Abstract

SILVERA, Claudia. The digital literacy: a tool to attain the development and equity in the Latin American and Caribbean countries. ACIMED [online]. 2005, vol.13, n.1, pp.1-1. ISSN 1024-9435.

The concepts of literacy and digital literacy are reviewed in order to give a vision on their treatment in literature .The points of view of UNESCO, CEPAL, and the World Summit on the Information Society about the promotion of the information and communication technologies in the Latin America and Caribbean countries are exposed. The importance of digital literacy is highlighted as a useful tool to achieve an equal insertion of the Latin America and Caribbean countries in the so-called information society.

Keywords : Literacy; digital literacy; information society; Latin America and Caribbean; access to education; access to information.

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