The document outlines the objectives and skills needed for 21st century digital learners. The objectives are to identify common skills, cite the importance of educational technology, and participate in a game. It then defines eight common skills: creative thinking, critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, information management, technology use, career/life skills, and cultural awareness. Specific literacy skills are also detailed, including information literacy, media literacy, and ICT literacy.

1. I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the college students with at
least 80% accuracy are expected to:
a) identify the common skills in the 21st century
digital learners
b) cite the importance of educational technology in
our educational system; and
c) participate in the game “jumbled letters”

2. L E S S O N 3
THE 21ST CENTURY
DIGITAL LEARNER

3. • The beginning of the DIGITAL AGE
• A time of unprecedented growth in
technology and its subsequent
information explosion.
• New technologies and tools multiply
daily
• Digital learners are idealistic and
passionate
• Are better educated than any
generation before them

4. COMMON SKILLS
1.

5. THINK CREATIVELY
Use a wide range of idea creation
techniques – BRAINSTORMING
Create new ideas
Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate
ideas in order to improve and maximize
creative efforts
Demonstrate imagination and curiosity

6. WORK CREATIVELY WITH
OTHERS
Develop, implement and communicate new
ideas effectively
Be open and responsive to new and diverse
perspectives
Demonstrate originality and Inventiveness in
work
Understand the limits to adopting new ideas
View failure as an opportunity to learn

7. IMPLEMENT INNOVATIONS
Act on creative ideas to make a
tangible and useful contribution to the
field

8. 2. CRITICAL THINKING
AND
PROBLEM SOLVING

9. Reason Effectively
• use appropriate reasoning as
they effectively analyze the
problem
Use Systems thinking
• Analyze how parts of a whole
interact with each other to
produce overall outcomes in
complex systems

10. Make Judgments and Decisions
• Effectively analyze and evaluate
evidence, arguments, claims and
beliefs
• Synthesize and make connections
between information and arguments
• Interpret information and draw
conclusions based on the best analysis
• Reflect critically on learning
experiences and processes

11. SOLVE PROBLEMS
• solve different kinds of non-familiar
problems in both conventional and
innovative ways
• Identify and ask significant
questions that clarify various points
of view and lead to better solutions

12. 3. COMMUNICATION
Communicate clearly
• Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using
oral, written and nonverbal communication skills
in a variety of forms and contexts
• Listen effectively
• Use communication for a range of purposes

13. 4. COLLABORATION

14. Working with others effectively and
respectfully with diverse team
Exercise flexibility and willingness to be
helpful in making necessary
compromises to accomplish a common
goal

15. 5. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Accessing, analyzing,
synthesizing, creating and
sharing information from
multiple sources

16. 6. EFFECTIVE USE OF
TECHNOLOGY
Creating the capacity to
identify and use technology
efficiently, effectively and
ethically as a tool to access,
organize, evaluate and share
information

17. 7. CAREER AND LIFE SKILLS
Developing for becoming self-directed, independent
learners and workers who can adapt to change,
manage projects, take responsibility for their work,
lead others and produce results.

18. 8. CULTURAL AWARENESS
Developing cultural competence in working
with others by recognizing and respecting
cultural differences and work with others
from a wide range of cultural and social
backgrounds.

19. INFORMATION, MEDIA AND
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

20. INFORMATION LITERACY
• Access and Evaluate Information
o Access information efficiently (time) and
effectively (sources)
o Evaluate information critically and competently
• Use and Manage Information
o Use information accurately and creatively for
the issue or problem at hand
o Manage the flow of information from a wide
variety of sources
o Apply a fundamental understanding of the
ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and
use of information

21. MEDIA LITERACY
• Analyze Media
o Understand both how and why media messages are
constructed and for what purposes
o Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how
values and points of view are included or excluded, and how
media can influence beliefs and behaviors
o Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues
surrounding the access and use of media
• Create Media Products
o understand and utilize the most appropriate media creation
tools, characteristics and conventions
o Understand and effectively utilize the most appropriate
expressions and interpretations in diverse, multi-cultural
environments

22. ICT (INFORMATION,COMMUNICATION
ANDTECHNOLOGY) LITERACY
• Apply technology effectively
o Use technology as a tool to research,
organize, evaluate and communicate
information
o Use digital technologies
o Apply a fundamental understanding of the
ethical/legal issues surrounding the access
and use of information technologies