Taking “computer literacy” literally

  • Authors:
  • Carolynn Van Dyke

  • Affiliations:
  • Lafayette College, Easton, PA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

Computer literacy implies an analogy between computer-related skills and linguistic literacy that has not been seriously explored. Recent studies of linguistic literacy can illuminate the definition of computer literacy and can suggest new ways of teaching it.