Share Paper: Digital Citizenship in a Global Context: The Relationships between Young People and the Digital World, the Actions they take and the Issues Associated with those Actions
Wednesday, March 28 12:00-12:30 PM Banneker
Abstract: More than ever, students are exposed to a changing, global and interconnected world, caused by the explosion of information and communication technologies around us. But living in such a world has implications. In order to fully contribute to society by solving political, socio-economical and socio-cultural problems and become true citizens of the digital world, students need to become digital citizens. The present knowledge synthesis study examines the literature on digital citizenship in a global context and proposes a comprehensive model which includes an amalgam of the key components of digital citizenship: hard and soft skills, social aspect, personal aspect, legal ...