Digital Citizenship

Which of the following is the best definition of a good digital citizen?

• Someone who recognizes that there are rights and responsibilities associated with using the internet and other information technology

• Someone who limits the amount of time they spend on the internet

• Someone who is good at using computers or mobile devices

• Someone who participates actively and often in social media

Which of the following activities is NOT an example of a “new” literacy?

• Social networking

• Photo-sharing

• Blogging

• Reading a novel on an e-reader

Which one of the following statements about media literacy is correct?

• Media literacy means the use of videos, podcasts and newspaper articles in the classroom

• Media literacy is the ability to read and understand newspaper articles in print or online

• Media literacy education teaches people how to discipline themselves to turn off media to avoid information overload and ‘fake news’

• Media literacy provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms — from print to video to the Internet

Which of the following are included in the list of ‘The nine elements of digital citizenship’ in this learning pathway? (Select all that apply – there are three correct answers.)

• Digital health and wellness

• Digital commerce

• Digital identity

• Digital access

Digital identity can be defined as information on an entity used by computer systems to represent an external person, organisation, application or device.

• True

• False

‘Internet identity’, ‘online identity’ and ‘internet persona’ are interchangeable terms.

• True

• false

All search engines save our browsing history.

• True

• False

There are no advantages to having an online identity.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements reflect good practice for using social media as a learner? (Select all that apply – there are three correct answers.)

• Never post anything anywhere on social media that you would be embarrassed about if it were to be disclosed publicly.

• It is important to check the authenticity of anything that you share before you post it

• The more people you ‘follow’ or have as friends or contacts the better

• You should avoid using email addresses or user names that appear unprofessional

Which two of these statements about levels of participation in social media are supported by the resources provided on ‘Frameworks for online engagement’? (Select two)

• Learners only engage meaningfully in social media if they create their own blogs or posts

• Learners add value to posts for themselves and others by tagging them with relevant topic names

• Just ‘liking’ or ‘favouriting’ posts doesn’t count as meaningful participation by learners in social media

• Even low level participation in social media is valuable in building social cohesion among a group of learners