Digital Information Skills

As part of digital literacy

With Digital Information Skills we learn to recognize fake news and understand search engines. Furthermore, the focus is on searching, finding and processing online information. What makes a source reliable and what types of questions exist?

What is Digital Information Literacy?

Online, you will find a lot of information. We use search engines to answer all our questions. Every student must therefore be able to search, find and process information online. In addition, it is also important that they can estimate the reliability of a source. Because not everything you find online is true.

Digital Information Literacy on Reliable Information

Nowadays we go online quickly and often to look for information. Then you are often overwhelmed by a lot of information from different websites and sources.

How do you find what you need? And when is information reliable? The right information is not always found quickly. Finding reliable information online therefore takes time and this is exactly what digital information skills are about.

Search Engines and Digital Information Literacy

Knowing how to search, assess and process information. The search process consists of several steps: first you have to think about what exactly you want to know. When you know exactly what you are looking for, you can start your search in a targeted manner.

You must always pay attention, because a lot of information that you find online is fake. So be critical in the assessment of websites and online articles.

What do students gain from Digital Information Skills?

If a student has followed digital information skills in primary education , a good foundation has been laid for secondary and higher education in the field of research. The students learn to adopt an investigative attitude.

In this way, they playfully learn to get acquainted with search engines and making mind maps. They will (re)cognize different types of questions and be able to find answers. All based on reliable sources, which are processed in a source reference.