The way we think in the digital era: Changes Over time in digital thinking skills

Yoram Eshet-Alkalai; Eran Chajut

The way we think in the digital era: Changes Over time in digital thinking skills

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Abstract

In order to investigate the nature of changes in digital literacy through time and the factors that affect these changes, the present paper follows-up on Eshet-Alkalai & Amichai-Hamburger's (2004) empirical study of digital literacy among different age groups, focusing on the question whether changes in digital literacy are age-dependent or a result of experience with technologies. In the present study, the different digital literacy skills of the same participants of Eshet- Alkalai & Amichai-Hamburger, were tested five years later and compared to a new control group. Results indicate an improvement in performance in the photo-visual and lateral literacy skills among all age groups, especially with the adults. On the other hand, information literacy of all participants dropped dramatically. Our results suggest that life-long changes in digital literacy probably result from experience with technology and not from cognitive development. Moreover the data suggest that mere exposure to information, without mastering appropriate cognitive tools for critical thinking hinder the beneficial components of experience with respect to information literacy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009
Editors	Miguel Baptista Nunes, Patricia Barbosa, Philip Powell, Pedro Isaias, Luis Rodrigues
Publisher	IADIS
Pages	431-434
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9789728924799
State	Published - 2009
Event	IADIS International Conference on Information Systems 2009, IS 2009 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 25 Feb 2009 → 27 Feb 2009

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009

Conference

Conference	IADIS International Conference on Information Systems 2009, IS 2009
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	25/02/09 → 27/02/09

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© 2009 IADIS.

Keywords

Digital literacy
Digital skills
Information literacy

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Eshet-Alkalai, Y., & Chajut, E. (2009). The way we think in the digital era: Changes Over time in digital thinking skills. In M. B. Nunes, P. Barbosa, P. Powell, P. Isaias, & L. Rodrigues (Eds.), Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009 (pp. 431-434). (Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009). IADIS.

Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram ; Chajut, Eran. / The way we think in the digital era : Changes Over time in digital thinking skills. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009. editor / Miguel Baptista Nunes ; Patricia Barbosa ; Philip Powell ; Pedro Isaias ; Luis Rodrigues. IADIS, 2009. pp. 431-434 (Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009).

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Eshet-Alkalai, Y & Chajut, E 2009, The way we think in the digital era: Changes Over time in digital thinking skills. in MB Nunes, P Barbosa, P Powell, P Isaias & L Rodrigues (eds), Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009, IADIS, pp. 431-434, IADIS International Conference on Information Systems 2009, IS 2009, Barcelona, Spain, 25/02/09.

The way we think in the digital era: Changes Over time in digital thinking skills. / Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram ; Chajut, Eran.
Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009. ed. / Miguel Baptista Nunes; Patricia Barbosa; Philip Powell; Pedro Isaias; Luis Rodrigues. IADIS, 2009. p. 431-434 (Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009, IS 2009).

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