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Stephen Downes

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It's hard to imagine not knowing what to do with a book, but that was in fact the case in the days before near universal literacy. Now we're in that position again, but with respect to digital technologies, says Dave Cormier. The comment comes in the context of presenting a dradft of "a model for preparing an education system for the internet" and Cormier suggests that "some people are never going to make it all the way to being ready to teach with or on the internet."The model offers four progressively more accomplished levels of digital literacy, from basic awareness, though use, creativity, and finally, teaching.

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