e-literacy

Online comprehension skills

E-literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, and use digital information effectively.

The term covers skills like navigating websites, assessing online sources for credibility, and understanding how to communicate through digital platforms.

Sometimes called digital literacy, it has become as fundamental as traditional reading and writing: The curriculum now includes e-literacy alongside basic math.

technology

internet

Interconnected computer systems

software · hardware · keyboard · screen · browser · search engine · email · cloud storage · apps · operating system

education

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

students · teachers · classrooms · e-learning · online courses · digital divide · training · assessment · MOOC · tutorial

skills

reading

Interpreting written text

online safety · fact-checking · typing · navigation · troubleshooting · digital citizenship · privacy awareness · password management · file management · communication

Opposites
medium of literacy

e-literacyhandwriting

Manual letter formation

technological competence

e-literacydigital divide

Unequal access to computers/internet

Luddism

Family

literacy, literate, literates, illiterate, illiteracy, literacies, letter, letters, lettered

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