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The Importance of Promoting Digital Literacy in Higher Education

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  • Ana Isabel Santos
  • Sandro Serpa

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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.

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  • Ana Isabel Santos & Sandro Serpa, 2017. "The Importance of Promoting Digital Literacy in Higher Education," International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 5(6), pages 90-93, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfa:journl:v:5:y:2017:i:6:p:90-93
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    1. Santiago Tejedor & Laura Cervi & Ana Pérez-Escoda & Fernanda Tusa Jumbo, 2020. "Digital Literacy and Higher Education during COVID-19 Lockdown: Spain, Italy, and Ecuador," Publications, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-17, November.
    2. Julia Nitsche & Theresa Sophie Busse & Sven Kernebeck & Jan P. Ehlers, 2022. "Virtual Classrooms and Their Challenge of Interaction—An Evaluation of Chat Activities and Logs in an Online Course about Digital Medicine with Heterogeneous Participants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-10, August.
    3. Juan Bartolomé & Pablo Garaizar, 2022. "Design and Validation of a Novel Tool to Assess Citizens’ Netiquette and Information and Data Literacy Using Interactive Simulations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-28, March.
    4. Maria José Sá & Ana Isabel Santos & Sandro Serpa & Carlos Miguel Ferreira, 2021. "Digitainability—Digital Competences Post-COVID-19 for a Sustainable Society," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-22, August.
    5. Carlos Miguel Ferreira & Sandro Serpa, 2017. "Challenges in the Teaching of Sociology in Higher Education. Contributions to a Discussion," Societies, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-11, October.
    6. Ana Isabel Santos & Carlos Miguel Ferreira & Maria José Sá & Sandro Serpa, 2019. "Reading on Paper and Scrolling Text on a Screen in Academic Learning," Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Richtmann Publishing Ltd, vol. 8, November.
    7. Sandro Serpa & Ana Isabel Santos & Carlos Miguel Ferreira, 2020. "Contributions of Ivan Illich to Education in a Digital Society," Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Richtmann Publishing Ltd, vol. 9, March.
    8. Maria José Sá & Carlos Miguel Ferreira & Sandro Serpa, 2019. "(Un)professionalisation or (Re)professionalisation of the Academic in the Brave New World?," Postmodern Openings, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 10(2), pages 84-113, June.
    9. Maria José Sá & Carlos Miguel Ferreira & Ana Isabel Santos & Sandro Serpa, 2020. "Publishing at Any Cost? The Need for the Improvement of the Quality of Scholarly Publications," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 9(3), pages 214-214, June.

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    Keywords

    digital literacy; higher education; competencies;
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    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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