Information and data literacy skills development in Creative Industries Adult Education: the Digiculture project

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse, from a theoretical point of view, the promotion of digital skills, in particular Information and data literacy (Carretero, Vuorikari & Punie, 2017), in a Creative Industries (CI) Adult Education context. Gaining digital skills and abilities, the promotion of which is often inadequate (European Commission, 2017), could improve the career opportunities of workers in the CI sector, providing access to new distribution markets, such as e-commerce, or adding new forms of digital expression (European Commission, 2018). The analysis of the literature promoting digital competences for CI workers aims to identify, from a pedagogical point of view, the most effective teaching and learning methodologies, didactic tools and evaluation practices for Information and data literacy development, defining the theoretical elements for the construction of future educational training paths in international education contexts. The content of the paper originates from the Erasmus+ KA204 “DigiCulture” project (Improving the Digital Competences and Social Inclusion of Adults in Creative Industries, 2018-2021).