A Model for Digital Literacy
There are many definitions for the term digital literacy. Teachers and other educators know students must master literacy skills in diverse formats. Reading a printed page requires a certain set of skills and cognitive processes. Reading from a webpage requires the same skills in addition to those using hypermedia, embedded commands, popup screens, multimedia with motion media, and a variety of multi-modal devices that can entice and distract the reader. East Carolina University graduate students in EDTC 6070 Digital Literacy in K12 Schools were assigned readings related to concepts in digital literacy. Added to their knowledge base were explanations for use of theoretical models in the field of instructional technology. For this course an education model is defined as an image or icon that describes a unique and complex idea using multimedia tools to create a display on one screen. The following slides show the depth of their understanding for the term Digital Literacy.
