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A Maturity Model for Digital Literacies and Sustainable Development

A Maturity Model for Digital Literacies and Sustainable Development

Ravi S. Sharma, Lin G. Malone, Chong Guan, Ambica Dattakumar
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781522576594|ISBN10: 1522576592|EISBN13: 9781522576600
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7659-4.ch006
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Sharma, Ravi S., et al. "A Maturity Model for Digital Literacies and Sustainable Development." Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Library Science, Information Management, and Scholarly Inquiry, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 64-76. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7659-4.ch006

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Sharma, R. S., Malone, L. G., Guan, C., & Dattakumar, A. (2019). A Maturity Model for Digital Literacies and Sustainable Development. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Library Science, Information Management, and Scholarly Inquiry (pp. 64-76). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7659-4.ch006

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Sharma, Ravi S., et al. "A Maturity Model for Digital Literacies and Sustainable Development." In Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Library Science, Information Management, and Scholarly Inquiry, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 64-76. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7659-4.ch006

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Abstract

As the world becomes increasingly digitized, a key aspect of digitization is the notion of “digital inclusion,” the empowerment of individuals through digital participation, as enabled through the functional, socio-economic, and transformational dimensions of digital literacies. This chapter recounts the role of digital literacies in supporting participative and therefore sustainable development. Taking a historical, development perspective, this chapter describes a digital literacies maturity model (DLMM) to examine the relationship between knowledge societies, digital inclusion, and digital literacies. This model combines the World Bank's four knowledge policy pillars with the four stages of digital development to link digital policies with socio-economic wellbeing and serves as a framework for the creation of sustainable knowledge societies.

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