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Digital Literacies Learning in Contexts of Development: A Critical Review of Six IDRC-Funded Interventions 2016-2018
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Abstract As global development agencies and governments seek to address the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4 for Universal Education, evidence of the real impacts of digital literacies interventions in local contexts are needed. This critical review of the designs, impacts and markers of qualit... view more
As global development agencies and governments seek to address the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4 for Universal Education, evidence of the real impacts of digital literacies interventions in local contexts are needed. This critical review of the designs, impacts and markers of quality of six literacies interventions offers new insights into the strengths and weaknesses of fixed and open approaches to literacies learning in contexts of development. Open interventions offered greater promise for learning a range of digital literacies practices than fixed interventions, even though fixed interventions, based on mobile and web-based apps were inherently digital. This raises important questions about the ways literacies have been conceptualised in development research.... view less
Keywords
sustainable development; UNO; digital media; digitalization; literacy; competence; education; measure
Classification
Sociology of Education
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
SDG4; Sustainable Development Goals; development; digital learning; digital literacies; universal quality education
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 115-127
Journal
Media and Communication, 7 (2019) 2
Issue topic
Critical Perspectives on Digital Literacies: Creating a Path Forward
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed