Pursuing Digital Literacy in Compulsory Education

This work presents recent research and practice in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education. Chapters are written by European contributors in communications, information science, ICT in education, pedagogy and media education, and educational research. The book is divided into sections addressing digital literacy, its relationship to other literacies, and the pedagogical use of ICT; the pursuit of digital literacy in the school and the roles of learners, teachers, and the school environment; digital literacy policy, e-inclusion, and curriculum development; and digital literacy and the school in the 21st century. The book will be of interest to teachers, academics, local education authorities, ICT coordinators, researchers, and policy makers. Stergioulas is affiliated with Brunel University, UK. Drenoyianni teaches at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Lampros K. Stergioulas is Reader and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Information Systems and Computing at Brunel University, United Kingdom. A qualified chartered engineer, he has studied informatics and physics at the University of Athens, and received an M.Sc. and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Liverpool, specializing in information engineering and communications. Dr. Stergioulas has published over 100 papers in journals and international conferences. He is one of the academic leads in the United Kingdom’s RIGHT project, has been principal investigator in numerous EU projects, and coordinates the e-START E.U. network. His research interests include technology-enhanced learning, educational and health information systems, human-centered computing, educational computing and information systems for society.
Helen Drenoyianni is Assistant Professor of ICT in Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Education, in the Department of Primary Education. She is a graduate of the National University of Athens School of Education and has an M.Ed. and a PhD from the University of Birmingham, School of Education (United Kingdom). Her main research interests focus on ICT literacy and its relationship to multi-literacies, the role of ICT in school curricula with an emphasis on integrated, transdisciplinary and democratic curriculum practices, as well as the investigation of issues of social exclusion and ICT through the lenses of critical pedagogy theory. She has participated in a range of national research, teacher training and professional development projects concerned with ICTs. She is a member of the editorial board of the journals Education and Information Technologies and Themes in Education.