Digital Literacy

Abstract

Information and communication technologies (ICT) along with the internet have fueled advancements and growth in banking, transportation, economics, and most of all in education in the 21st century. The 21st century citizens are provided with new opportunities that have been created with the advancement of ICT. Hence, individuals need a wide range of abilities, competencies, and skills to adapt to the technological era. This paper provides a literature review of the growing importance of ICT, its wide array of usage, and its influence on various facets of people's daily lives. In addition, the emerging concept of digital literacy through ICT developments, contribution of digital literacy towards the achievement of sustainable development goals, contribution of ICT towards the development of various sectors particularly the education sector, and the work done in this area of digital literacy are summarised. The paper concludes with three new models of digital literacy: four gear model, model for flexible learning, and a model showing the impact of ICT on the learning process.

Digitainability—Digital Competences Post-COVID-19 for a Sustainable Society

“…an individual's ability to find and evaluate information, use this information effectively, create new content using this information and share and communicate this newly created information using appropriate digital technologies". According to the authors, for individuals to be considered as having digital literacy, they must: Weigh carefully the scope and impact of digital information on others and on society at large [133].…”

“…In a very pertinent way, Reddy et al [133] (p. 84) put forth the following types of literacy as digital competences that translate digital literacy: Visual Literacy: Having the ability to use digital technology to "read", interpret and understand information presented in pictorial or graphic images and communicate this information and convert the information into visual representations; 6.…”

Perceived Causes of Students’ Poor Performance in Mathematics: A Case Study at Ba and Tavua Secondary Schools

“…He further added that the workload of teachers is significantly reduced by the use of ICT, allowing teachers to utilize more time to focus on the key role, that is, to enhance learning among students. Many primary and secondary schools have plans underway to integrate ICT in every classroom [10,13,72]; however, investing in such initiatives still proves to be an expensive affair for many schools in Fiji. Another local study conducted by [10] shows that together with the implementation of ICT in the teaching and learning curriculum, students need to have relevant skills such as computer competencies and computer self-efficacies in order to successfully and effectively utilize these tools for their learning processes.…”

“…Another local study conducted by [10] shows that together with the implementation of ICT in the teaching and learning curriculum, students need to have relevant skills such as computer competencies and computer self-efficacies in order to successfully and effectively utilize these tools for their learning processes. Additionally, students also need to have relevant digital literacy skills in order to survive and thrive in this digital world [71,72]; hence, the teachers as mentors of the students need to have relevant digital literacy skills themselves.…”

“…Teacher's language and background knowledge of the content contributes significantly toward academic achievements [75]. A study by [72,76] shows that linguistic and conceptual comprehension is a matter of concern. Mathematics teachers need to give a clear explanation to students about mathematical concepts where both language and a basic understanding of the concept is required to ensure each student understands rather than left confused.…”