"The importance of mastering basic digital skills is often emphasized, but it does not seem clear what these skills should include," write the authors. Often, we seen an emphasis on the tools. But "the information society favors those who are able to develop strategies to process large amounts of information and its relevance in different contexts." In addition, "An important skill will be the ability to reformulate information in order to meet personal needs." Short report, in PDF, but well worth a read, especially for the discussion of the relation between common knowledge and individual knowledge. "Large parts of the knowledge we acquire is connected to a wide, global network of interest." This, argue the authors, places an important emphasis on personal publishing as a way to integrate with that community. Scott Leslie comments, "I expect this paper to become one of the regularly cited as we move into the 'early majority' and onwards adopting these technologies and practices into their classrooms."
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