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Igniting talk on digital literacy

Erickson, Ingrid; Meyers, Eric M.; Small, Ruth

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/42521

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Title
Igniting talk on digital literacy
Author(s)
  • Erickson, Ingrid
  • Meyers, Eric M.
  • Small, Ruth
Issue Date
2013-02
Keyword(s)
  • digital literacy
  • digital media and learning
  • youth
  • informal learning environments
Date of Ingest
2013-02-04T03:25:11Z
Abstract
New technologies and developments in media are transforming the way that individuals, groups and societies communicate, learn, work and govern. This new socio-technical reality requires participants to possess not only skills and abilities related to the use of technological tools, but also knowledge regarding the norms and practices of appropriate usage. To be ‘digitally literate’ in this way encompasses issues of cognitive authority, safety and privacy, creative, ethical, and responsible use and reuse of digital media, among other topics (Meyers, 2009; Arnone, et al., 2011). A lack of digital literacy increasingly implicates one’s full potential of being a competent student, an empowered employee, or an engaged citizen. Digital literacy is often considered a school-based competency, but it is introduced and developed in informal learning contexts such as libraries, museums, social groups, affinity spaces online, not to mention the home environment. This community-building event will recognize and connect the ways and places we conceptualize and realize digital literacy.
Publisher
iSchools
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42521
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
10.9776/13413
Copyright and License Information
Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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