Digital Literacy
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Digital Literacy is not just about what you consume online or how you consume it, but it is also related to
So, how is digital literacy different from digital citizenship or media literacy? Digital citizenship is most often associated with the idea of how one interacts with digital content and is often safety-centered. Digital citizenship focuses on the norms for behavior online and how to be a good digital community member. In this way, digital citizenship is a smaller piece of the larger digital literacy picture(1).
Digital literacy is not just about how to behave online or the consequences of how one portrays themself online, it is also about how creates, collaborates, integrates and uses digital media (2). A discussion of digital literacy is also a discussion of how to source and attribute information and resources as well as the shape of the digital footprint that one is leaving. According to some sources, including Common Sense Media, digital literacy falls under the larger umbrella of media literacy (3). While there are definitely overlapping skills and competencies, media literacy is distinguished by its focus on searching for and evaluating reputable sources of information. According to Media Smarts, the larger topic of media literacy is both "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media" as well as the "process of becoming active, rather than passive, consumers of media"(4).
- how you identify and verify reliable and reputable sources and/or information,
- what you create online and
- how you provide attribution and acknowledgement.
So, how is digital literacy different from digital citizenship or media literacy? Digital citizenship is most often associated with the idea of how one interacts with digital content and is often safety-centered. Digital citizenship focuses on the norms for behavior online and how to be a good digital community member. In this way, digital citizenship is a smaller piece of the larger digital literacy picture(1).
Digital literacy is not just about how to behave online or the consequences of how one portrays themself online, it is also about how creates, collaborates, integrates and uses digital media (2). A discussion of digital literacy is also a discussion of how to source and attribute information and resources as well as the shape of the digital footprint that one is leaving. According to some sources, including Common Sense Media, digital literacy falls under the larger umbrella of media literacy (3). While there are definitely overlapping skills and competencies, media literacy is distinguished by its focus on searching for and evaluating reputable sources of information. According to Media Smarts, the larger topic of media literacy is both "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media" as well as the "process of becoming active, rather than passive, consumers of media"(4).
Notes and Sources:
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1. Wall, J. (218, February 20). Digital citizenship vs Digital Literacy – Is There A Difference?
Retrieved August 29, 2018, from Education Technology Solutions website:
https://educationtechnologysolutions.com.au/2018/02/
digital-citizenship-vs-digital-literacy-difference/
2. The Intersection of Digital and Media Literacy. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2018, from Media Smarts
website: http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/general-information/
digital-media-literacy-fundamentals/intersection-digital-media-literacy
3. What is Digital Literacy? (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2018, from Common Sense Media website:
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/news-and-media-literacy/what-is-digital-literacy
4. "What is Media Literacy? (n.d.) Retrieved December 4, 2018, Media Smarts Website: https://mediasmarts.ca/sites/mediasmarts/files/tutorials/digital-literacy-training/7-12/
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Weebly does not currently support proper APA style footnoting or formatting. Consequently I have included the appropriate number at the end of the relevant sentence and have listed the sources, in approximate APA format here below--according to those numbers.
1. Wall, J. (218, February 20). Digital citizenship vs Digital Literacy – Is There A Difference?
Retrieved August 29, 2018, from Education Technology Solutions website:
https://educationtechnologysolutions.com.au/2018/02/
digital-citizenship-vs-digital-literacy-difference/
2. The Intersection of Digital and Media Literacy. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2018, from Media Smarts
website: http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/general-information/
digital-media-literacy-fundamentals/intersection-digital-media-literacy
3. What is Digital Literacy? (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2018, from Common Sense Media website:
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/news-and-media-literacy/what-is-digital-literacy
4. "What is Media Literacy? (n.d.) Retrieved December 4, 2018, Media Smarts Website: https://mediasmarts.ca/sites/mediasmarts/files/tutorials/digital-literacy-training/7-12/
All images are sourced through Pixabay and require no attribution