Archive for the ‘Digital Literacy’ Category

Learner antecedents of youth’s beliefs about agency and online learning

Developing students’ digital skills and self-confidence in their ability to purposefully use online learning opportunities is considered important for achieving educational objectives. This study empirically explores antecedents of young people’s beliefs about agency in online learning by applying structural equation modeling to a sample of 3400 Nordic youth age 15–17. The targeted antecedents are young […]

Doubt in digital education: Critical thinking in the age of trump

Based on a taxonomy that includes discourse and ideology as well as logic and truth, this article identifies doubt as the element most critical to critical thinking.  Not only is doubt intrinsic to questioning but it has a dynamic relationship to purposeful thinking.  Despite its heightened relevance in an age when the separation of truth […]

2017 Digital Literacy Impact Study> An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief

The 2017 Digital Literacy Impact Study: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief uncovers the learner’s perspective of how digital literacy training influences work life after graduation. As a complement to the definitions and frameworks outlined in the 2017 strategic brief on digital literacy in higher education, this study examines digital literacy in action as learners […]

Digital learning: Education and skills in the digital age

The report gives an overview of an expert consultation on the role and future of education and skills in the digital world. It looks at which skills are important and necessary to undertake the different types of jobs available, and what skills we need to be thinking of developing now and in the future. It […]

Download Report: Digital Literacy In Higher Eduction

Digital Literacy In Higher Eduction Digital Literacy in Higher Education, Part II: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief explores the landscape of digital literacy as it relates to advancing more authentic learning in campus settings. Supported by Adobe, the aim of this independent research is to illuminate current frameworks, exemplars, and challenges that are impacting […]