Definitions for Digital literacy
dig·i·tal lit·er·a·cy

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1. Digital literacy

   Digital literacy is the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies. It requires one "to recognize and use that power, to manipulate and transform digital media, to distribute pervasively, and to easily adapt them to new forms". Digital literacy does not replace traditional forms of literacy. It builds upon the foundation of traditional forms of literacy. Digital literacy is the marrying of the two terms digital and literacy; however, it is much more than a combination of the two terms. Digital information is a symbolic representation of data, and literacy refers to the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word. Digital literacy researchers explore a wide variety of topics, including how people find, use, summarize, evaluate, create, and communicate information while using digital technologies. Research also encompasses a variety of hardware platforms, such as computer hardware, cell phones and other mobile devices and software or applications, including web search or Internet applications more broadly. As a result, the area is concerned with much more than how people learn to use computers. In Scandinavian English as well as in OECD research, the term Digital Competence is preferred over literacy due to its holistic use.

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1. digital literacy

   The ability of people to use digital technology and communication tools to access, manage, integrate, analyze and evaluate data, proof, facts, numbers, information and create and construct new knowledge and communicate with others.

   Many governments are aiming to provide digital literacy to empower their citizens to participate in politics and governmental processes to ensure their voice is heard.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 15, 2015  

How to pronounce Digital literacy?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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How to say Digital literacy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Digital literacy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Digital literacy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Digital literacy in a Sentence

1. Samantha Skey:

   It's content by kids, but it's really meant to address topics of interest to their parents in many cases, the mission component is focused on teaching them digital literacy and citizenship while also allowing them to play with digital storytelling.

2. Andrew Gounardes:

   We want to take a communal approach to compensate us for the data that we are creating and the work that we are doing for these companies and then put that compensation towards greater use for all of us in the form of workforce development, digital literacy, education, etc..

References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Digital literacy