Digital Literacy Skills

Created by: Victor Castilla

Digital Literacy

Digital literacy is "the ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers" (1)

1. Gilster, Paul. Digital Literacy.  New York: Wiley and Computer Publishing, 1997. p. 1.

Digital Literacy

But Digital Literacy is not only the knowledge of

technology but the critical thinking to solve problems

within a technological environment.

We have to…

“recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.”(1)

(1) American Library Association. Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. (1989). Chicago: American Library Association. Retrieved March, 2007, from http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/presidential.htm

What do we have to learn?

DefineAccessManageEvaluateIntegrateCommunicateCreate

Define

Ability to identify and appropriately represent an information need

Determines the nature and extent of information needed

Access

Develop a search strategy to locate information within a database

Accesses the needed information effectively and efficiently

Manage

Organize information according to a classification scheme for later retrieval

Evaluate

Evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system

Integrate

Summarize information from a variety of sources and then draw conclusions from that summary compare and contrast from multiple sources

Communicate

Create a single persuasive slide to support a position

Create

Create a visual representation of data to answer a research question, adapt, apply, and design information

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