{"id":5227,"date":"2019-01-28T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spi.efst.hr\/the-evolution-of-digital-competitiveness-digital-literacy-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T17:08:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:08:27","slug":"the-evolution-of-digital-competitiveness-digital-literacy-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spi.efst.hr\/en\/the-evolution-of-digital-competitiveness-digital-literacy-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of digital competitiveness: digital literacy in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"

In ancient Greece, the biggest insult was to call someone illiterate. Today we all know how to read and write. Does literacy<\/strong> today mean more than reading and writing?<\/span><\/p>\n

We live in a digital age where rapid technological development changes our societies and economies from moment to moment. Today, almost all jobs require some level of digital skills, and the same is true for participation in society in general. Information is all around us. New media with which we transmit information are emerging. In the modern world, we need to know how to find information, recognize information that can solve a problem, evaluate and organize information and use it effectively. If we are able to do all that, then we can say that we are information literate<\/strong> .<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital literacy<\/strong> is also mentioned today. It refers to the ability to read and understand hypertext or multimedia texts, and includes understanding images, sounds and text. We are talking about information available via the Internet and digitized materials that are, for example, available in libraries. Specific skills covered by this term include making judgments about online sources, searching the Internet, managing multimedia content, communicating via the network. In contrast to digital literacy, information literacy implies the entire world of information, including those in printed form. Therefore, it is a broader term than digital literacy because not all information is yet in electronic form, and the range of available digital content is modest compared to the amount of printed sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Internet enables us to find information from all areas of life. But if something is published on the Internet, it does not necessarily mean that it is true. Just as we critically observe the world around us, we must also be critical of the information published on the Internet. Being critical does not mean denying something. Being critical means verifying the information we have received. It is worth asking: What is the purpose or goal of the published information? What do the authors of the information want us to believe? What details and facts are missing that are important for the subject being written about?<\/span><\/p>\n

According to research, the speed and amount of information exchange has accelerated in the last ten years, and the social and economic consequences of this are multiple. Experts predict that within the next 10 years even more than 90 percent of the world’s population will be connected via the Internet. The opportunities for networking and global connectivity are immense. However, all these trends in technology still create great uncertainty in predicting how we will communicate in the future, and our children will be the real guinea pigs of these new ways of communication. In the last two decades, children have been using digital technologies at an ever younger age and for ever longer periods of time during the day. The latest research shows that today’s children spend more than seven hours a day in front of screens – from television and computers to mobile phones and various digital devices. This period of time is greater than the time children spend with their parents, and even the time spent at school. Considering the amount and type of consequences, such spending time has a great impact on the psychological and physical health of children. Therefore, the direction in which our children will develop largely depends on the types of digital content they consume, on who they meet online and how much time they spend with computer devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital intelligence<\/strong> or DQ<\/strong> for short is a set of social, emotional and cognitive skills that enable a person to face the challenges and potential dangers of the digital world. These skills can be divided into 8 large areas – skills:<\/span><\/p>\n