DIGITAL LITERACY

REPORTED BY: PRINCESS MACASADDUG

 WHAT IS DIGITAL LITERACY?

• DIGITAL LITERACY CAN BE DEFINED AS THE ABILITY TO

LOCATE, EVALUATE, CREATE, AND COMMUNICATE
INFORMATION ON VARIOUS DIGITAL PLATFORMS. PUT MORE
BROADLY, IT IS THE TECHNICAL, COGNITIVE, AND
SOCIOLOGICAL SKILLS NEEDED TO PERFORM TASKS AND
SOLVE PROBLEMS IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS (ESHET-
ALKALAI, 2004).
 DIGITAL LITERACY
• TOOL LITERACY - COMPETENCE IN USING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TOOLS
• RESOURCE LITERACY - UNDERSTANDING FORMS OF AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION
RESOURCES
• SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL LITERACY - UNDERSTANDING THE PRODUCTION AND SOCIAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF INFORMATION
• RESEARCH LITERACY - USING IT TOOLS FOR RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
• PUBLISHING LITERACY - ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND PUBLISH INFORMATION
• EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LITERACY-UNDERSTANDING OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN IT;
AND
• CRITICAL LITERACY - ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE BENEFITS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
(NOTE THAT THIS LITERACY IS NOT THE SAME AS "CRITICAL THINKING," WHICH IS OFTEN
REGARDED AS A COMPONENT OF INFORMATION LITERACY).
 CONNECTION BETWEEN DIGITAL LITERACY
AND MEDIA LITERACY

• MEDIA LITERACY IS "THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY

DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA AND UNDERSTAND THE
MESSAGES THEY ARE COMMUNICATING." THEN DIGITAL
LITERACY CAN BE SEEN AS "MEDIA LITERACY APPLIED TO
THE DIGITAL MEDIA," ALBEIT WITH A FEW
ADJUSTMENTS.”
• BAWDEN (2008) COLLATED THE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
COMPRISING DIGITAL LITERACY FROM CONTEMPORARY SCHOLARS
ON THE MATTER INTO FOUR GROUPS.
• 1. UNDERPINNINGS - THIS REFERS TO THOSE SKILLS AND
COMPETENCIES THAT "SUPPORT" OR "ENABLE" EVERYTHING ELSE
WITHIN N DIGITAL LITERACY, NAMELY: TRADITIONAL LITERACY
AND COMPUTER/ICT, LITERACY (I.E.., THE ABILITY TO USE
COMPUTERS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.)
• 2. BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE THIS LARGELY REFERS TO KNOWING
WHERE INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT OR TOPIC CAN
BE FOUND, HOW INFORMATION IS KEPT, AND HOW IT IS
DISSEMINATED A SKILL TAKEN FOR GRANTED BACK IN THE DAY
WHEN INFORMATION ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY RESIDED IN THE FORM
• 3. CENTRAL COMPETENCIES - THESE ARE THE SKILLS AND
COMPETENCIES THAT A MAJORITY OF SCHOLARS AGREE ON AS
BEING CORE TO DIGITAL LITERACY TODAY, NAMELY
• READING AND UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL
FORMATS
• CREATING AND COMMUNICATING DIGITAL INFORMATION
• EVALUATION OF INFORMATION
• KNOWLEDGE ASSEMBLY
• INFORMATION LITERACY
• MEDIA LITERACY
• 4. ATTITUDES AND PERSPECTIVES - BAWDEN (2008) SUGGESTS THAT
IT IS THESE ATTITUDES AND PERSPECTIVES THAT LINK DIGITAL
LITERACY TODAY WITH TRADITIONAL LITERACY, SAYING "IT IS NOT
ENOUGH TO HAVE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES, THEY MUST BE
GROUNDED IN SOME MORAL FRAMEWORK," SPECIFICALLY
• INDEPENDENT LEARNING - THE INITIATIVE AND ABILITY TO LEARN
WHATEVER IS NEEDED FOR A PERSON'S SPECIFIC SITUATION; AND
• MORAL/SOCIAL LITERACY - AN UNDERSTANDING OF CORRECT,
ACCEPTABLE, AND SENSIBLE BEHAVIOR IN A DIGITAL
ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU!!