Answer to Question #288615 in Management for Faeem

Question

Read the article "Digital literacy lessons from the time of Covid-19" by Jessamyn

West and then answer the questions that follow. Your answer should reflect that

you are familiar with the content of the article and should be written in your own

words. The article was published in Computers in Libraries in July/August 2020.

You can access the article in the following way:

http://bit.ly/SBS_Online_Journals

• Click on Ebsco.

• Sign in with your SBS email account and password.

• Click Ebscohost Research databases.

• Insert the title of the article.

• Click on Full text.

• Download the article.

2.1 What, according to the author, indicates digital readiness? (5)

2.2 Provide an example each of concrete and abstract language that can be

used when instructing a person to use a computer. (2)

2.3 Explain how external factors may have a negative effect on the digital

empowerment of people. (4)

Answer 1

1. Digital readiness according to Jessamyne is define as whether people have the necessary skills to use information technology as well as having digital literacy tools to help people determine whether the information that they access online is trustworthy.

2. Abstract- For you to understand this concept, you need to work hard.

Concrete- You have to right click the mousepad, select paste option and then click on it.

3. Legal issues- These are issues associated with the government as it regulates how people access information online.

Supply of technological and other modes of knowledge of value to innovation may be scarce.