The Importance of Promoting Digital Literacy in Higher Education

Ana Isabel Santos and Sandro Serpa

International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2017, vol. 5, issue 6, 90-93

Abstract: At a time when there is free access to a multitude of information, the knowledge society entails the development and mobilisation of a set of competencies of selection and application of this knowledge in a reasoned and conscious way. It is in this context that higher education should develop its activities, and it is widely recognised that digital literacy encompasses the essential and transversal abilities to any higher level training, that translate into a good preparation for a successful future professionalization. However, sometimes this does not happen; hence, this short communication seeks to reflect on this problem that is central to the training activity in higher education, analysing some implications of this situation, as well as recommendations.

Keywords: digital literacy; higher education; competencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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