Fostering 21st Century Digital Literacy and Technical Competency

Fostering 21st Century Digital Literacy and Technical Competency

Antonio Cartelli

Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 312

ISBN13: 9781466629431|ISBN10: 1466629436|EISBN13: 9781466629448

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2943-1

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The 21st century has seen an expansion in digital technology and the ways in which it affects everyday life. These technologies have become essential in the growth of social communication and mass media.

Fostering 21st Century Digital Literacy and Technical Competency offers the latest in research on the technological advances on computer proficiency in the educational system and society. This collection of research brings together theories and experiences in order to create a common framework and is essential for educators and professionals in the technology fields.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Chapters

Digital Literacy and Culture

Chapter 1

Beyond Babel: Multiliteracies in Digital Culture (pages 1-6)

Monica Fantin

This article highlights the importance of the concepts of media literacy, and digital and informational literacy to understand the multimodal meaning of multiliteracies and their interfaces. An analogy with Babel is used to...

Chapter 2

Formalized Informal Learning: ICT and Learning for the 21st Century (pages 7-27)

Karin Tweddell Levinsen, Birgitte Holm Sørensen

Longitudinal research projects into social practices are both subject to and capture changes in society, meaning that research is conducted in a fluid context and that new research questions appear during the project’s life cycle. In...

Chapter 3

Reconciling Culture and Digital Literacy in the United Arab Emirates (pages 28-40)

Tony Jewels, Rozz Albon

For a number of years, there has been a concerted effort by the United Arab Emirates to take a prominent role in introducing e-business initiatives throughout the Gulf region, and this effort has translated into widespread access of...

Digital Literacy Evaluation and Development in Students, Teachers, and Adults

Chapter 4

Transformation of Individual Learning through Informatics and Information Technology Activities in Primary School (pages 42-54)

Valentina Dagiene, Vaiva Grabauskiene

The topic of the individual learning conditions creation can be analysed from the technological as well as pedagogical side. In both cases there is the same fundamental point: how to create valuable and as much as possible natural...

Chapter 5

Digital Literacy and Competence in Students Attending a Faculty of Humanities (pages 55-64)

Antonio Cartelli, Angela Di Nuzzo

In this paper the behaviors and tendencies in the use of digital technologies by university students are analyzed. After a short discussion of former studies and the presentation of the model for digital literacy structure and...

Chapter 6

Development of ICT Competency in Pre-Service Teacher Education (pages 65-75)

Valentina Dagiene

Starting from the key competencies for a knowledge society, this paper examines the information and communication technology (ICT) competency needed by teachers for effective teaching in the 21st-century. The paper analyzes the...

Chapter 7

Technological Literacy in the Profile of Skills of University Professor in the New European Higher Education System (pages 76-93)

Antonella Nuzzaci

This article describes the new requirements of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) - international and cross-cultural, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that are important in all fields of university studies and...

Chapter 8

Developing and Managing Digital/Technology Literacy and Effective Learning Skills in Adult Learners (pages 94-113)

Jeffrey Hsu, Zhongxian Wang, Karin Hamilton

The needs of adult learners are different from those of traditional undergraduate students, and programs must be designed to meet this need. In particular, digital and technology literacy needs, including general computing skills...

Digital Technologies, Blended Learning, and Reflecting Competences

Chapter 9

Good Teaching Practice and Quality Indicators for Virtual and Blended Learning: Project M.A.T.R.I.X (pages 115-129)

M. Esther del Moral Pérez, Lourdes Villalustre Martínez

The M.A.T.R.I.X (Modalities of Telematic Learning and Inter-university Results that can be Extrapolated to Blended Learning)1 project identified and described the diverse teaching methods and practices applied in a representative...

Chapter 10

Blended Collaborative Learning through a Wiki-Based Project: A Case Study on Students’ Perceptions (pages 130-145)

Dimitrios Roussinos, Athanassios Jimoyiannis

Wikis are currently gaining in popularity in schools and higher education institutions and they are widely promoted as collaborative tools supporting students’ active learning. This paper reports on the investigation of university...

Chapter 11

Developing a Reflective Competence for a Master’s Level Programme on E-Learning: The Leonardo Project REFLECT (pages 146-173)

Antonella Nuzzaci

This study examines the effects of an activity of reflection on a group of students enrolled in the Master for Intercultural Education and European dimension of distance education, who participated in the construction of the model...

Digital Technologies and Competences for Education and Communication

Chapter 12

Educators’ Expectations on Technology Enhanced Education (TEE): Should and Could they be Modified? (pages 175-187)

Carlo Giovannella, Claudia Di Lorenzo, Simona Scarsella, Corrado Amedeo Presti

This paper reports and discusses the result of a survey focused on the perceptions and expectations on TEE applications, conducted among 500 Italian educators (university, high/middle/elementary schools and professionals) involved in...

Chapter 13

Benefits and Risks of Social Networking Sites: Should they also be Used to Harness Communication in a College or University Setting? (pages 188-200)

Angelina I. T. Kiser

One of the challenges facing university and college professors is the use of effective and efficient communication with their students. One solution could be the use of social networking sites to engage students and the U.S. 2010...

Chapter 14

Using Precision Teaching Method to Improve Foreign Language and Cognitive Skills in University Students (pages 201-211)

Francesca Cuzzocrea, Anna Maria Murdaca, Patrizia Oliva

Learning a foreign language takes time and effort. In the last few years, too much emphasis has been placed on oral communication skills and English teachers make their students speak English without paying enough attention to...

Digital Technologies and Literacy

Chapter 15

Use of the Internet by Medical Practitioners in Private Hospitals in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria (pages 213-221)

Esharenana E. Adomi, Ericson Egbaivwie, Jonathan C. Ogugua

This study explores the use of the Internet by medical practitioners in private hospitals in Warri Delta State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted and questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data. The total...

Chapter 16

Literacy and Space Technology In Nigeria (pages 222-232)

Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi

This paper examines literacy as it affects Space Technology in Nigeria. The place of digital technology enables a proper understanding of literacy in Nigeria. The paper is divided into four parts. The first section redefines literacy...

Chapter 17

Hybrid Wireless Networks for E-Learning and Digital Literacy: Testing and Evaluation (pages 233-245)

Munir Abbasi, Lampros K. Stergioulas

Today, satellite communication networks are being integrated into the infrastructure of modern Terrestrial communication networks and becoming popular for the delivery of educational content and data, as well as education-centric...

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