page_title: Digital media in education
section_title: Digital Media Literacy
hierarchical_section_title: Digital media in education / Digital Media Literacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Student using the sublime text program to code html and css for some-type of website.
context_page_description: Digital mediums are growing rapidly to compete with books as the superior means of communication. Needing to meet the current needs of society, educational leaders are aware that there is a growing need to change the current practices and make a shift towards incorporating more technology into the classroom. Digital media in education refers to the use of interactive multimedia in the classroom setting. Digital media in education involves the processes of incorporating digital media, such as specific software, mobile devices as a tool for learning, and many other things.
context_section_description: Even though there is no exact definition of media literacy, it can be closely defined as the ability to decode information from digital media, take meaning from it, and adequately communicate the idea to others. Media literacy is a practice that allows people to access, critically evaluate, and create media. Information presented in the form of digital media is absorbed and expressed differently than when in the form of traditional media. Evidently, literacy has always been a form of social power. Even though not everyone has the accessibility and opportunity to engage in such practices, the world of today is saturated with digital media. It is important to implement these technological changes into the education system to prepare individuals to be engaged in political, social and economic aspects of society. Due to this, it is crucial for education systems to examine distinct forms of teaching and provide the appropriate resources and knowledge for the contemporary world.
  One of the reasons why digital media literacy is taught is because our society is becoming increasingly saturated with media content and messaging. Media contains messaging that can influence perceptions, beliefs and attitudes, and digital media literacy education teaches students how to discern messaging techniques.
  In education, media literacy encourages students to ask questions about what they watch, hear, and read. These questions might address source bias, reliability, and authority. Engagement with media platforms such as blogs, websites and podcasts are key to creating a cooperative education environment. "Cooperative education takes seriously the social and reciprocal nature of teaching and learning. It empowers teachers to relinquish authoritarian control, and encourages them to weave their expertise into the community of learning that emerges dynamically in the courses they teach." 
  Media literacy also involves the ability of students to understand strategy to market media. Understanding trends, keywords, timing, and more assets that allow successful marketing. Media literacy is a major focus in the Digital Media in Business Education concentration study.
caption: A student coding for a web design class.
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