Compare and contrast between DIGITAL LITERACY and DIGITAL FLUENCY:
DIGITAL LITERACY:
Digital literacy – A digitally literate person knows how to use digital technologies and what to do with them (1).
Digital literacy includes not only the ability to use a computer for creating and retrieving files, but also the ability to interact effectively on the internet. - Digital Literacy is now an essential life skill and the right of every NZ citizen (4).
Digital literacy is about the ability to find, evaluate, use and create digital content in meaningful ways that require critical and creative thinking skills (5).
SUMMARY: If you have access to and the physical and mental ability to use ICT, then digital literacy is your ability to be able to use basic digital tools for what you need, or to connect with, explore and navigate your way through the internet on a local, national and global level.
DIGITAL FLUENCY:
Digital fluency – A digitally fluent person can decide when to use specific digital technologies to achieve their desired outcome. They can articulate why the tools they are using will provide their desired outcome (1).
Digital fluency is about using a digital system effectively. It means understanding how to use digital technologies, deciding when to use specific digital technologies to achieve a desired outcome, and being able to explain why the technologies selected will provide their desired outcome (2).
Skills that are needed to successfully use digital technologies for learning (3):
Acceptable behaviour
Collaboration
Communication,
Problem solving and research skills
Community involvement
Critical thinking
Design skills
Digital commons and copyright
Digital fluency
Ethics
History of the Internet
Identity and privacy
Project management
Safety
Technology terms
SUMMARY: If you are able to use digital tools effectively, then digital fluency comes into play when you are able to access, create and develop new digital content through innovation and critical thinking, problem solving and social communication.
I believe digital literacy (the ability to use digital tools) introduces digital fluency (the way in which you can use digital tools) to help meet your desired outcomes and/or take that knowledge and ability to the next level.
References
(1) TKI, (accessed 2020). Enabling e-Learning. Retrieved from: https://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Digital-fluency
(2) Sacred Heart College, (2020). Digital Technology. Retrieved from: http://www.sacredheartcollege.school.nz/sacred_heart_college_lower_hutt_subject_digital_technology
(3) White, G. K. (2013). Digital fluency: skills necessary for learning in the digital age.Melbourne, ACER. Retrieved from: https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=digital_learning
(4) Bunker, B. (2010). A summary of international reports, research and case studies of digital literacy. New Zealand Computer Society Inc., New Zealand. Retrieved July, 24, 2020.
(5). National Library, (2020). Digital literacy and the New Zealand Curriculum. Retrieved from: https://natlib.govt.nz/schools/digital-literacy/understanding-digital-literacy/digital-literacy-and-the-new-zealand-curriculum
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