Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy, the Law and other Social Sciences
The essay provides a comprehensive overview of digital literacy, looking at the theoretical and ideological construct of the term from functional and critical perspectives. Digital literacy as a heterogeneous concept, its scope and application is claimed by diverse stakeholder disciplines such as education, communication studies, English, media studies, library information studies and computing. The essay underlines the complementary notions of digital literacy couched in both “conceptual” as well as “standardized operational” definitions (Lankshear & Knobel 2008) and sheds light on the shifting implications of global digital literacy. From this perspective, it scans the global landscape to understand the diffusion of digital literacy and to show how the concept is tackled within a disparate contexts of use. The essay also highlights contemporary issues associated with the spread of digital literacy, including challenges of cross-cultural digital literacy and digital divide.[1]
Digital Literacy for the 21st Century, the Law and other Social Sciences
Before the Internet was an integral part of life, Paul Gilster (1997) defined digital literacy as the “ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers” (p. 1). Thus, digital literacy involves any number of digital reading and writing techniques across multiple media forms. These media include words, texts, visual displays, motion graphics, audio, video, and multimodal forms. There are myriad cognitive processes at play, along a continuum from consumption to production when a reader is immersed with digital content as well as with print text.The purpose of this topic is to (a) define digital literacy from multiple theoretical viewpoints, (b) illustrate how the definition continues to evolve in light of emerging technologies, and (c) discuss the cognitive, social, and affective dimensions of digital literacy as it is a key requirement in contemporary K-12 education.[1]
Digital Literacy in Theory and Practice, the Law and other Social Sciences
The concept of digital literacy must be understood in the context of “literacies” writ broadly. Contemporary understandings of literacy have expanded the traditional definition that includes reading and writing (possibly also including numeracy and oralcy), to include interpretive and creative abilities or competencies across a range of texts, in written and other forms. Digital literacy, from a pragmatic point of view, is the set of skills, knowledge and attitudes required to access digital information effectively, efficiently, and ethically. It includes knowing how to evaluate digital information, and how to use it in decision-making. Digital literacy certainly has the potential to contribute to far-reaching and important personal and societal consequences. Thus, increasing focus on development of digital literacy, however defined, should be a policy priority for all sectors.[1]
Digital Storytelling in Language Classes, the Law and other Social Sciences
The aim of the current chapter is introducing an innovative technique of teaching and learning that is the combination of the art of storytelling with the benefits of technology. Digital storytelling is defined as sharing one’s story through several medium of voice, imagery, music, text, sound, video and animation. The main underlying theoretical basis of digital storytelling is Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML) that focuses on how people learn more deeply from words and graphics than from words alone (Mayer, 2005). The chapter deals with what digital storytelling is, the theoretical framework of digital storytelling, its role in education and how it can be made and used in teaching and learning by teachers and students.[1]
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- Mehrak Rahimi, “Digital Storytelling in Language Classes” (Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th Edition, Information Resources Management Association, 2018)
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- Heidi Julien, “Digital Literacy in Theory and Practice” (Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th Edition, Information Resources Management Association, 2018)
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- Hiller Spires, Casey Paul, Shea Kerkhoff, “Digital Literacy for the 21st Century” (Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th Edition, Information Resources Management Association, 2018)
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- Anirban Ray, “Digital Literacy” (Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th Edition, Information Resources Management Association, 2018)
Hierarchical Display of Digital literacy
Education And Communications > Information and information processing > Information policy > Access to information
Production, Technology And Research > Technology and technical regulations > Technology > Digital technology
Education And Communications > Education > Education > Continuing education
Digital literacy
Concept of Digital literacy
See the dictionary definition of Digital literacy.
Characteristics of Digital literacy
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Translation of Digital literacy
- Spanish: Cultura digital
- French: Culture numérique
- German: Digitale Kultur
- Italian: Cultura digitale
- Portuguese: Cultura digital
- Polish: Kultura informatyczna
Thesaurus of Digital literacy
Education And Communications > Information and information processing > Information policy > Access to information > Digital literacy
Production, Technology And Research > Technology and technical regulations > Technology > Digital technology > Digital literacy
Education And Communications > Education > Education > Continui
ng education > Digital literacy
See also
- Informatics skills
- E-skills
- Information skills
- Information literacy
- Digital skills
- Digital competence
- Computer literacy
- Media literacy
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