Monday 5 August 2019

Start Date

5-8-2019 11:30 AM

End Date

5-8-2019 12:30 PM

Subjects

Digital literacy, Generic skills, Information technology, Large scale assessment, Digital technology, Technology integration, Primary secondary education

Abstract

Digital literacy, under a wide variety of names, is routinely classified as a 21st-century skill and is frequently reported as an area of high priority in school education systems internationally. In comparison with students in other countries, Australian students have high levels of access to digital technologies both at and outside of school. With this access comes the expectations that students will be highly-proficient users of digital technologies and that schools will use digital technologies in transformative ways to support student learning. This session will examine how concepts of digital literacy have developed over time, what data from large-scale assessments of student digital literacy tell us about students’ learning in this area (both in Australia and across countries) including how it has changed over time. We will also reflect on the differences between the rhetoric and the realities of digital literacy and what these mean for the future direction of this critical area of learning.

Recommended Citation (OVERRIDE)

Fraillon, Julian. (August 2019). Digital literacy: Myths and realities. In K. Cockle (Ed.), Research Conference 2019: Preparing students for life in the 21st century: Identifying, developing and assessing what matters: Proceedings and Program: 4–5 August 2019, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. (pp.68-72). Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research. https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1357&context=research_conference

RC2019_FRAILLON_Powerpoint.pdf (879 kB)
Digital literacy Myths and realities presentation

Place of Publication

Melbourne, Australia

Publisher

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

ISBN

9781742865546

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Aug 5th, 11:30 AM Aug 5th, 12:30 PM

Digital literacy: Myths and realities

Digital literacy, under a wide variety of names, is routinely classified as a 21st-century skill and is frequently reported as an area of high priority in school education systems internationally. In comparison with students in other countries, Australian students have high levels of access to digital technologies both at and outside of school. With this access comes the expectations that students will be highly-proficient users of digital technologies and that schools will use digital technologies in transformative ways to support student learning. This session will examine how concepts of digital literacy have developed over time, what data from large-scale assessments of student digital literacy tell us about students’ learning in this area (both in Australia and across countries) including how it has changed over time. We will also reflect on the differences between the rhetoric and the realities of digital literacy and what these mean for the future direction of this critical area of learning.

 

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