Why an Internet Connection Doesn’t Equal...

Why an Internet Connection Doesn’t Equal...

When we think about expanding internet access around the globe, we often focus on providing an internet connection. But what comes next? To use an internet connection, people need to develop digital literacy. What is a literacy? Literacy used to be a fairly simple concept: if you had basic reading, writing, and math skills, you were literate. But the idea of literacy has expanded. We now talk of information literacy and digital literacy, and even financial, health, and civic literacies — literacies everyone needs to thrive in the 21st century. This growing list highlights the expanding set of skills people need, but it also blurs the definition of literacy. When we talk about information literacy, we can describe it in terms...Read More

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