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Stephen Downes

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The Media Awareness Network has released a major report calling for a national digital literacy strategy. It also wants a survey of digital literacy programs and a conference bringing together stakeholders. This is needed, says the Network, because Canada is lagging behind in digital literacy skills. What are digital literacies. According to the report, the break down into three major types of abilities:
- to use the associated technology
- to critically understand digital media content
- to create with digital technology
(pp. 4-5 - see also Media Literacy-Concepts, Research and Regulatory Issues (note that the link in the report is broken)).

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