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October 31, 2023

For several years now, the term "digital natives" has been used to refer to generations who were born immersed in the technological world.

What is digital literacy and why is it so important?

For several years now, the term "digital natives" has been used to refer to generations who were born immersed in the technological world. But does this guarantee that they make good use of this space that currently occupies a central place in our daily lives?

Digital natives

In response to this question, Inés Dussel, an academic and researcher in education, has dedicated part of her career to questioning the idea of digital natives. In a interview for the Tiching blog, notes that:

"It's not true that digital natives are the same. Some research shows that the knowledge they have [the students] "They're very rudimentary, precisely because they're intuitive. If we ask them to make a video, they know how to record and edit, but they don't know how to get the most out of the tool."

From this reflection, we can understand the need to go beyond the technical use of tools that young people already master, and understand the responsibility that education has in terms of digital literacy. Do you know what this concept means? We'll explain more in a moment.

Digital literacy

When we talk about literacy, we generally think of basic reading and writing skills. However, today it is understood that literacy can exist in different social spheres, to the point that even topics such as emotional literacy.

Thus, by occupying a primordial place in today's society, the digital world could not be left behind. This is how the digital literacy It can be defined as "a person's ability to perform different tasks in a digital environment." (Unir, 2001)

In this sense, some of the tasks it covers are: the ability to communicate, the ability to find reliable information, access to better job opportunities, streamlining activities and data protection, among other.

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