Digital Access
• Digital access is the access availability of technology to the communities, it also points to the problems that are met in the digital society or the skill that are needed in order to participate in the digital economy.
Digital Commerce
• With the growth in digital commerce people now more than ever are engaging with and switching to the use of commerce in the form of banking, shopping and other e-commerce based technologies.
Digital Communication
• This are means to create participation in the information and communication technology, by emphasizing the use of telephone, cellular phones, e-mails, social media and other methods of access.
Digital literacy
• This element deals with the development and enhancement of digital education.
Digital Etiquette
• This is mostly to do with the way people behave while using digital technology, it also involve the use of laws that governs copyright infringements trademarks other abuse of use in the digital community.
Digital rights and responsibilities.
• To be able to use digital technology optimally people need to know their right and responsibilities while using the digital technology, by raising awareness about the use of technology and how to dispose technology junk.
Digital health and wellness
• This is the psychological or physical wellbeing in the digital community, where there might be a need for people to be able to protect themselves from cyber bullies. It may as well include the physical health of users who spend a lot of time on the computer, in order to avoid obesity.
Digital Security
• As more and more people start using technology, the need for use of password and backups are rising to allow digital users to protect themselves from hackers, accidental deletion and or corruption of data, and also including identity theft.
Digital Law
• It is the electronic responsibility for one’s actions while on the cyber space, where the digital citizen needs to know what is ethical or unethical.
Digital Divide
Socio Economic Divide
- This is in general, the ability to be able to data and information by way of using digital technology or devices.
Divide in Infrastructure
- In developed countries more people have access to digital technology with an up to date infrastructure than in developing nations.
- In most case the infrastructure of developing nation becomes a barrier to access digital communities.
Divide in content
- In most cases language can be a barrier, as most website are written in the English language.
Gender Divide
- According to statistics there is a gender gap with consequence to woman and girl children in developing countries.
- It becomes easier to empower woman, by providing access therefor provide equitable developing.
Skills divide
- Being able to operate a computer is perhaps the biggest opportunity, or hindrance to the use of technology.
- Personal factors may affect the acquiring of skill, as opposed to social strata.
The universal access divide
- People who are living with disabilities are often disadvantaged when it comes to digital access.
Productivity paradox
When Technology improves, the skills of staff need to improve as well in order to see the improved results while utilizing technology. When initial systems are designed in the beginning, there is more emphasis on technical issues than on innovation. The next stage would be to shift emphasis to both social innovation and organisational approach. Only when divide is overcome, then the technology can be used to collect data for information processing in order to apply knowledge in decision making. The independent Institution of Education, 2015. Digital Citizenship Module Manual
