Digital Literacy, Competence, Identity and Intelligence: The Four Teachers Essential Skills in 21st Century

Shadi Forutanian

doi:10.32996/ijels.2021.3.1.2

Abstract

These days, digital literacy, digital competence, digital identity and digital intelligence are becoming essential skills for everyone, especially teachers. Understanding their concepts and components is essential for teachers even more than learners in the process of these digital skills development. If teachers have not capabilities in these four skills, they couldn’t transfer any knowledge to learners in online environments undoubtedly. Even proper, on time, enough and complete knowledge transfer from teachers to leaners never happened. The results of this study show that teachers had low awareness about 4D skills and couldn’t understand and define 4D skills very well. The present qualitative study measured teachers’ awareness about these digital skills by semi-structured interviews and based on the retrieved data, proposed a Quality 4D (digital literacy, digital competence, digital intelligence) skills framework for measuring and developing of teachers 4D skills.

Highlights

Understanding their concepts and components is essential for teachers even more than learners in the process of these digital skills development
1 These 4D skills were put aside in the past, but these are considered core competencies and are necessary for succussing in most career, especially teaching
Along with the speedy development of the digital world and technology, teachers should be knowledgeable about 4D skills and evaluating themself for being more effective

Summary

Introduction

Understanding their concepts and components is essential for teachers even more than learners in the process of these digital skills development. The present qualitative study measured teachers’ awareness about these digital skills by semi-structured interviews and based on the retrieved data, proposed a Quality 4D (digital literacy, digital competence, digital intelligence) skills framework for measuring and developing of teachers 4D skills.

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