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How to strengthen digital literacy? Practical example of a European initiative “SPreaD”
2010. June 16.
Digital Literacy has become one of the main competences in the 21st century. Without being able to use digital media effectively and responsibly the chances on the global market are very low. Nowadays more than 250 million Europeans are regular visitors to the Internet.
Yet despite this encouraging
figure, large sections of the population continue to be barred from
the multiple new opportunities, such as Web 2.0 or mobile learning.
But even those who are using the new digital media regularly are
not imperatively digital literate. Digital literacy does not only
mean that the people possess the technical infrastructure, it also
means that they are able to maximise the possibilities these new
technologies offer to them. What does this mean exactly? And why is
digital literacy of such importance? In the following article we
will give answers on these questions.
After presenting the different theoretical point of views on
digital literacy we will present one best practice example: the
European project SPreaD. By developing a toolkit on the management
of digital literacy projects SPreaD aims at disseminating digital
literacy all over Europe and to raise awareness on this important
topic. The SPreaD toolkit gives useful hints regarding the
development, coordination and financing of large scaled digital
literacy projects. So far we have received very positive response
to the toolkit from all over Europe.