Future directions for digital literacy fluency using cognitive flexibility research: a review of selected digital literacy paradigms and theoretical frameworks

As learners engage, test, and apply new subject knowledge, they often expend their cognitive capacity on the technological tools designed to capture their learning progress and outcomes. The energy and attention spent on these tools reduces their capacity to engage deeply with new learning concepts. Digital literacy skills require both cognitive and technical skills to develop a learner's ability to locate, use, and communicate information. Increasingly complex information environments create various barriers for student learning, and as our learning and working industries continue to evolve a ... Show more

Authors: Caton, Amy; Bradshaw-Ward, Danita; Kinshuk; Savenye, Wilhelmina

Published: Vancouver, British Columbia, Commonwealth of Learning, 2022

Resource type: Article

Access item: https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/818

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