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New modes of digital literacy are just as important as traditional literacy. Photo: File
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

How to rethink literacy for the digital age

International Literacy Day offers a time for reflection on the situation in Africa, where gains have been made in literacy figures but where much remains to be done

  • Kelly Fisher
4 min read
More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits. (Graphic: John McCann)
BAN KI MOON

International Literacy Day: Changing the world, one word at a time

More than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women. Working to change this can bring profound social and economic benefits

  • Lizelle Langford
3 min read
Using AI without critical reflection widens the gap between relevance and convenience.
COVID 19

Covid-19 exposes South Africa’s digital literacy divide

Only a few households have access to the internet and students and learners , but educators can find ways to improve reading for meaning and digital knowledge

  • Pauline Hanekom
6 min read
Around the word, adult-literacy programmes were absent in initial pandemic response plans. Most were suspended, with just a few courses continuing virtually as best they could. Fortunately, many of these programmes are now rallying.
ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

It’s time to reimagine adult literacy in a post-Covid-19 world

As we celebrate International Literacy Day, it’s important that adult learners aren’t left left behind. The lockdown has curtailed face-to-face lessons, but companies in the…

  • Jackie Carroll
4 min read