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An assessment of Digital Literacy levels among Community Subgroups- a Case Study of Kerala
Dr. Sajeeve V.P.,
Pages: 1-5 | First Published: 05 Feb 2019
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Abstract 
People with higher literacy rate are expected to possess more digital literacy. The Knowledge level about the commonly used digital literacy parameters are assessed among the Kerala people who are taken as a proxy for highly literate people. Any society generally consists of several sub-communities with many differences in related
parameters relevant for and pre-requisites of a digital society like general education, exposure, facility, attitudes, and many other resects that make them unequal like gender. So transforming all of them into a digital society need not require a same level of treatment, and hence need different resources and efforts. The study finds no superior digital knowledge even among the group who is supposed to possess highest general literacy. 
Keywords: Digital Literacy, Digital Competency, Digital Confidence, Digital Attitude, Literate people. Digital education
 

References 

Books and Journals
 Allen J. V. (2016). Developing Digital Literacy Skills through Guided Reading  Instruction, the Florida Reading Journal, Vol. 51.
 Eshet-Alkalai, Y. & Amichai-Hamburger, Yair (2004). Experiments in  Digital Literacy, Cyber-psychology & Behavior, Volume 7.
 Factors that Affect Changes over Time in Digital Literacy, Journal of Information Technology Education, Volume 9.
 Gillen, J. (2009). Literacy Practices in Schome Park:A Virtual Literacy  Ethnography, Journal of Research in Reading, Volume 32, Issue 1.
 Goodfellow, R. (2011). Literacy, and the Digital Literacy in Higher  Education.Teaching in Higher Education, 16.
 Hobbs, R. & Tuzel, S. (2015). Teacher Motivations for Digital and Media  literacy: An examination of Turkish educators, British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 46,  
 Li, Y. & Ranieri, M. (2010). Are ‘Digital Natives’ Really Digitally Competent? A Study on Chinese Teenagers, British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol.41, No 6. 
 Monroe, B. J. (2004). Crossing the Digital Divide:Race, Writing and Technology in the Classroom, Teachers College. New York: Columbia University. (2012). Can We Teach Digital Natives Digital Literacy? Computers
& Education 59. 
 Sethon-Green, J., Nıxon, H., Erstad, O. (2009). Reviewing Approaches and Perspectives on “Digital Literacy”, Pedagogies: An International Journal, 4:2.

Websites
https://benetech.org
https://pmg.disha.in
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu
https://www.meity.gov.in
https://www.unicef.org 

An Assessment of Financial Literacy among Educated People
Dr. Sajeeve V.P
Pages: 6-14 | First Published: 05 Feb 2019
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Abstract

            People with higher education are expected to possess more financial literacy. The Knowledge level about the commonly used financial literacy parameters are assessed among college faculty members who are taken as a proxy for people with higher education. The study finds no superior knowledge even among the group who is supposed to possess highest general education. 

 

Keywords: Financial Literacy, Educated people. Financial education