The core Elements

of Digital
citizenship
Melissa Govender, Jared Pillay, Kevin Rennie
Joash Appalsamy

What Digital Citizenship

Digital citizenship can be defined as the

norms of appropriate and the responsible and

the behaviour with regards to use of
technology.

Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship

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Access
Commerce
Communication
Literacy
Etiquette
Law
Right & Responsibilities
Health & Wellness
Security (self-protection)

What are their Purpose

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Access: is the full electronic participation in society.

Commerce: Electronic buying and selling of goods.
Communication Electronic exchange of information.
Literacy: process of teaching and learning about
technology and the use of technology.
Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds

Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of

conduct or procedure.
Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those
freedoms extended to everyone in a digital
world.
Digital Health & Wellness: physical and
psychological well-being in a digital
technology world.
Digital Security (self-protection): electronic
precautions to guarantee safety.

The Five Fluencies of Digital

Citizenship
Solution fluency
Creativity fluency
Collaboration fluency
Media fluency
Information fluency

What are the purpose of the Five

Fluencies of Digital Citizenship
The five fluency skills have been incorporated

into the structure of this manual, to better

enable the user to adapt to a new learning
and working environments.