Digital Literacy Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Development

Abstract: The concept of digital literacy has been defined in numerous ways over the last two decades to incorporate rapid technological changes, its versatility, and to bridge the global digital divide. Most approaches have been technology-centric with an inherent assumption of cultural and political neutrality of new media technologies. There are multiple hurdles in every stage of digital literacy implementation. The lack of solutions such as local language digital interfaces, locally relevant content, digital literacy training, the use of icons and audio excludes a large fraction of illiterate people. In this article, we analyse case studies targeted at under-connected people in sub-Saharan Africa and India that use digital literacy programmes to build knowledge and health literacy, solve societal problems and foster development. In India, we focus on notable initiatives undertaken in the domain of digital literacy for rural populations. In Sub-Saharan Africa, we draw from an original pro

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Social Inclusion ; 8 (2020) 2 ; 151-167

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Radovanović, Danica ; Holst, Christine ; Belur, Sarbani Banerjee ; Srivastava, Ritu ; Houngbonon, Georges Vivien ; Le Quentrec, Erwan ; Miliza, Josephine ; Winkler, Andrea S. ; Noll, Josef

Further information

• DOI: 10.17645/si.v8i2.2587
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021101307310585460129
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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