- Digital Literacy in Low-Tech Contexts:
- Defining digital literacy broadly: Not just using computers, but understanding how information is created, shared, and consumed through various channels (including verbal communication and basic technologies).
- Identifying foundational skills: Basic mobile phone usage, understanding simple digital interfaces (if any exist), recognizing different types of information.
- Strategies for building basic digital literacy: Peer-to-peer learning, community workshops using available tools, visual aids.
- The Realities of Poor Connectivity:
- Understanding the limitations and frustrations of unreliable or absent internet access.
- Strategies for accessing and sharing information offline or through intermittent connections (saving information locally, using mesh networks if feasible, leveraging community hubs).
- The role of radio and other traditional communication methods in disseminating information.
- Cybersecurity and Disinformation in Limited-Access Environments:
- Simplifying cybersecurity concepts: Protecting personal information (even if it's just a phone number), understanding the risks of scams and misinformation spread through basic communication channels.
- Identifying common forms of disinformation in local contexts (rumors, manipulated messages).
- Developing critical evaluation skills: Encouraging communities to question information sources and verify information through trusted channels.
- Promoting responsible information sharing.