Functional Skills for Digital Literacy
We need to teach our students and perhaps we need to teach our teachers how to teach students how to be good digital citizens; in doing so, we can effectively create a society who meet the criteria of digital literacy.
Some of the areas we can start with:
“Digital Literacy” definitions emerge from traditional definitions of “literacy,” or “information literacy,” frequently generated by library-based organizations and efforts. For example, in 2000 the Association of College and Research Libraries defined “information literacy” as a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.” That definition was also endorsed by the American Association for Higher Education in 1999 and the Council of Independent Colleges in 2004. They agreed an information literate person is able to:
Some of the areas we can start with:
“Digital Literacy” definitions emerge from traditional definitions of “literacy,” or “information literacy,” frequently generated by library-based organizations and efforts. For example, in 2000 the Association of College and Research Libraries defined “information literacy” as a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.” That definition was also endorsed by the American Association for Higher Education in 1999 and the Council of Independent Colleges in 2004. They agreed an information literate person is able to:
- Determine the extent of information needed
- Access needed information effectively and efficiently
- Evaluate information and its sources critically
- Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
- Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
- Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally