ICT Literacies in the Context of Some Anniversaries

Abstract

This year marks several anniversaries related to ICT literacy. 20 years of the ICETA conference, 10 years of the project “Aj Ty v IT - You too in IT” focused on the education and work of women in IT, but also 60 years of education in Computer literacy in our country. Literacy is inherently linked to the content intent of the ICETA conference. In the paper, we focus on general level of literacy, as well as ICT literacy in terms of evolutionary and innovative changes. Special attention is paid to the situation in our country. We began with computer literacy education already in the academic year 1962/1963. The experience from the previous period is also presented, which could serve as a “best practice” in ICT literacy implementation now and in the next period. The role and place of ICT literacy in the digital economy, its implmentation in our country and in the surrounding countries is also presented and discussed. The EU Digital Economy and Society Index - the DESI - which summarises the relevant indicators of Europe's digital performance is used. A connection of ICT literacy with innovation is discussed. We compare the situation in our country with the surrounding countries through the European Innovation Scoreboard 2021 We focus on new technologies, first of all to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related knowledge and skills. The most attention to Artificial Intelligence (AI) is paid, because, paradoxically, we not only have a long tradition with AI, which is almost identical to the tradition of computer literacy education, but also good and bad experiences. In conclusion, we draw attention to the lessons learned from past experiences.