Multi-literacy and ICT and Media Training

Abstract

After a brief analysis of the terminology most commonly used to refer to the basic knowledge required in present-day society, the concept of “multiple literacy” is presented as a container and integrator of other possible literacies. In the digital era, much of the knowledge, skills and aptitudes that make up multiple literacy are directly related to ICT and the media. This article focuses on basic ICT and media learning as an integral part of multiple literacy; on the new texts that are generated and the new contexts in which we communicate. Basic ICT and media literacy comprises the acquisition, integration and application of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values (competencies) around the information, the digital technology and the media available and predominant in each time. It includes, therefore, several of the traditional literacies that converge with verbal literacy: information literacy, audiovisual literacy, computer literacy, media literacy and digital literacy. The article is completed by pointing out some of the professional competencies in ICT and media that teachers and library staff should add in their training to the basic ones of multiple literacy.