There is an interesting article in the THES by Frank Webster entitled “Learn to discern”
In the article he addresses the idea of computer literacy, and suggests we “lay off the ‘literacy’ metaphor” which in the case of “computer literate” or “media literate”is about technical skills and concentrate more on how we teach students to evaluate and filter information.
I think he is right in saying that information skills are important, but they do need supporting by technical skills. For projects like Digitally Ready we need to ensure that we are offering support in ensuring our community are able to develop all the necessary skills.
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I think it is important to consider community/communication skills as well as information literacy and technical literacy. In fact, my first pass at thinking about the areas digital literacy really covers left me with this list:
Activities:
Finding – search, but also following a trail, communication, evaluation of links etc
Evaluating – trustworthiness of resources, evaluating systems
Creating – static or social
Learning – how do you learn a new system?
Communicating – social
Sharing – collaborative
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Text
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Programmatic
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Desktop
Online
Mobile
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Privacy
Security
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