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The world we live in is increasingly technological. Building on the third industrial revolution, which used electronics and information technology to automate production, the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is the next phase and refers to the current trend towards ‘big data’, artificial intelligence, smart factories, and a new generation of technologies. More than ever before is the need to be technologically literate, to be able to understand, use and manage technology. Achieving technological literacy helps individuals achieve educational and career goals and participate in society.
Research
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Recent publications
- Computers and the future of skill demand
- Digital skills for life and work [international]
- Digitalization and the American workforce
- 'I'm good, but not that good': digitally-skilled young people's identity in computing [UK]
- Lifelong learning: reforming education for an age of technological and demographic change [Europe]
- Participatory perspectives for the low skilled and the low educated: how can media literacy influence the social and economic participation of the low skilled and the low educated? [international]
- Policies to expand digital skills for the machine age [OECD countries]
- Randomised controlled trial and process evaluation of Code Clubs
- Review of publicly funded digital skills qualifications [UK]
- Skills for a digital world [OECD countries]
- Technological literacy for teachers [Denmark]
- The great divide: digitalisation and digital skill gaps in the EU workforce
- The impact of literacy, numeracy and computer skills on earnings and employment outcomes [OECD countries]
- The state of digital literacy in Canada: a literature review
- The VET era: equipping Australia's workforce for the future digital economy [Australia]
Suggested reading
Key research from a broad date range
- Defining essential digital skills in the Canadian workplace: final report
- Digital literacy and e-skills: participation in the digital economy [Australia]
- Digital literacy for lifelong learning [Netherlands]
- Digital literacy: connecting communities through technology [Australia]
- Does digital literacy mean more than clicking your fingers?: new literacies for the electronic age [international]
- How to strengthen digital literacy: practical example of a European initiative 'SPreaD'
- Scoping study: identifying digital literacy skills: cybercitizen and e-employee in the 21st century [Australia]
- Settlement in the digital age: digital inclusion and newly arrived young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds [Australia]
Resources
- ABC Life Literacy Canada
- Australasian journal of educational technology (journal)
- Defining technology literacy: skills students need for personal and professional success [US]
- Focus on digital disruption – jobs
- Focus on digital disruption – skills and training
- Hello, world! Working in a digital era
- International Technology and Engineering Educators Association journal of educational technology and society
- The Smith Family technology programs [Australia]
