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1.1 What Is Digital Literacy?

how to effectively use the digital tools in her Ashford class, including the digital library and
her e-textbook, she quickly found the information she needed to be successful in her degree
program.

It is important to be aware that the academic and professional tools you will use for your Ash-
ford University courses are different from those you may use in your personal life—or at least
you will use them differently. Understanding these differences and adapting your knowledge
to the academic classroom or the professional workplace is an important skill to develop. For
example, you may send an e-mail to a friend from your home computer and an e-mail to a
customer while you are at work. However, the language, tone, and format of these two e-mails
will probably be very different. An important part of digital literacy is knowing how to appro-
priately interact with others in different situations. We will explore this topic at length in
Module 5.

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Being digitally literate will make your academic and professional future more successful.

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