increasingly digital literacy is vital for learning itself.
It goes beyond IT skills, a complete culture change is required to live fully within the modern digital society, from understanding how to communicate ideas effectively in a range of media to managing digital reputation and history.
it's easy to overstate the digital competence of today's undergraduate students and even postgraduate researchers.
Most learners use only basic functionality and are reluctant to explore the capabilities of technology, preferring to passively consume content rather than create or curate it.
"Andy Phippen, professor of social responsibility at Plymouth University, said sexting - where schoolchildren are encouraged to take explicit photographs of themselves and send to other pupils - was a problem in most schools, despite the study revealing that 89% of parents believe their child has not been touched by cyberbullying or sexting."