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Societal Studies, 2016
Researchers, educationalists, educational policy-makers, education technologists have been recent... more Researchers, educationalists, educational policy-makers, education technologists have been recently focusing much of their attention on what it means to be literate in a densely mediated society. Therefore, we have raised the following questions: what has the conception of literacy – just as a mere ability to encode / decode a text – developed into today? What aspects are considered to be most pertinent to literacy as a complex phenomenon in contemporary research? What is the rationale behind combining two concepts – information literacy and media literacy – into the complex notion of media and information literacy (MIL)? The method applied in this research is state-of-the-art review which addresses current matters in comparison with previous research. In this paper, we have drawn much on institutional definitions of media literacy and information literacy (those adopted by UNESCO and the European Commission). The conceptual frameworks of these entities have been considered along wi...
European Scientific Journal, Aug 29, 2014
Today's students represent a new, Web generation who has grown up surrounded by digital technolog... more Today's students represent a new, Web generation who has grown up surrounded by digital technology, where the ubiquitous communication is a matter of course (Prensky, 2001). Activities prevailing in modern learning process are communication, knowledge management and mastering new technologies. Broader opportunities for the new generation to access education and communication are the main reasons for the growing use of the new Information Society Technologies (ISTs): social networks, blogs, wikis, communities' bookmarks, messaging and others (Redecker et al., 2010). Thus, advancement of the knowledge age, where lifelong learning is a necessity, guidance in a new learning paradigm, the European dimension in education are the factors that determine the relevance of new ways of teaching and learning adapted to students' specific ways of thinking and based on new IST. So, IST application in teaching/learning process implies not only new opportunities, but also challenges for the teacher: there is a need for the competence, enabling efficient application of IST in teaching/learning process while seeking educational aims. This article aims to identify teachers' use of ISTs, their attitudes in respect to the IST use, encountered pitfalls and barriers.
The publication is funded according to the eu lifelong learning programme which is administered b... more The publication is funded according to the eu lifelong learning programme which is administered by the education exchanges support Foundation, a lithuanian national agency, in the Republic of lithuania. it is issued according to the project istus (institutional strategies targeting the uptake of social networking in adult education) (project number nr. llP-GRu-MP-2011-lt-00034). The material represents the views of the beneficiary but not the views of the ees Foundation or eu and its institutions. eu is not liable for the content of the publication or the possible use of the information.
Societal Studies, 2016
Researchers, educationalists, educational policy-makers, education technologists have been recent... more Researchers, educationalists, educational policy-makers, education technologists have been recently focusing much of their attention on what it means to be literate in a densely mediated society. Therefore, we have raised the following questions: what has the conception of literacy – just as a mere ability to encode / decode a text – developed into today? What aspects are considered to be most pertinent to literacy as a complex phenomenon in contemporary research? What is the rationale behind combining two concepts – information literacy and media literacy – into the complex notion of media and information literacy (MIL)? The method applied in this research is state-of-the-art review which addresses current matters in comparison with previous research. In this paper, we have drawn much on institutional definitions of media literacy and information literacy (those adopted by UNESCO and the European Commission). The conceptual frameworks of these entities have been considered along wi...
European Scientific Journal, Aug 29, 2014
Today's students represent a new, Web generation who has grown up surrounded by digital technolog... more Today's students represent a new, Web generation who has grown up surrounded by digital technology, where the ubiquitous communication is a matter of course (Prensky, 2001). Activities prevailing in modern learning process are communication, knowledge management and mastering new technologies. Broader opportunities for the new generation to access education and communication are the main reasons for the growing use of the new Information Society Technologies (ISTs): social networks, blogs, wikis, communities' bookmarks, messaging and others (Redecker et al., 2010). Thus, advancement of the knowledge age, where lifelong learning is a necessity, guidance in a new learning paradigm, the European dimension in education are the factors that determine the relevance of new ways of teaching and learning adapted to students' specific ways of thinking and based on new IST. So, IST application in teaching/learning process implies not only new opportunities, but also challenges for the teacher: there is a need for the competence, enabling efficient application of IST in teaching/learning process while seeking educational aims. This article aims to identify teachers' use of ISTs, their attitudes in respect to the IST use, encountered pitfalls and barriers.
The publication is funded according to the eu lifelong learning programme which is administered b... more The publication is funded according to the eu lifelong learning programme which is administered by the education exchanges support Foundation, a lithuanian national agency, in the Republic of lithuania. it is issued according to the project istus (institutional strategies targeting the uptake of social networking in adult education) (project number nr. llP-GRu-MP-2011-lt-00034). The material represents the views of the beneficiary but not the views of the ees Foundation or eu and its institutions. eu is not liable for the content of the publication or the possible use of the information.