[AISWorld] Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC) 5(4)

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The contents of the latest issue of:
  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL LITERACY AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE
(IJDLDC)
  Volume 5, Issue 4, October - December 2014
  Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
  ISSN: 1947-3494; EISSN: 1947-3508;
  Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
  www.igi-global.com/ijdldc [1]

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Antonio Cartelli (University of Cassino and Southern
Lazio, Italy)

_Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts
submitted to the International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital
Competence (IJDLDC). All manuscripts are accepted based on a
double-blind peer review editorial process._

GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE

Special Issue on Digital Literacy and Digital Competence: Facts,
Problems, Needs and Trends

Antonio Cartelli (University of Cassino and Southern Latium, Cassino,
Italy), Carlo Giovannella (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome,
Italy)

To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link
below.
  www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=123371&ptid=91405&ctid=15&t=Special
Issue on Digital Literacy and Digital Competence: Facts, Problems, Needs
and Trends [2]

ARTICLE 1

Digital Literacy Concepts and Definitions: Implications for Educational
Assessment and Practice

Patricia Boechler (Department of Educational Psychology, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Canada), Karon Dragon (Department of Educational
Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada), Ewa Wasniewski
(Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada)

This article presents a scan of the concept of "digital literacy" and
discusses issues encountered in the literature, including: a) challenges
in the research base for conceptualizing digital literacy, b) the
multiplicity of frameworks which attempt to situate digital literacy but
lack sound theoretical origins, and c) wide disagreement among
stakeholder disciplines, including education, media studies, library
information studies and computing/ICT studies as to what specific skills
or knowledge should fall under the umbrella term of digital literacy.
The review focuses on the field of education and briefly examines the
inconsistent local, national, and international curriculum standards
used to both instruct and assess students. It concludes with a
presentation of a brief assessment tool, the Software Recognition Test,
which preliminary research suggests has predictive validity for
educational use and could, with further development, be used for low
stakes assessment of digital literacy for K-12 or post-secondary
settings.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
  
www.igi-global.com/article/digital-literacy-concepts-and-definitions/123374
[3]

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
  www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123374 [4]

ARTICLE 2

The Use of Digital Texts as an Alternative Method of Determining
Functional ICT Literacy Levels

Ilias Karasavvidis (Department of Preschool Education, University of
Thessaly, Volos, Greece), Sevasti Theodosiou (Department of Preschool
Education, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece)

The aim of this study was to determine ICT literacy levels using a
situated approach, targeting the functional understanding of technical
terms contained in digital everyday culture texts. A cohort of 70 first
year undergraduate Education students participated in the study. The
assessment task included writing definitions for 47 technical terms
which were derived from a series of digital texts, such as songs and
advertisements. Students' definitions were evaluated using a simple
rating scale. Results indicated that for two-thirds of the terms
examined students' understanding ranged from medium to high. On the
other hand, students' understanding of the remaining one-third of the
terms was either poor or minimal. Furthermore, the correlation of
students' understanding of the terms with student's self-reported
familiarity with software applications was low to moderate. The paper is
concluded with a discussion of the potential of using popular cultural
texts as an alternative approach for assessing levels of functional ICT
literacy.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
  
www.igi-global.com/article/the-use-of-digital-texts-as-an-alternative-method-of-determining-functional-ict-literacy-levels/123375
[5]

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
  www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123375 [6]

ARTICLE 3

A Holistic Approach for Managing School ICT Competence Profiles towards
Supporting School ICT Uptake

Stylianos Sergis (Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus,
Piraeus, Greece & Information Technologies Institute, Centre for
Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece), Panagiotis Zervas
(Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece &
Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology
Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece), Demetrios G. Sampson (Department of
Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece & Information
Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas,
Thessaloniki, Greece)

Globally, large-scale national initiatives are being implemented towards
promoting the level and quality of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) use in school education. However, despite these
efforts, the current level of ICT uptake from schools remains low. A
wide range of factors have been identified as barriers, including lack
of teachers' ICT Competences and lack of ICT infrastructure. Typically,
these barriers are tackled separately without taking into consideration
the ecosystemic nature of schools as organizations. This paper
introduces a holistic approach on School ICT Competence based on
combining both individual teachers' ICT Competences and schools'
eMaturity. Furthermore, it presents the design of a web-based School ICT
Competence Management System which aims to capture and monitor schools'
overall level of ICT uptake and facilitate effective management of
resources and strategic planning towards improvement, by jointly
processing these data.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
  
www.igi-global.com/article/a-holistic-approach-for-managing-school-ict-competence-profiles-towards-supporting-school-ict-uptake/123376
[7]

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
  www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123376 [8]

ARTICLE 4

Mitigating Online Threats While Promoting Scholarship Through
Awareness-Raising Interventions: A Study of Young People's Technology
Use, Risky Online Behavior, and Literacy of Cyber Awareness Practices

Soonhwa Seok (Korea University, Seoul, South Korea), Boaventura DaCosta
(Solers Research Group, Orlando, FL, USA)

Enthusiasm about the educational benefits offered by the World Wide Web
has been tempered in recent years by apprehension regarding the
prospects of mitigating associated online threats. Numerous safety
measures exist, from legislation to technical controls. Though no doubt
helpful, they are not substitutes for education and training. The
current study (N = 1,092) aimed at identifying technologies young people
have access to, the degree to which they engage in risky online
behavior, and their literacy of cyber security practices.
Recommendations for tailoring and refining awareness-raising training
and interventions are also presented. Overall, findings are
discouraging, with participants showing poor judgment with regard to
safeguarding their wellbeing in the contexts of preventing malware,
handling passwords, dealing with data encryption and storage, and
surfing the Internet. The study is predicated on the premise that
effective awareness-raising education can be implemented through a
better understanding of today's youth and their online practices.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
  
www.igi-global.com/article/mitigating-online-threats-while-promoting-scholarship-through-awareness-raising-interventions/123377
[9]

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
  www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123377 [10]

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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL LITERACY AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE
(IJDLDC) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in
the IGI Global aggregated "INFOSCI-JOURNALS" database:
www.igi-global.com/isj [11].

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJDLDC:

The mission of the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL LITERACY AND DIGITAL
COMPETENCE (IJDLDC) is to provide a platform for experts, scholars,
stakeholders, and other professionals involved in the use of information
communication technologies in education and society to share theories,
studies, experiences, projects, instruments, and applications. The
journal covers ideas concerning digital literacy and digital competence
that will penetrate the whole society and create shared and commonly
accepted educational paradigms to be used in academics by means of a
practice-theory-practice paradigmatic approach to education. The journal
publishes innovative findings from leading experts, including engineers,
researchers, scientists, educators, and practitioners in the creation of
hardware-software instruments in everyday education, training, and
school work, but it also focuses on the methods and processes for the
integration of digital technological equipments in the same contexts.

Indices of IJDLDC:

  	* Bacon's Media Directory
	* Cabell's Directories
	* DBLP
	* Google Scholar
	* INSPEC
	* JournalTOCs
	* Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
	* Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
	* MediaFinder
	* PsycINFO(R)
	* The Standard Periodical Directory
	* Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Coverage of IJDLDC:

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to)
the following:

  Definitions/features for digital literacy and digital competence
  Digital competence assessment
  Digital divide and digital literacy
  Digital literacy and digital competence interaction with:

  	* Communities of practice
	* Computer science education
	* Construction of learning environments
	* Information systems
	* Knowledge management
	* Learning organizations
	* New teaching paradigms
	* Psycho-pedagogical paradigms
	* School curricula
	* Social Networking
	* Social-technical approach to MIS use
	* Teacher profession/updating
	* Ubiquitous computing
	* Virtual learning environments
	* Web technologies

Digital literacy, digital competence, and diversely able people
  Digital literacy, digital competence, and knowledge society with a
special attention to:

  	* E-citizenship
	* E-government
	* Lifelong learning
	* Multicultural society
	* Net generation
	* Personal knowledge management
	* Personal learning environments

Digital literacy in developing countries
  Digital literacy in the large, as a need for corporate and
organizations in their knowledge management strategies
  Frameworks for digital literacy and digital competence analysis
  National and international initiatives for digital literacy
  National and international policies for digital literacy

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines
www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-digital-literacy-digital/1170
[12]

  IRMA Code of Ethical Research [13]

Links:
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[1] 
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-digital-literacy-digital/1170
[2] 
http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=123371&ptid=91405&ctid=15&t=Special%20Issue%20on%20Digital%20Literacy%20and%20Digital%20Competence:%20Facts,%20Problems,%20Needs%20and%20Trends
[3] 
http://www.igi-global.com/article/digital-literacy-concepts-and-definitions/123374
[4] http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123374
[5] 
http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-use-of-digital-texts-as-an-alternative-method-of-determining-functional-ict-literacy-levels/123375
[6] http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123375
[7] 
http://www.igi-global.com/article/a-holistic-approach-for-managing-school-ict-competence-profiles-towards-supporting-school-ict-uptake/123376
[8] http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123376
[9] 
http://www.igi-global.com/article/mitigating-online-threats-while-promoting-scholarship-through-awareness-raising-interventions/123377
[10] http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=123377
[11] 
http://www.igi-global.com/e-resources/infosci-databases/infosci-journals/
[12] 
http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-digital-literacy-digital/1170
[13] http://www.irma-international.org/legal/

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