1) finding and consuming digital content;
2) creating digital content; and
3) communicating or sharing it.
-Hiller Spires, Professor of Literacy and Technology at North Carolina State University
- The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information.
- The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers.
- A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment... Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments.
from the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- photograph
- published article on a website
- social media posts
- blog posts
- wikis
- podcasts
- video
- infographic
- PDF