Mikulas Gaussman: a citizen digitally resourced for the future?

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by colin barnett


step 1: identify an area for your development

Using the categories below to identify an area for your own development.

  • operational digital literacy: such as being able to use a number of software applications and browsing the internet.
  • cultural digital literacy: such as being able to situate a digital tool/text within its cultural context.
  • critical digital literacy: such as being able to evaluate and select digital tools and texts.

(Lankshear and Nobel, 2006)

step 2: reflection/commentary

Lankshear and Knobel (2006) put forward three sub-categories of digital literacy. What category would you say is a current priority in educational contexts you are familiar with? Do the other categories merit concern? To what extent is digital literacy in all areas affected by age of learners/political systems? 


For further discussion of digital skill sets relevant to educationalists please see Weller, M. The Openness-creativity cycle in education (2012) and Gruszczynska et al. Exploring Open Approaches towards Digital Literacy (2012).


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