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Andy, here at SHU we're looking at 'digital fluency', which incorporates information literacy alongsided IT skills and what we might call 'attitudes'- how technology fits in, how to approach study etc. At the recent LIRG AGM Gary Horrocks of KCL spoke about Info Lit expanding to take in preparation of work and information security issues too. cheers, -----Original Message----- From: Information literacy and information skills teaching discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Powell Sent: 14 August 2008 12:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Media literacy vs. ... I blogged recently about the terms 'digital literacy', 'information literacy' and 'media literacy', noting that the recent Byron Report used only the latter. http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2008/08/digital-literac.htm l I'm not sure if this is a well debated issue here - I guess it is? If so, I apologise for raising it. Nonetheless, I'd be interested in people's thoughts and, in particular, whether there is a well accepted understanding of the relationships between and meanings of our different kinds of 'literacies'. As a more concrete question... "an understanding of how to use filtering software on a home PC" clearly falls under Ofcom's use of 'media literacy' and my intended use of 'digital literacy' but it isn't clear to me whether it also falls under the generally accepted meaning of 'information literacy'? Andy -- Head of Development, Eduserv Foundation http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/ http://efoundations.typepad.com/ [log in to unmask] +44 (0)1225 474319