Digital Citizenship For Life After COVID-19
Real you and the internet you are the same, according to most people.
“I am a citizen of the world” - Diogenes (Greek Philosopher)
We have no idea how long it will take for the COVID-19 pandemic to pass. Work from home policies have been in place for weeks — or even months in some countries. Digital work has become our new norm but how well are we coping?
The virus has forced a societal shift from physical interactions to increasingly digital ones. This means our point of human contact, for the most part, are internet communities. If we look at the broader picture, the effective use of technology has never been more critical.
The trend of working from home has created a big moment for learning and closing the skills gap.
The most appropriate skill to learn at this moment would be the skill of “digital citizenship”. Mike Ribble (an American educator who has written prolifically on the topic of digital citizenship) defines it as using technology responsibly and appropriately. Anyone who regularly interacts online automatically becomes a digital citizen.
Digital citizens are people of the Internet and of their personal and professional…
