Literacy as both a basis for inclusive digital transition and part of the phenomenon of digitalization.

 


Digital technologies permeate many spheres of life, changing the way in which we learn, live, work, interact and socialize, while impacting the well-being of our planet. Today, nearly seven out of ten people in the world (68%) use the Internet, and four out of five people aged 10 or older own a mobilephone. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered applications have been swiftly adopted in many areas such as health care, transportation, and disaster management. In these rapidly changing digital landscapes, the importance of literacy cannot be emphasized enough. Literacy, on one hand, is a basis for digital skills and inclusive digital transition. It is essential for accessing and managing the exponential growth of information and knowledge and fundamental in becoming critical thinkers, responsible citizens, lifelong learners and agents of transformation. On the other hand, literacy is part of the phenomenonof digitalization which has redefined what it means to be literate in a world where AI can read and write, along with how literacy teaching and learning, programmes and policies are designed, managed and monitored. Digitalization is also reshaping lifelong learning ecosystems, in which diversified actors

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