ICT Literacy
Faris (2002) writes that the emerging economy and society will demand a new set of literacy skills and ever-changing learning technology tools. New literacy will increasingly be defined in terms of “communicative competency” – a cluster of interpersonal, critical thinking and computer literacy skills that go beyond the literacy and numeracy skills of earlier generations. Faris suggests that learning technologies, which he defines as “those information and communication technologies developed and used to foster purposive learning - will enable the networking and learning of people within and among their communities”. Adult lateracy strategies extend to ICT course developers and presenters who are catering for the diverse individual needs of the third age cohort to ensure initial success, which is seen by researchers as a critical requirement for any taking their first hesitant steps to join the throngs on the Super Highway.