Title: LEARN: What is Digital Literacy?
Course: FLO MicroCourse: An Introduction to the Digital Literacy Framework > Section: Day 1: Introduction to the Framework and Self-Assessment

What does Digital Literacy mean to you?

Four key concepts that have dominated the literature on literacies related to digital technology include: information literacy, media literacy, computer literacy, and digital literacy (Brown, Czerniewicz, Huang & Mayisela, 2016). These four literacies are not competing, but in fact are necessary components of what it means to be literate in the twenty-first century. The table below presents an outline of the different terms and how they intersect:

 | Information Literacy | Media Literacy | Computer Literacy | Digital Literacy
Definition | the ability to locate, identify, retrieve, process and use digital information optimally (UNESCO, 2011) | the ability to access the media, to understand and to critically evaluate different aspects of the media and media content, and to create communications in a variety of contexts (European Commission, 2007) | a set of user skills that enable active participation in a society where services and cultural offerings are computer supported and distributed on the Internet (UNESCO, 2011) | those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society (JISC, 2015)
Primary Focus | information retrieval and assessment of quality | evaluation and production of media texts | skills in the use of computer-related technology | innovation, collaboration, lifelong learning

Table 1.1: Summary of Key Concepts (adapted from Brown et al., 2016, CC-BY-SA)

Brown, C., Czerniewicz., L., Huang, C-W., & Mayisela., T. (2016). Curriculum for digital education leadership: A concept paper. Burnaby, BC: Commonwealth of Learning. Retrieved from http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/2442

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