{"id":120456,"date":"2018-01-26T07:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=120456"},"modified":"2018-01-26T07:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:19:15","slug":"digital-literacy-how-affects-digital-divide-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/01\/digital-literacy-how-affects-digital-divide-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital literacy and how it affects the digital divide in the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Internet access and use is growing across the Caribbean. However, digital literacy versus digital illiteracy is now where the digital divide exists.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In this day and age, it is a given the people are computer literate \u2013 to the point it is no longer being specified as a requirement when applying for a job. However, there is growing emphasis on \u2018digital literacy\u2019<\/em>, which unfortunately and to some degree, is beginning used interchangeably with term computer literacy.<\/p>\n

To be clear, computer literacy generally means having sufficient understanding of \u201cbasic hardware and software (and now Internet) concepts that allows one to use personal computers for data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, and electronic communications<\/em>\u201d (Source: Business Dictionary<\/a>). In other words, someone who is computer literate would know how to use a computing device, popular and essential software applications, along with the Internet.<\/p>\n

What is digital literacy?<\/h3>\n

Although it is easy to think of digital literacy as being almost identical to computer literacy, but now including smartphones, tablets and other digital devices, in fact, it compasses considerably more. There does not appear to be a universally accepted definition of digital literacy, but many agree that it spans areas including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n