Classrooms should not be a free-for-all TikTok fest. But we need to support children to learn how to concentrate and function in a digitally-saturated world.
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Some finds toys for toddlers based on digital devices a bit confronting. But really they’re just updated versions of traditional toys for make-believe play such as doctor and tradie tool sets.
We found men managed to bounce back quicker after lockdowns ended, in part due to their involvement in sporting and recreational activities.
There are around 201 known factors on which a website is analysed and ranked by Google’s algorithms.
If you don’t understand how your data is being used, and how to manage this, you’re not alone.
Refugee women reported less internet use than men across all online activities, including banking, education, health services and social services.
Before leaning to code, children must learn spatial orientation, how to communicate and how to solve problems. These resources and games help teach the foundational knowledge needed for coding.
That “friend of a friend” post you’re thinking about sharing on social media could make you an unwitting accomplice in a disinformation campaign.
Teaching children digital literacy skills is essential to help them learn how to navigate and respond to misinformation. It also helps them grow into adults who can participate in digital democracy.
The high cost of data and inadequate digital skills prevent young people from accessing job opportunities.
Society needs to spend as much time considering youth options for creating as we we do considering what can happen with digital learning, finds a study in Hamilton, Canada and Glasgow, Scotland.
Steps higher education institutions can take to ensure that teaching and learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We found that a lack of critical skills about the online environment matched up with lower levels of education and employment.
We have transitioned from a literate culture to one that values speed, immediacy and the decoding of small grabs of words in search for information. But old and new ways of reading can co-exist.
The abilities to detect and analyze deepfake videos is of the utmost urgency. Deepfakes are a serious threat to people’s security and our democratic institutions.
As our societies lose paper trails and increasingly rely on digital information, historians, and their grasps of context, will become more important than ever.
People fall for fake photos regardless of whether they seem to come from Facebook or The New York Times. What actually helps?
Students – and indeed all of us – must learn to ask questions about what stories are told, and the implications of what stories are not being told.
The role of the school library has evolved. Today’s school library goes beyond providing books. It must include teaching children digital literacy and how to critically evaluate information online.
Technology has good potential to help students learn, but it must be used appropriately to keep students moving, learning and working together.
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Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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