TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital Literacy for the 21st Century
AU - Kerkhoff, Shea
AU - Spires, Hiller A.
AU - Medlock Paul, Casey
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - Digital literacy involves any number of digital reading and writing techniques across multiple media forms. These media include words, texts, visual displays, motion graphics, audio, video, and multimodal forms. There are myriad cognitive processes at play, along a continuum from consumption to production when a reader is immersed with digital content as well as with print text. The purpose of this chapter is to (1) define digital literacy from multiple theoretical viewpoints, (2) illustrate how the definition continues to evolve in light of emerging technologies, and (3) discuss the cognitive, social, and affective dimensions of digital literacy as it is a key requirement in contemporary K-12 education.
AB - Digital literacy involves any number of digital reading and writing techniques across multiple media forms. These media include words, texts, visual displays, motion graphics, audio, video, and multimodal forms. There are myriad cognitive processes at play, along a continuum from consumption to production when a reader is immersed with digital content as well as with print text. The purpose of this chapter is to (1) define digital literacy from multiple theoretical viewpoints, (2) illustrate how the definition continues to evolve in light of emerging technologies, and (3) discuss the cognitive, social, and affective dimensions of digital literacy as it is a key requirement in contemporary K-12 education.
UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318508429_Digital_Literacy_for_the_21st_Century
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-5225-7659-4.ch002
DO - 10.4018/978-1-5225-7659-4.ch002
M3 - Article
JO - Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
JF - Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
ER -