Web (il-)literacy: a link from down the back of the sofa

I had to ask my wife to hunt this out for me. She sent me this link a long time ago, but it got lost down the back of the sofa

Last year biz/ed reviewed a report that looked at family web use and literacy - focussing on parental support/guidance and use by children. Notable findings included observations that the relative poor net literacy of parents led to poor guidance and oversight of children on the web. One finding of particular note regarding use of the web for education and research is stated most clearly in the activities section at the bottom of the page:

“5. The study identified people’s inability to evaluate content on the Internet as a major problem.”

Thus todays digital natives may be very good at using the web, but they need education and guidance when it comes to evaluating the information they find there.

The original report, which is the fourth in a series, can be found here.