I agree with this statement that reading in the digital age requires students to teach 'themselves'. Digital literacy in education focused on providing a class that covered base-level skills, such as creating a PowerPoint presentation or spreadsheet, so what we need in this digital world is creativity and knowledge about digital, and we can know about the lesson by reading and what we needed in education is the integration of digital literacy.
The internet has put all of the world's knowledge at our fingertips, it's easy to us become self-directed learners if we want. In this digital world, we can teach ourselves with reading, not only learns from the teacher, but we can teach ourselves.