Search for dissertations about: "Digital Literacy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words Digital Literacy.

2. 1. Digital play in preschools : understandings from educational use and professional learning

   Author : Leif Marklund; Elza Dunkels; Kenneth Ekström; Åsa Bartholdsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digital play; preschool; digitalisation; tablets; professional learning; professional development; early years; digital competence; literacy; workplace learning; preschool teachers; early childhood education; technology integration; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to improve knowledge on preschool teachers’ educational use of digital play and their professional learning about it. The thesis is focused on three questions; How can preschool teacher educational use of digital play be understood? How can the professional learning context of preschool teachers using digital play for educational purposes be understood? And, How can preschool teacher knowledge needs concerning educational use of digital play be understood?  The participants were preschool teachers who had started to introduce tablets and digital play in educational practice. READ MORE

4. 2. Digital technologies as support for learning about the marine environment: Steps toward ocean literacy : Digital technologies and ocean literacy

   Author : Geraldine Fauville; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digital technologies; social media; ocean literacy; communication; science education; environmental education; sociocultural theory;

   Abstract : Over the last century the ocean has been negatively impacted by human activities. In order to continue benefitting from marine services and goods, and the qualities afforded to human life through the ocean, citizens need to be informed about their relationship to the ocean and their own impact on it, that is they need to be ocean literate. READ MORE

5. 3. Ageing in a digital society : an occupational perspective on social participation

   Author : Caroline Fischl; Ingeborg Nilsson; Helena Lindgren; Maria Haak; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; computer; digital competence; digitalization; digital literacy; digital technology; information and communication technology; internet; intervention; occupation; occupational therapy; occupational therapy informatics; older adult; older people; social activities; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi;

   Abstract : Background: For older adults to continue being healthy and active participants in an evolving digitalized society, there is a need to support their social participation through engagement in occupations that they need, want, or are expected to do in accordance to the roles that they assume. Occupational therapists together with other professionals face emerging challenges to promote older adults’ engagement in occupations mediated by digital technology. READ MORE

6. 4. Learning to reason in environmental education: Digital tools, access points to knowledge and science literacy

   Author : Emma Edstrand; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learning and digital tools; Digital tools and environmental education; Learning about climate change; Access points to scientific understanding; Science literacy; Science literacy and digital tools; Socioscientific issues; Inquiry learning; Sociocultural perspectives on learning;

   Abstract : Digital technologies and environmental education represent two rather new areas in school curricula. The background of the present research is an interest at the inter-section between how students learn about environmental issues (e.g., climate change) and the role digital technologies may play in such contexts. READ MORE

7. 5. eHealth literacy and internet use for health information : a study in Swedish primary healthcare

   Author : Anna Sjöström; Ulf Isaksson; Åsa Hörnsten; Senada Hajdarevic; Unn-Britt Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; eHealth; eHealth literacy; health literacy; nursing; primary healthcare; person-centred card care;

   Abstract : Background: Primary healthcare (PHC) is facing significant challenges in Sweden and around the world. One way to address such challenges is through health-related Internet information (HRII) and other eHealth services, which are resources for high-quality, accessible and cost-effective care. READ MORE