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Digital Skills - Unlocking the Information Society

English · Hardback

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"This book systematically discusses the skills or literacies needed in the use of digital media, primarily computers and the Internet. A discussion that is based on conceptual analysis and empirical observations, among them a unique series of laboratory performance tests of several types of digital skills that are distinguished"--

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Defining Internet Skills 3. Impact: Why Digital Skills are the Key to the Information Society 4. Current Levels of Internet Skills 5. Solutions: Better Design 6. Solutions: Learning Digital Skills 7. Conclusions and Policy Perspectives

About the author

Author Jan A. G. M. van Dijk: Jan A. G. M. van Dijk is Professor of Communication Science and Chair of the Department of Media, Communication, and Organization at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Author Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen: Alexander van Deursen is Assistant Professor in the the Department of Media, Communication and Organization at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.

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"If you ever thought using the Internet is straightforward, this book will change your mind. Its many complexities are laid out here posing challenges to all of us as users, and to some of us as interface and content designers, educators, and policymakers. All these challenges must be met, the authors argue, if the Internet is not to exacerbate the already problematic inequalities in our society." - Sonia Livingstone, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Product details

Authors A. van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M. Van Deursen, J. van Dijk, Jan A. G. M. van Dijk, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo, Alexander Van Deursen, Alexander J A van Deursen, Alexander J A M van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen, Jan A G M van Dijk, Jan A. G. M. van Dijk, Professor Jan A. G. M. Van Dijk, Professor Jan A. G. M. Van Deursen Van Dijk
Publisher Palgrave UK
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 10.07.2014
 
EAN 9781137437020
ISBN 978-1-137-43702-0
No. of pages 201
Series Digital Education and Learning
Digital Education and Learning
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Soziologie, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung, Bildungsstrategien und -politik, Medienwissenschaften, Culture, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Society & culture: general, Media and Communication, Education and state, Central / national / federal government policies, Education Policy, Educational Technology, Education—Curricula, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculums (Courses of study), Curriculum Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Technology and Digital Education, Palgrave Education Collection, Digital Education and Educational Technology

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