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The uses of (digital) literacy.
- Source :
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Learning, Media & Technology . Sep2018, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p263-279. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This article shares research facilitated by a multinational technology provider, converging mobile networked technology (tablets) used across school and home, a technology enhanced community ‘third space’ providing workshops for students aged 6-9 with their parents/carers. The approach taken avoids the instrumental measurement of functional digital literacy competences, but instead seeks to negotiate a more nuanced and complex understanding of the ‘uses of literacy’ [from Hoggart, R. 1957. The Uses of Literacy. London: Pelican] in digital contexts and in a deeply situated, specific local setting. Working with our findings, we later put Amartya Sen’s concept of capability [Sen, A. K. 2005. “Human Rights and Capabilities.” Journal of Human Development 6 (2): 151-166; Sen, A. K. 2008. “Capability and Well-Being.” In The Philosophy of Economics, edited by D. M. Hausman, 3rd ed., 270-293. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press] to work on our data in order to provide a discussion on how the digital literacy community might distinguish digital competences as functionings from the ‘uses’ of such competences for a broader range of capabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TABLET computers
*TECHNOLOGY
*ADULT education workshops
*COMPUTER literacy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17439884
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Learning, Media & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131257184
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2018.1462206