What is Digital Literacy & Its Competency Areas?
Defined by the American Library Association's digital literacy task force, digital literacy is "...the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.”
Virginia Tech University Libraries have created a framework that identifies seven competency areas for digital literacy:
- Identity & Wellbeing
- Discovery
- Evaluation
- Ethics
- Creation & Scholarship
- Communication & Collaboration
- Curation
