World Computer Literacy Day -2nd December

December 2, 2023

We observe World Computer Literacy Day on December 2. N.L.I.T started the holiday in 2001 as a way to celebrate the company's 20th anniversary and raise computer literacy among women and children, especially.
With the realization of digital tools, the significance of education becomes more apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic. In March 2020, a global pandemic was declared as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic. Covid-19, which affects all aspects of life, has resulted in outcomes that necessitate a re examination of education and training methods. During the pandemic in our country, one of the various measures taken for public health was to stop teaching in person. Emergency applications for distance education have been launched by educational establishments all over the world to make up for the time lost to education as a result of the pandemic. It is common knowledge that lifelong learning can benefit from distance education, and emergency distance education is a necessity in times of crisis.
Because of the pandemic, education has been moved to digital platforms. As a result, the idea of digital literacy has become a significant topic of discussion. Specifically, the research aims to demonstrate the significance of digital literacy in the process of distance education as well as the necessity of digital literacy levels among teachers and students, who are significant stakeholders in education.
The abacus, Napier's bones, Pascaline adding machine, and Leibniz Wheel were just a few of the numerous inventions that people used to perform calculations prior to this one. However, the fact that the "difference" engine could solve logarithm tables and was powered by steam set it apart from previous models. Since then, laptops, smartphones, and desktop computers have all undergone a variety of design and improvement processes in the past, computers could be so large that they occupied an entire room! However, we now have access to all of that scientific technology thanks to modern technology.
In today's world, where information spreads quickly, misleading outcomes for individuals and society are caused by false information, false information that contains false information, low reliability, and false information created for provocation. The creation and dissemination of inaccurate, abusive, and misleading information is the primary factor in the development of internet risks. Digital literacy takes on greater significance in this instance: Some ideas come to the forefront in order to survive in the digital society created by the rapid development of digital technologies One of them is the idea of digital literacy

Kerala Academy of Pharmacy stresses the importance of digital or computer literacy in the health care system. The Telehealth Equity Coalition asserts that community health workers, health coaches, and health navigators are excellent resources for promoting digital health literacy. Patients typically trust these people because they have shared experiences. Community health workers also have training in how to use digital health tools, which gives them both the social capital and technical expertise they need to teach digital health literacy. That is why our institution, KAP provides students with on hand experience in digital health literacy and other technologies