Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

What has enabled Hong Kong (SAR of China), the Republic of Korea and Singapore to rise to the top of the rankings in digital skills? How can other countries catch up?

The UNESCO report Managing tomorrow’s digital skills seeks to answer these questions by looking at populations in countries that have particularly high-level digital skills.

The results of five international comparative surveys show that factors involved in acquiring digital skills vary by generation. Across the board, however, ICT equipment, such as computers and Internet access, are a precondition to provide the necessary digital infrastructure. But this should not lead to a false conclusion. Access to devices is not the decisive factor determining whether a population acquires digital skills.

This study provides an investigation of the processes and practices involved in conducting action research on the use of ICT and new technologies in the classroom as experienced by 12 teachers located across different international contexts, from Europe, the Middle East and Asia.