DIGITAL LITERACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The wider deployment and effective use of ICT is pivotal in the changing global world of the future. This is reflected in the following words of Lynton( 1989) in the USA:
“ Education is receiving increasing pressure from changing global economic circumstances and complex social needs … simply knowing how to use tools and knowledge in a single domain is not sufficient to remain competitive as either individuals or companies. People must learn to apply tools and knowledge in new domains and different situations”.
By the time the primary school children of today start work, 40 % of them will be in jobs which have not yet been invented. In 2011, Wagner highlighted emerging job titles for the future- astro-teacher, astro-banker, robotician, global system architect and unmanned cargo vehicle operator- to cite but a few.
Perhaps, her future is already with us; by 2016 the first unmanned taxi drove solo.