#LiDA101 - A need for increasing digital literacy

Courses Learning in a digital age
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Due to the rapid development of information and communications technology, a lot of teaching and learning process also evolved. Presently, a lot of educational institutions all over the globe require at least the lowest level of digital literacy among teachers and incorporate digital literacy in their curriculums. To specify Eshet-Alkalai (2004) defined digital literacy as more than the …"ability to use computers and softwares. Rather, it includes a complex and large variety of cognitive, motor, sociological and emotional skills.

More than the computer literacy that we are learning, we should also exert effort in learning the different skills such as following instructions, discerning the validity of information, organizing and constructing knowledge coming from a vast collection of information, communicating effectively in the digital environment and establishing a set of netiquette for responsible and respectful coexistence with people in the digital environment.

References:
Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2004). Digital Literacy: A conceptual framework for Survival Skills in the Digital Era. Jl. of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (2004) 13(1),93-106.

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Being digitally literate allows us to become critical thinkers, curious and creative.

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In todays world people were developed and do extra ordinary things. The concept of communications using technology in today’s world has increased. Allot of educational institutions all over the globe require digital literacy among teachers and incorporate digital literacy in their curriculums. In using computers in big institutions like universities has provided more quality human resources to over run the countries economics.

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To be effective in today’s world, I need to be literate and fluent in some areas. Literate in terms of selecting and using appropriate tools while being fluent digitally in our areas of specialisation…That directly affects your work. We use emails to communicate and collaborate with Faculty staff(Academics); that would be digital literacy; as learning designers, we need to be digitally fluent in the rapid development process, meaning owning our work to be 100% competent.