Share Paper: Digital reading strategies: How practices and applications compared to perceptions

  1. Katherine Baleja, Wayne State University, United States
  2. Mingyuan Zhang, Central Michigan University, United States

Abstract: Digital literacy is essential in education. Being able to not only successfully complete digital searches for information, but to comprehending the material as well are essential skills for today’s students. As technology continues to infiltrate our daily lives, literacy must become digital to keep pace. Because scholars continue to struggle to define digital literacy, deciding how to teach digital literacy fluctuates greatly from one class to the next. Surveying educators across the state of Michigan, this mixed-method study focusing on digital reading strategies, technologies, and perceptions. Educators continue to acknowledge the importance of teaching digital literacy yet they lack professional ...