A european framework for digital literacy

In the e-permeated society, “digital literacy” becomes a key factor in enabling participation in education, as well as employment and other aspects of social life. This paper gives an account of the DigEuLit project in defining digital literacy, and developing a digital literacy framework for use in European educational settings. Digital literacy is seen as based on a convergence of literacies – IT literacy, information literacy, technological literacy, media literacy, and visual literacy – as their relationship to the digital has become clearer. A model of digital literacy acquisition based on the use of digital competence within authentic life-situations and in the context of a set of generic processes has enabled the conceptualisation and subsequent implementation of a set of tools which will allow educators to map digital literacy elements of courses and allow students to monitor and reflect upon their own development as digitally literate persons.