Digital Citizenship and Life Long Learning

Abstract

Our world becomes increasingly digital. Technology is changing the way we live, work, learn, participate in public life. This paper deals with strategies for enabling young people and adults for competent Digital Citizenship. Citizenship competence is the ability to act as responsible citizens and to fully participate in civic and social life, based on understanding of social, economic, legal and political concepts and structures, as well as global developments and sustainability (EU Key competences 2018). This also involves the ability to access, and interact with both traditional and new forms of media. Digital literacy includes digital etiquette for digital communication, critical thinking, digital security. Education for digital citizenship is to be embedded into the curriculum at school for youngsters and adults, in a continuing process of life long learning, using active methods and participative evaluation, developing new forms of teacher training.