Validation sessions reframed fostering students' digital literacy as empowering students for a digital society, adding ethical competences¶

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q2 i? Experts suggested replacing 'fostering students' digital literacy' with 'empowering students' digital literacy', and advised distinguishing digital literacy for life, learning and general work from digital literacy embedded in future professions. → Jo Tondeur 2023

Evidence¶

Jo Tondeur 2023¶

Jo Tondeur, Sarah Howard, Manon Van Zanten, Pierre Gorissen, Irma Van der Neut, Dana Uerz, Marijke Kral. (2023). The HeDiCom framework: Higher Education teachers' digital competencies for the future. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10193-5

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Qualitative validation finding from expert and practitioner sessions on the initial draft framework. The experts also advised distinguishing digital literacy for life, learning and general work from profession-specific digital literacy, and added ethical competences, noting that because of the GOT ethical questions became even more relevant, such as the consequences of using data.

"In the validation sessions, the experts suggested to replace 'fostering students' digital literacy' with 'empowering students' digital literacy'."

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