Many people think Facebook is the Internet.
A small-scale survey in five countries showed that many Facebook users either don’t know the app is on the Internet, or have no idea there is an Internet beyond Facebook. Without Web literacy, we cannot expect people to understand what the Internet can do for them, or why they should care.
37% of Europe’s workforce have insufficient digital skills, 13% have none at all.
European employers in most sectors now demand some knowledge of the Web. The European Union has invested in training over 2 million people since 2013 to bridge the digital skills gap. Worldwide, we need more policies to educate, from childhood to adulthood, so no one is left behind.
People are interested in “making” online but often lack confidence.
Mozilla asked 300 people in India, Bangladesh, Kenya and the US about their digital skills. 62% said they were interested in “making” online, but 53% had little or no confidence in their abilities. By teaching literacy, we can boost people’s confidence to take full advantage of the Web.
Interest in "making" online
Confidence in abilities
Muito interessante. A alfabetização na web é muito importante, afinal, o mundo digital está crescendo a cada dia e novas possibilidades surgindo.
Interesting..
We also are working for the same cause with the help of our NGO Sher the Protector Society (Shertheprotector.com) and are running a program to create web awareness. Good to see that Mozilla cares for everyone. Internet health report will help us a lot towards achieving our goals.
I was born outside the box. Instinctively I understand both the problem and the solution. I have been immersed in science and technology since I was born. I see the potential in people, all people, young middle and old. The project is a seed. All things start small. Most things begin as an idea. Most ideas are never acted on. This is the nature of life. There are many seeds, tons of sprouts, less and less, more and more, everything at once, forwards and backwards. The mighty oak tree is little more than a nut who stood it’s ground. I… Read more »
If only everyone in this ‘digital’ world thinks like Jonathan North Priluck, this world would become a better place to live.
Include Everyone and harm none? I can see some real organic system for this (even then, people die from organic genetic problems) but not a digital, powered by companies and governments systems. This is too idealistic! If everyone was Mother Theresa or Jesus or Buddha, …., the world would be paradise, but it is not. It is strange how naive people continue to be. When I was young, I was fooled by such idealism, but then I saw the people pushing it, well, they were more full of crap than me and they made a living at it!!! Hello!!
David, I appreciate your position. It’s practical. But there is a very important role for idealism, unrealistic optimism. The simple fact that a lot of people can’t, won’t, or didn’t follow through in their youthful exuberance is not the point. You were not fooled. I don’t know you, so I can’t really say, it’s only a guess. But depending on your age, your experience in life, in particular how typical/atypical it has been so far, your world view is singular. We all feel our views are unique, and that’s true, they are, but only in the minutia. The human experience… Read more »
This is what we need, really. Thank you for promoting what is missing in this both complex and simple at the same time digital era.
I would fall under the category “interested in making content” but I also fall under the category “lacking confidence in my skills”.
Confidence is internal. You just decide you are going to do something. Then you go do it!
A.W. Joseph
Mozilla’s finding’s that large sections of the world’s population believe that Facebook is the internet is rather far-fetched to say the least, unless of course he or she is a fifth grader hooked to it. To such people, there is no world apart from Facebook, and one can understand that, considering their age. But for older people who are active on Facebook to have such beliefs, shows they are naive beyond words! How did they access Facebook in the first place?
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