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Digital literacy. A teacher and his students in a computer lab. Digital literacy is an individual's ability to find, evaluate, and communicate information using typing or digital media platforms. It is a combination of both technical and cognitive abilities in using information and communication technologies to create, evaluate, and share ...
Digital learning is learning that is supported by technology. [1] It encompasses any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It includes a wide array of practices, including blended and virtual learning. A variety of names began to be used to denote education ...
Digital media in education. Students in a media lab class. Digital Media in education is measured by a person's ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce media content and communication in a variety of forms. [1] These media may involve incorporating multiple digital softwares, devices, and platforms as a tool for learning.
Digital pedagogy allows for flexibility in undergraduate study. Students with long commutes can access, read, and respond to course materials on digital devices such as phones while in transit. Comparisons of student outcomes between online courses and face-to-face courses suggest that there is a negligible difference between the two formats.
Online learning involves courses offered by primary institutions that are 100% virtual. Online learning, or virtual classes offered over the internet, is contrasted with traditional courses taken in a brick-and-mortar school building. It is a development in distance education that expanded in the 1990s with the spread of the commercial Internet ...
Digital citizenship is a term used to define the appropriate and responsible use of technology among users. Three principles were developed by Mike Ribble to teach digital users how to responsibly use technology to become a digital citizen: respect, educate, and protect. [38]
Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning. [1] [2] When referred to with its abbreviation, "EdTech," it often refers to the industry of companies that create educational technology.
Kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 are critical to student success as digital natives because not all students have a "digital"-rich childhood. Students learning technological skills before Grade 3 can become equivalently bilingual. "Language-minority students who cannot read and write proficiently in English cannot participate fully in American ...