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Does Digital Literacy Empower Adolescent Girls In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review, Salima Meherali, Komal Abdul Rahim, Sandra Campbell, Zohra S. Lassi
Does Digital Literacy Empower Adolescent Girls In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review, Salima Meherali, Komal Abdul Rahim, Sandra Campbell, Zohra S. Lassi
School of Nursing & Midwifery
Background: The vast majority (90%) of the world's adolescents aged 10-19 live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); and in those resource-limited settings, girls face distinct challenges across multiple health, social, and economic domains. Gender equality and girls' empowerment are key goals in their own right and are central to all other development goals. Digital literacy is a great enabler for the empowerment of young girls. This systematic review aims to assess the range and nature of digital literacy interventions implemented to empower adolescent girls in LMICs and identify evidence about adolescent girls' access and use of digital technologies in …
Mapping Of Digital Literacy Skills, Allison Kavanagh
Mapping Of Digital Literacy Skills, Allison Kavanagh
Other Resources
In 2013 DIT developed a set of graduate attributes known as the “Five E’s”: Engaged, Enterprising, Enquiry based, Effective and Expert in chosen subject discipline. Each of these five attributes is comprised of several additional attributes, one of which is digital literacy.
This presentation explains what digital literacy is, why it is an important attribute for our students and graduates to develop, and discusses practical ways of creating a mapping between a programme’s assessment methods and the digital literacy graduate attribute.
Digital Literacy: Why It Matters, Allison Kavanagh, K.C. O'Rourke
Digital Literacy: Why It Matters, Allison Kavanagh, K.C. O'Rourke
Articles
In the past two decades the internet, email, apps, mobile devices and all associated hardware and software have become firmly embedded in everyday life, to the extent that it often feels that we have had no control over this phenomenon. What are the implications for education?
Primary and secondary students today have grown up with the always-connected life which the internet has enabled. However, the credence given to the idea that this makes them fully comfortable and aware as "digital natives" is misguided. The social implications of the internet society – surveillance and the decline of privacy, cyberbullying and so …
Icils 2013: Information About The Australian Data Files, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Icils 2013: Information About The Australian Data Files, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ICT - Digital Literacy
This document details the national variables that are available in the Australian International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2013 data files. The data files are located in the ICT – Digital Literacy series.
Icils 2013: Australian Teacher Data [Spss], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Icils 2013: Australian Teacher Data [Spss], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ICT - Digital Literacy
This dataset (SPSS zipped) is a data source for the report: International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013: Australian students’ readiness for study, work and life in the digital age.
The International Computer and Information Literacy study (ICILS) methodology is complex. Prior to undertaking any analyses, it is recommended data users become familiar with all the information (for example, plausible values and replicate weights) required to understand and analyse the data files.
Information about the Australian ICILS 2013 data files is available here.
The ICILS 2013 User Guide, to accompany ICILS data, is available for download here.
The …
Icils 2013: Australian Teacher Data [Sas], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Icils 2013: Australian Teacher Data [Sas], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ICT - Digital Literacy
This dataset (SAS zipped) is a data source for the report: International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013: Australian students’ readiness for study, work and life in the digital age.
The International Computer and Information Literacy study (ICILS) methodology is complex. Prior to undertaking any analyses, it is recommended data users become familiar with all the information (for example, plausible values and replicate weights) required to understand and analyse the data files.
Information about the Australian ICILS 2013 data files is available here.
The ICILS 2013 User Guide, to accompany ICILS data, is available for download here. …
Icils 2013: Australian School Data [Spss], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Icils 2013: Australian School Data [Spss], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ICT - Digital Literacy
This dataset (SPSS zipped) is a data source for the report: International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013: Australian students’ readiness for study, work and life in the digital age.
The International Computer and Information Literacy study (ICILS) methodology is complex. Prior to undertaking any analyses, it is recommended data users become familiar with all the information (for example, plausible values and replicate weights) required to understand and analyse the data files.
Information about the Australian ICILS 2013 data files is available here.
The ICILS 2013 User Guide, to accompany ICILS data, is available for download here. …
Icils 2013: Australian School Data [Sas], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Icils 2013: Australian School Data [Sas], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ICT - Digital Literacy
This dataset (SAS zipped) is a data source for the report: International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013: Australian students’ readiness for study, work and life in the digital age.
The International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) methodology is complex. Prior to undertaking any analyses, it is recommended data users become familiar with all the information (for example, plausible values and replicate weights) required to understand and analyse the data files.
Information about the Australian ICILS 2013 data files is available here.
The ICILS 2013 User Guide, to accompany ICILS data, is available for download here. …
Icils 2013: Australian Student Data [Spss], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Icils 2013: Australian Student Data [Spss], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ICT - Digital Literacy
This dataset (SPSS zipped) is a data source for the report: International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013: Australian students’ readiness for study, work and life in the digital age.
The International Computer and Information Literacy study (ICILS) methodology is complex. Prior to undertaking any analyses, it is recommended data users become familiar with all the information (for example, plausible values and replicate weights) required to understand and analyse the data files.
Information about the Australian ICILS 2013 data files is available here.
The ICILS 2013 User Guide, to accompany ICILS data, is available for download here. …
Icils 2013: Australian Student Data [Sas], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Icils 2013: Australian Student Data [Sas], Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ICT - Digital Literacy
This dataset (SAS zipped) is a data source for the report: International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013: Australian students’ readiness for study, work and life in the digital age.
The International Computer and Information Literacy study (ICILS) methodology is complex. Prior to undertaking any analyses, it is recommended data users become familiar with all the information (for example, plausible values and replicate weights) required to understand and analyse the data files.
Information about the Australian ICILS 2013 data files is available here.
The ICILS 2013 User Guide, to accompany ICILS data, is available for download here. …
Teaching 21st Century, Executive-Functioning, And Creativity Skills With Popular Video Games And Apps, Randy Kulman, Teresa Slobuski, Roy Seitsinger
Teaching 21st Century, Executive-Functioning, And Creativity Skills With Popular Video Games And Apps, Randy Kulman, Teresa Slobuski, Roy Seitsinger
Faculty and Staff Publications
21st century skills, include flexible thinking, collaborative communication skills, executive funtiona nd critical thinking skills, and digital literacy, will be necessary for education and jobs in the future. Video games and apps are an exteremly powerful tool for teaching 21st century skills due to game mechanics that build in learning principles and their highly engaging nature. Games such as Minecraft, Portal 2 and variety of casual video games have been demonstrated to teach skills, such as problem solving, processing efficiency, cognitive flexibility, and the 21st century skill of digital literacy.