strands]</strong>
-=== Roadmap ===
+== Getting involved ==
+There are several ways to get involved and give feedback on the standard:
+* Join us for our regular <strong>[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Calls community calls]</strong>
+* Discuss the standard on the <strong>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla.webmaker Mozilla Webmaker list]</strong>
+* Tweet <strong>[http://twitter.com/weblitstd @WebLitStd]</strong> and/or use the <strong>[https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23weblitstd&src=typd #WebLitStd]</strong> hashtag
+* Respond to posts on the Web Literacy Standard <strong>[http://weblitstd.tumblr.com blog]</strong>
+== Roadmap ==
 *<strong>February 2013</strong> - Work begins
 *<strong>February-April 2013</strong> - Community calls working on the framework
 *<strong>26 April 2013</strong> - Soft launch of first draft of Web Literacy standard
-*<strong>26 July 2013</strong> - Request For Comments (RFC) and milestone release of standard
+*<strong>26 July 2013</strong> - Request For Comments (RFC): milestone release of standard
 *<strong>May-September 2013</strong> - Feedback and iteration
 *<strong>October 2013</strong> - 'Code freeze' to finalise v1.0 of the standard
 *<strong>25-27 October 2013</strong> - v1.0 of the Web Literacy standard launched at the Mozilla Festival
 *<strong>November 2013 onwards</strong> - Organizations align with the standard