Zen and the Arts of Digital Literacies

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Doug Belshaw

Abstract

The arena of digital literacy is a confusing, contested place. There are multiple definitions of the term; (supposed) ‘authorities’ on the subject express diametrically opposing views; and there exist almost as many frameworks for developing digital literacy as there are researchers in the field. The purpose of what follows is to try and clear a way through some of the weeds inherent in the ‘field’.

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Belshaw, D. (2016). Zen and the Arts of Digital Literacies. Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.22554/ijtel.v1i1.9
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