Digital literacy is an important thing needed to participate in today’s modern world. Literacy is now understood as a means of identification, understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly digital, text-mediated, information-rich and fast-changing world. Literacy is a continuum of learning and proficiency in reading, writing and using numbers throughout life and is part of a larger set of skills, which include digital skills, media literacy, education for sustainable development and global citizenship as well as job-specific skills. Literacy skills themselves are expanding and evolving as people engage more and more with information and learning through digital technology.
Today’s young generation has grown up with unlimited access to digital technology and has a different mindset from previous generations. Young people have an increasingly important role to play in improving community literacy. Literacy empowers and liberates people. Beyond its importance as part of the right to education, literacy improves lives by expanding capabilities which in turn reduces poverty, increases participation in the labor market and has positive effects on health and sustainable development. Supporting them in developing the knowledge and skills to do so is a step towards them taking that role.
Along with the international literacy day which falls on September 8, 2024, and in order to celebrate UNIKAL’s 43rd Anniversary, UNIKAL held a Youth International Conference with the theme “The role and contribution of young people in improving community digital literacy for a better world”. UNIKAL invites all foreign partner universities to participate in this conference, by sending student delegates as presenters with the following terms:
- The number of student delegates is not limited for each partner.
- Presentation topics are related to digital literacy in all aspects of life, which can include economics, education, literature, health, law, and so on.
- Presentation material in the form of scientific ideas, essays, review articles, or, research articles.
- Delegate registration can be done through the following link https://bit.ly/3AckQXI by attaching an abstract and full text, with a due date of September 8th, 2024.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of this event is to give students the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns, which will have a positive impact on the digital literacy level of society.
The specific objectives of this activity are:
- Increasing cooperation between UNIKAL and foreign partner universities in supporting the role and contribution of students in improving community digital literacy.
- Increase student cross-culture engagement so as to open wider opportunities for them to collaborate in the future.
PARTICIPANTS
This event will involve more than 100+ participants from university and partner universities. However, all students around the word are very welcome to join this conference.
TIME AND PLACE
Day and date : Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
Time : 07.30 – 12.00 AM (Jakarta Time = GMT+7)
Place : UNIKAL via zoom meeting
https://telkomsel.zoom.us/j/91749751879?pwd=EswoHh1hlG0YHyxlgopRyxm1vKqVhN.1
AWARDS
The conference offers students the opportunity to be recognized for the best papers and presentations, categorized into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.