Web literacy encompasses the skills and competencies needed for reading, writing, and participating on the World Wide Web. It has been described as "both content and activity" meaning that web users should not just learn about the web but also about how to make their own website.Davidson, C.N. & Surman, M. "Why Web Literacy Should Be Part of Every Education", Fast Company. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
History In the late 1990s, literacy researchers began to explore the differences between printed text and network-enabled devices with screens. This research was largely focused on two areas: the credibility of information that can be found on the World Wide WebDetweiler, M. C., Hess, S. M., & Peck, A. C. (1996, October). Acquiring User-Centered Design Skills by Designing and Evaluating World Wide Web Pages. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 459-462). SAGE Publications and the difference that hypertext makes to reading and writing.Snyder, I., & Joyce, M. (Eds.). (1998). Page to screen: Taking literacy into the electronic era. Psychology Press. These skills were included in definitions of information literacy and included in a SCONUL position paper in 1999.SCONUL Advisory Committee on Information Literacy (1999) Information skills in higher education: a SCONUL position paper. Prepared by the Information Skills Task Force, on behalf of SCONUL. This paper became the '7 Pillars of Information Literacy', which was last updated in 2011.SCONUL. (2011). 7 Pillars of Information Literacy Core Model . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
See also Cyber self-defense Computer literacy Digital literacy Information literacy Media literacy
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