Digital competence – an emergent boundary concept for policy and educational research

被引：271
作者：
Ilomäki L. [1 ]
Paavola S. [1 ]
Lakkala M. [1 ]
Kantosalo A. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 9, Helsinki
[2] Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, University of Helsinki, PO Box 68, Helsinki
来源：
Education and Information Technologies | 2016年 / 21卷 / 3期
关键词：
Digital competence; Digital skill; Pupil; School; Student;
D O I：
10.1007/s10639-014-9346-4
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摘要：
Digital competence is an evolving concept related to the development of digital technology and the political aims and expectations of citizenship in a knowledge society. It is regarded as a core competence in policy papers; in educational research it is not yet a standardized concept. We suggest that it is a useful boundary concept, which can be used in various contexts. For this study, we analysed 76 educational research articles in which digital competence, described by different terms, was investigated. As a result, we found that digital competence consists of a variety of skills and competences, and its scope is wide, as is its background: from media studies and computer science to library and literacy studies. In the article review, we found a total of 34 terms that had used to describe the digital technology related skills and competences; the most often used terms were digital literacy, new literacies, multiliteracy and media literacy, each with somewhat different focus. We suggest that digital competence is defined as consisting of (1) technical competence, (2) the ability to use digital technologies in a meaningful way for working, studying and in everyday life, (3) the ability to evaluate digital technologies critically, and (4) motivation to participate and commit in the digital culture. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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