Regulation .01 Definitions.

“Digital citizenship” means a set of norms that define how to use technology responsibly and appropriately.

The norms include digital access, etiquette, law, communication, digital literacy, commerce, safety, security, health, wellness, digital rights, and digital responsibilities.

“Digital literacy” means the knowledge and skills that enable individuals to effectively utilize digital, information, and communication technologies to locate, evaluate, synthesize, create, and communicate information.

“Digital literacy” requires both cognitive and technical competencies, as well as an understanding of the human and technological complexities within the digital media landscape.

“Information literacy” means the knowledge and skills that enable individuals to recognize when information is needed and to effectively locate, evaluate, organize, use, and communicate that information.

“Information literacy” is critical in situations that involve decision making, problem solving, or knowledge acquisition, requiring the ability to navigate and utilize information in a variety of formats.

“Media literacy” means the knowledge and skills that enable individuals to interpret and produce media content by encoding and decoding symbols transmitted through various media, while also critically analyzing, synthesizing, and creating mediated messages.

“Media literacy” includes all forms of electronic, digital, print, and artistic visuals used to convey messages.