Digitalisation in education.

What is digital literacy and media literacy?

Digital literacy is about the knowledge and skills your child needs to keep up in a digital world. At school the focus is on four parts:

• Basic ICT skills (using laptops and digital programs)
• Digital information skills (finding reliable information on the internet)
• Computational thinking (problem solving with technology);
• Media literacy (being aware, critical and active with media).

Media literacy is more than just using devices. It means that students learn to look critically at images and messages, recognize ads and influencers, and think about their own media use.

Are schools required to give attention to this?

Right now digital literacy is not separate in the law. New core goals for digital literacy and media literacy are being developed. They must be set by law from 2027. Many schools already work on this, helped by national plans to strengthen basic skills. Schools decide themselves how to do this.

How can schools shape digital literacy?

Schools can teach digital skills in different ways:

• Integrated in existing subjects (for example research for history or making a presentation)
• As a separate subject;
• Through project weeks or themes like the week of media literacy;
• With special lesson programs or digital portfolios;
• By paying attention to critical viewing of images and news.

Some schools work with tech or discovery labs, robotics, programming or maker education. Other schools choose to train one teacher extra as expert in digital literacy.