(Source: "Guangming Daily" 2026-02-12)

On February 12, Sun Yu, a researcher at the National Institute for Opening-up and a lecturer at the w88 casino of Literature and International Communication at the w88 casino, published in Guangming Daily "In the AI era, digital literacy education is ushering in a holistic innovation." The following is the content of the article.

As digital technology accelerates the reshaping of society, digital literacy has been upgraded from an advantage in personal development to a core driving force for sustainable social development. Countries have elevated it to a strategic level and regarded it as an important fulcrum for educational innovation and social governance. In response to this trend, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union jointly released a draft of "Empowering Learners in the AI ​​Era: AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Schools" in 2025, committed to integrating AI literacy into basic education. However, in the face of the exponential development of technology, the traditional education system has shown obvious adaptation difficulties in terms of curriculum, teaching methods, and teacher reserves, and it is urgent to explore new coping paths.

The connotation of digital literacy continues to evolve

The wave of digital intelligence is getting stronger and stronger. Digital literacy has become the core ability for people to gain a foothold and develop in the digital society. When Israeli scholar Alkalay first proposed the basic framework of digital literacy in 2004, he gave it rich connotations, including image literacy, re-creation literacy, branch literacy, information literacy and social-emotional literacy. It is not difficult to see that in early cognition, digital literacy is not only the basic skills of acquiring, producing, using and evaluating digital information, but also includes the innovation awareness, safety protection capabilities and ethical and moral cultivation that citizens should have in study, work and life.

The ideal digital literacy framework should continue to evolve as technology advances. At present, more than a hundred related theoretical models have emerged around the world, many of which are still in the process of continuous revision and improvement. Taking the UK as an example, the "Digital, Data and Technology Vocational Competency Framework" launched in 2017 has undergone many important adjustments so far. However, such adjustments are often limited to local repairs and are difficult to keep up with the overall pace of technological change, resulting in an increasingly weakening role in guiding educational practice. Therefore, educators often feel that there is a clear gap between the existing framework and actual needs in practice.

The practice of digital literacy education is based on the digital literacy framework. Therefore, the limitations of the framework also greatly restrict the effectiveness of digital literacy education. Under such circumstances, the old digital literacy education system established in many countries not only fails to meet social needs, but also creates multi-dimensional social risks. According to South Korea's adult digital literacy survey report released in 2025, approximately 3.5 million adults over the age of 18 in the country are "basically disconnected" from digital life, and only 52.8% of those who can handle various digital scenarios proficiently. The above reality reminds us that digital literacy education has reached a stage where it must be innovated, and it is necessary to carry out multi-dimensional innovation in educational practice to keep up with the pace of the evolution of digital civilization.

Explore a practical path suitable for your own development

Facing the development dilemma of the traditional digital literacy education system, some countries have taken the lead in exploring reforms in the direction of "reintegration" and have formed practical paths with different focuses.

As a pioneer in digital literacy education, Finland has always regarded receiving digital literacy education as a basic right of citizens. The "New Literacy Plan" launched in 2020 develops differentiated education plans for groups of different ages, occupations and backgrounds, significantly improving the coverage and effectiveness of education. At the basic education stage, Finland pays special attention to integrating the cultivation of critical thinking and ethical awareness into the curriculum system, and uses innovative teaching methods to guide students to think deeply about the ethical dimensions of emerging technologies such as AI. This education model emphasizes that digital literacy is not only skill development, but also an important component of civic literacy.

Singapore has innovatively elevated digital literacy education to a national strategic level and deeply integrated it into the “Smart Nation” development blueprint. The "Network Ace Plan" launched in 2021 transforms complex network security knowledge into vivid and interesting interactive content, greatly improving the effectiveness of education. At the same time, Singapore also regards digital literacy education as a strategic fulcrum to cultivate digital innovative talents and enhance the country's economic resilience, forming an innovative model of positive interaction between education and economic development. This comprehensive strategic planning ensures the close connection between digital literacy education and social development needs.

The "collaboration-opening" path pioneered by the United States is unique. Multiple forces such as governments, schools, libraries, technology companies, and social volunteers have jointly participated to build an all-round, multi-level education network. In 2025, the American Federation of Teachers and a number of technology companies jointly established the "National Artificial Intelligence Academy" to provide systematic AI skills training for primary and secondary w88 casino teachers. Various digital learning platforms have also fully opened up high-quality course resources to the society, initially establishing an education system that supports lifelong learning for all. This open and collaborative model effectively integrates resources and strengths from all walks of life.

It can be seen that although these paths have different emphases, they all carry out "reintegration" practice based on the actual situation of the country, and therefore have achieved good results. There is no unified model for the practice of "reintegration" of digital literacy education. Countries should explore practical paths suitable for their own development based on specific circumstances such as policies, regulations, culture, foundation, resources, and needs.

The future of digital literacy education

At present, the "reintegration" practice of global digital literacy education has just begun, and there is still a long way to go in terms of systematicness, extensiveness and cutting-edgeness. Educational goals are undergoing a profound transformation from single skill cultivation to comprehensive literacy cultivation. In the future, digital literacy education will transcend the purely technical operation level and achieve the organic unity of knowledge transfer, ability cultivation and value shaping. The focus of education will focus on cultivating modern citizens with digital social adaptability, critical thinking skills and ethical judgment awareness, and promote the comprehensive integration of technical skills, data thinking, humanistic care and social responsibility into the educational framework. This shift requires us to re-understand the connotation of digital literacy as a comprehensive system covering technical abilities, cognitive abilities and value judgments.

The system architecture is undergoing a major transformation from decentralized layout to ecological collaboration. Digital literacy education will break through the limitations of traditional w88 casino education, deeply integrate into multiple fields such as family education and social education, and build a continuous and complete educational ecosystem. This integration will break down the institutional barriers and disciplinary boundaries of educational practice, promote the organic unity of teaching content, educational resources and evaluation standards, and provide every member of society with learning support throughout the entire life cycle. In this process, schools, families, businesses and social organizations need to work together to build a digital literacy education environment that supports lifelong learning.

The training path is undergoing a fundamental transformation from static teaching to dynamic construction. Facing the continuously iterative technological environment and changing social needs, digital literacy education needs to establish a more flexible and efficient dynamic adjustment mechanism. This means that the focus of education will shift from imparting fixed knowledge and skills to building an educational ecosystem that can keep pace with the times and be continuously updated. By establishing a complete closed loop of feedback and updates, we can ensure that educational practice always keeps pace with the development of the times. This dynamic adjustment ability will become an important indicator to measure the quality of the digital literacy education system.

In the process of this global education reform, in 2019, the Chinese government and UNESCO promoted the world's first consensus declaration on AI and education, the "Beijing Consensus - Artificial Intelligence and Education", which provided important conceptual guidance for the integrated development of AI and education. The current "reintegration" practice emerging in various countries is not only a positive response to this consensus, but also a joint response to a fundamental issue related to the future development of mankind - how to cultivate modern citizens who can skillfully control digital technology, consciously adhere to ethical values, and calmly cope with the changes of the times.

(Author: Sun Yu, researcher at the Beijing Institute for Opening up, w88 casino, and lecturer at the w88 casino of Literature and International Communication)

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