digital literacy
Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills (Digital Literacy defined, ALA. n.d.)
skills that a digitally literate person have
1. Possess a variety of skills that are both technical in nature, as well as intellectual skills. These skills are then used to “find, understand, evaluate, create, and communicate digital information in a wide variety of formats”
2. Would be able to use a wide variety of technology in an appropriate and effective manner to find information, interpret it and judge the quality of that information
3. The person would understand the relationship between the technology used, life-long learning, privacy and the responsible use of information
4. Make use of their skills along with the appropriate technology to communicate and collaborate with others
5. Use their skills to engage and contribute to civic society, creating an informed and engaged community
information fluency
Information fluency is about interpreting information unconsciously and intuitively so that we are able to extract knowledge, interpret its meaning and significance
We have established that there are a lot of websites and pages available on the Internet, with more and more being added every day. The amount of readily available information is incredible to even try to imagine. This is often referred to as the (InfoWhelm); the bombardment of information, much of which is irrelevant and useless. As a result of this rapidly increasing volume of information, facts become obsolete far quicker, with the knowledge built on those facts becoming less durable.
We have established that there are a lot of websites and pages available on the Internet, with more and more being added every day. The amount of readily available information is incredible to even try to imagine. This is often referred to as the (InfoWhelm); the bombardment of information, much of which is irrelevant and useless. As a result of this rapidly increasing volume of information, facts become obsolete far quicker, with the knowledge built on those facts becoming less durable.