Developing Learning Skills for Digital Citizenship

Abstract

     Digital intelligence is one of the 21^st century’s essential skills. To achieve the digital citizenship, digital intelligence needs to be developed so that people can earn their living and have good quality of life. This article aims to study the learning skills and digital intelligence, which are the foundation of digital citizenship, among Thai people in order to review the roles of the NBTC and the NBTC Office in encouraging digital citizen to drive Thailand forward. Suggestions were also proposed in a bid to forge the digital citizenship in Thailand. From reviewing academic documents and researches both in Thailand and from overseas, it was found that in order to be a smart digital citizen with digital literacy, and to achieve the digital intelligence quotient, eight skills need to be developed, namely, digital citizen identity, screen time management, cyberbullying management, network security management, privacy management, critical thinking, digital footprint, and digital empathy. The roles of the NBTC and the NBTC Office were to educate, set up policies, and create guidelines for consumer protection on a continual basis in order to move Thailand forward with digital citizenship. An appropriate use of digital technologies in learning and education would set a standard of smart and safe use of technologies for innovative creation.