Shaping 21st Century and Exploring Trends for the Coming Education

This study stresses the necessity to enhance new informational skills and digital literacies among the younger generations. After and international review of literature this work elaborates an updated definition of the “e-competencies” concept and describes it dimensions and purposes strategies. Thus five underlying concepts that constitute the expression e-competencies have been elaborated: e-awareness; technological literacy; informational literacy; digital literacy and media literacy, just as the following image summarized. Finally instruments to analyze and assess the development the “digital literacies” are discussed.

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