DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP 1 1 Elements Of Digital Citizenship

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

1. 1 Elements Of Digital Citizenship � Digital Access Turner (2010) defines digital access as a nonprofitable community based program that provides internet access.

� Digital Literacy Visser (2012) explains digital literacy as the ability to use information and communicate technologies to find, evaluate, create and communicate information requiring both cognitive and technical skills.

� Digital Etiquette Digital etiquette is defined as a set of basic rules one should follow in order to make the internet better for themselves and everyone else. (Lindsay, n. d)

5 Fluencies of Digital Citizenship � Information Fluency Information fluency is explained as the ability to: Ø ask good, meaningful and relevant questions which leads to the information required, based on the questions asked Ø we acquire information from a range of sources, the raw information acquired is than Ø analysed to determine whether the information is fact or opinion, to understand the relevancy of the information

Continuing with information fluency Ø Ø the analysed information is than applied to where is was required Assess the information to find out what was learned and how it was learnt and if the information source were reliable or not. (Crockett L. W. n. d)

Solution Fluency � Solution Fluency This fluency is the problem solving process, to start this process one will need to Ø Define what the problem is until there is a clear understanding of the problem, after the problem has been defined Ø Discover the origin of the problem, researching how the problem occurred Ø Dream the problem, looking into the future and seeing the problem solved

Continuing with solution fluency Ø Ø Ø Once the dream has been seen it is than designed, design the process that will make the dream reality, after the dream has been designed it is than time to Deliver the goods which includes producing and publishing the goods Debrief looking at how this product or process can be made better now or the next time. (Crockett L. W. n. d)

� Ø Ø Ø Creativity Fluency Identify the current problem, after the problem has been identified we than Inspire, seek inspiration , when inspiration has been found the next is to Interpolate, finding a pattern within known information, when the pattern has been found we than Imagine our own unique creation Inspect the idea and compare it to the criteria originally identified. (Crockett L. W. n. d)

� Ø Collaboration Fluency Establish, identifying the group and identifying who needs to be involved and defining the roles and responsibilities for each team member. Next the agreement of what the norms of to group will be, why the collective has been established? , what will be the outcomes be and how these outcomes will be evaluated all these aspects are defined in a group contract, the group than

Continuing collaboration flue Ø Ø Envisions the outcomes using the solution fluency and creativity fluency to guide the process, Engineer a work plan and give delegate responsibilities to each team member than it is time to Execute by putting the plan in action and managing the process than the process needs to be Examine the process to determine whether the group contract has been fulfilled and how the process/product can be improved. (Crockett L. W. n. d)

� Ø Ø Media Fluency Listen, critical listening, separate the message from the medium, take the distraction away to identify what is really being said, verbalizing the message and verifying whether it is fact or opinion. The medium is the wrap in which the message is delivered. Leverage, identify and leverage the most appropriate media. (Crockett L. W. n. d)

1. 2 Digital Divide What is digital divide? (Rouse, 2014) defines digital divide as the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern ICT(Information and Communication Technology) and those who don’t or have restricted access. �

Impact of digital divide on social capital and ramification thereof � � (Maseko, 2016) states that the impact of digital divide to social capital occurs when other people cannot access or have limited access to social networks, this happens when other people resist change to gain access to technology, not being exposed technology. The ramification there of, will result in a person not being part of the global economy. Lacking information on and struggling to compete.

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