| url | http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3446 | |
| creators | BELSHAW, DOUGLAS,AJ | |
| title | What is 'digital literacy'? A Pragmatic investigation. | |
| full_text_status | public | |
| keywords | digital literacy;digital literacies;new literacies;information literacy;visual literacy;Pragmatism;learning;internet;new media;memes;framework | |
| abstract | Digital literacy has been an increasingly-debated and discussed topic since the publication of Paul Gilster’s seminal Digital Literacy in 1997. It is, however, a complex term predicated on previous work in new literacies such as information literacy and computer literacy. To make sense of this complexity and uncertainty I come up with a ‘continuum of ambiguity’ and employ a Pragmatic methodology. This thesis makes three main contributions to the research area. First, I argue that considering a plurality of digital literacies helps avoid some of the problems of endlessly-redefining ‘digital literacy’. Second, I abstract eight essential elements of digital literacies from the research literature which can lead to positive action. Finally, I argue that co-constructing a definition of digital literacies (using the eight essential elements as a guide) is at least as important as the outcome. | |
| date | 2012 | |
| thesis_type | Doctoral | |
| thesis_qualification_name | EdD | |
| department_dur | DDD29 | |
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