Digitalliteracy is a method of utilising technology for the process of communicating and imparting thoughts and ideas with others. According to the concept proposed by Prensky (2001) those who are born in or after 1980 are known as digital natives as their lives revolve around the internet and they also learn from their previous generations. Moreover, digital literacy is an outcome of three broad dimensions, that are; technical, cognitive and the social emotional dimensions(Ng, 2012). Where technical dimension highlights the use of technical and specialised abilitiesto connect to the world and learn new activities such as using electronic devices like earphonesand speakers. Secondly, cognitive dimension emphasizes the thinking and understanding capacity of digital natives, like how to use the searched information in an appropriate way and what resources must be used to gather the required information. Lastly the social emotional dimension is an area where you are responsible for your activities and you need to be thoughtful regarding your and others privacy. Additionally, as discussed in our class, examples of digital literacy are; sending an email, using social media, attaching documents or pdf files to an email, submitting assignments and managing online storage are some of the traits of digital literacy.
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