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They enable learners to apply their knowledge and understanding, engage competently and confidently with others, solve problems and help individuals develop personally, professionally, and as effective citizens.

• Critical thinking and evaluation

• Functional skills      

• Cultural and social understanding

• The ability to find and select information

It is usually undertaken in groups who have a mutual and reciprocal need for understanding, knowledge, solutions, meanings, or in creating resources.

• Critical thinking and evaluation

• Functional skills      

• Collaboration

• The ability to find and select information

The ability to create new resources and knowledge in digital environments requires opportunities and willingness to ‘take risks’ and try new approaches.

• Critical thinking and evaluation

• Functional skills      

• Collaboration

• Creativtiy

Developing digital literacy supports good research and study skills, including the ability to critically engage with and review online content.

• Critical thinking and evaluation

• The ability to find and select information      

• Collaboration

• Creativtiy

It also requires students to have the ability to be reflective, interpret meaning, question assumptions and develop an informed sense of the world around us.

• Critical thinking and evaluation

• The ability to find and select information      

• Collaboration

• Creativtiy

There are various media, digital tools and applications that enable new ways of effective communication with different audiences, communities and networks.

• Critical thinking and evaluation

• The ability to find and select information      

• Collaboration

• Effective communication

Cultural and social understanding equips students with a language and context for their digital literacy.

• Critical thinking and evaluation

• The ability to find and select information      

• Cultural and social understanding

• Effective communication

Closely related concepts such as e-security, cyber security, or online security, refer to the state whereby users are protected against unlawful and unauthorised use of electronic or digital data.

• e-safety

• The ability to find and select information      

• Cultural and social understanding

• Effective communication