Digital literacy – who’s responsible?

by Catherine Emmett and Joe Nicholls (guest blogger)

Over a coffee with colleagues last week, discussion turned to digital literacy in learning and teaching. A question was asked – who is responsible for our students’ digital literacies? The answer’s pretty simply really. You. And that’s really to say, all of us!

To understand why that is, let’s first answer the question ‘what is digital literacy anyway?’

JISC defines digital literacy as “those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society” (JISC, 2011). Digital literacies should build upon core IT skills, and they are best developed in combination with other kinds of learning literacies, such as information, academic, social and media literacies. These are most effectively learned in ways that are meaningful and relevant to student learning, ideally integrated with the academic subject the student is studying.

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