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LITERATE INDIVIDUAL
BETTERECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
IMPROVEDLEARNINGENVIRONMENT
MORE COHESIVE SOCIAL UNITS
BETTERECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES
IMPROVEDLEARNINGENVIRON
MENT
Whenpeopleunderstandmediaandtechnology,theyare
abletoaccess, analyze,evaluate,andcreate
messagesina wide variety ofmedia,genres,and forms.
Lifelonglearning,culturalexpressionandpersonalfulllment:sin
ce our highly reexive,heavily mediatedsymbolic
environmentinforms andframes the choices,values
andknowledge thatgives signicance to
everydaylife,mediaand informationliteracycontributes to the
criticalandexpressive skills that supporta
fullandmeaningfullife,andto aninformed,creative andethical
society.
Lifelong learning means educationresulting fromintegrationofformal,nonformal,andinformaleducationsoas to create ability for continuous lifelong
developmentofquality oflife.Lifelong learning covers the whole range of
learning.Thatincludes formalandinformallearning andworkplacelearning.It
also includes the skills,knowledge,attitudes andbehaviors thatpeople acquire
intheir daytodayexperience. Itenables learners to
mastercontentandextenttheirinvestigations to become selfdirected.Informationliteracy aims todevelopbothcriticalunderstanding and
active participation.Itenables students to interpretandmake
informedjudgmentsasuserofinformationsources;butitalsoenablesthem to
become producers ofinformationintheirownright,andthereby to become
more powerfulparticipants insociety.
italsorestore trustingovernmentandprovide
strongsocialservices Thecurrentworkon
e-governmentandtheemphasisonincreasing
participationwillalsorequire emphasis onthe
social,culturalandcommunity issuesaround informationand
communicationbehaviorand skills which extends
beyondfacilitating participationthroughthe provisionofthe
physical andtechnicalinfrastructure.