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What is Digital Awareness

Improving Scientific Communication for Lifelong Learners
It is the awareness of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for individuals to use digital tools effectively.
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New Features of Learners in Education: Digital Awareness, Digital Competence, and Digital Fluency
Figen Kilic (Mersin University, Turkey) and Ismail Karakuş (Mersin University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4534-8.ch007
Abstract
Throughout the recent decades there have been rapid developments and changes in terms of science and technology. From now on, individuals want a flexible education format in which time and place are changeable in line with their desires and concerns. Particularly from the perspective of lifelong learning, digitalization can be seen as an important element which forces individuals to change. Some of these are digital awareness, digital competence, and digital fluency. As one of the digital terms, digital competence includes the effective, efficient, critical, flexible, and reflective structuring of information for business, learning, and socializing, while the latter digital fluency is the ability to know when and where to use technology. The main problem that stands out is adapting education programs according to the new developments. The restructuring of the program development activities, so as to raise individuals with changing and developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes, acts like a spotlight which highlights the critical role of program development in the education system.
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