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Technological Literacy

Articles

Adult Education Quest (2025a) Understanding Technology Literacy: Key concepts and components, Adult Education Quest.
Available at: https://adulteducation.quest/adult-learning-and-21st-century-skills/technology-literacy-key-concepts-components/

Adult Education Quest (2025b) Essential Skills for Becoming Technology Literate, Adult Education Quest.
Available at: https://adulteducation.quest/adult-learning-and-21st-century-skills/essential-skills-becoming-technology-literate/ (Accessed: 12 February 2026). 

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy (2022) Promoting Digital Literacy for Adult Learners: A Resource Guide, Create Adult Skills Network.
Available at: https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DigitalLiteracyforAdultLearners-ResourceGuide-April2022_updated.pdf

Department for Education (2018) Essential Digital Skills Framework, GOV.UK.
Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-digital-skills-framework

Entelechy Academy Limited (2023) Skill 6: Technical Literacy, Top Content on LinkedIn.
Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/skill-6-technical-literacy-entelechyacademy

Medium (2023) Skill 6: Technical literacy, Neuroquest Medium.
Available at: https://neuroquest.medium.com/skill-6-technical-literacy-e0090e9919b3

Molina, Y. (2025) Digital Literacy in the Age of AI: Empowering Adult Learners for a Changing World, First Literacy.
Available at: https://firstliteracy.org/digital-literacy-in-the-age-of-ai-empowering-adult-learners-for-a-changing-world/

Onward Living HQ (no date) 9 Ways to Discuss Technological Literacy with Older Adults that Build Confidence, Onward Living HQ.
Available at: https://www.onwardlivinghq.com/1449/discussing-technological-literacy-with-older-adults/

SmartCourses (2023) Understanding Technology Literacy in the Digital age, Smart Courses.
Available at: https://smartcourses.io/blog/understanding-technology-literacy-in-the-digital-age/

Sualehi, S.H. (2023) (some) adults left behind: Digital literacy and the working learner – sualehi – 2023 – new directions for adult and Continuing Education – Wiley Online Library.
Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ace.20503

Young, A.T., Denton, D. and Cole, J.R. (2024) Improving technological literacy, Issues in Science and Technology.
Available at: https://issues.org/young-technological-techliteracy/

Videos and Webinar recordings

AI Uncovered (no date) Top 20 New Technology Trends That Will Define the Future, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/KvN3JXICzdM?si=KoB1vh85f5QO0LwW

Begley, S. (no date) Digital Literacy: Realizing the Promise of Technology, YouTube TedX Talks.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGwSzp2xBU4

Marr, B. (no date) The Most In-Demand Technical Skills – And How To Develop Them, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/bHHsWva5avc?si=ya-4Rag5jVLgYqer 

Schonberg, B. (no date) Technical Literacy, YouTube TEDxTalks.
Available at: https://youtu.be/ws9KpyQ31mU?si=kMnu5It3VO54ARQR

Tiff in Tech (no date a) 5 Tech Skills That Will Still Matter in 2030, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/gZ4zAk9uAhk?si=nImMR6DhSztzHdtW

Tiff in Tech (no date b) Top 10 Technical Skills That Will Matter Most in 2026, YouTube.
Available at: https://youtu.be/vvLXUQeiKa0?si=Vth7-SkRIdVA1ZPr

University of Derby (no date) Digital literacy and why it matters, YouTube.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2k3C-iB88w

Podcasts

Digital ATDN (2024) Overcoming Technological Fear and Resistance, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0nvLiqdMNkdQwcBu8Se98y?si=e_N8TVupRKacSEDvVrGUXQ

Digital ATDN (2025) Supporting learners and educators in overcoming technological fear and resistance, Spotify.
Available at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Mq46sDJkOJt3LePeAvw9y?si=D1wOBEhRQ6KbUjL2tlg6wA