The Role of Digital Literacy in The IT-Mediated Learning: a Bibliometric Analysis

Online learning environments have become commonplace nowadays. The disruptive force of information technology (IT) in education has made learning more complex but also necessitates adaptation. IT integration will assist teachers in sharing materials, finding information, working on projects, quizzes, or games, collecting assignments, and various other activities related to the teaching and learning process in the classroom. The results of the bibliometric analysis found influential literature in digital literacy, indicating that the conception of literacy and its meaning has evolved due to information technology innovation. Literacy can no longer be seen as the ability to read and write but more than as the skill to understand, sort, and convey information from various media sources, including text, images, audio, and video. In pedagogical practice, students must have digital literacy to experience the sensation of meaningful learning through digital technology-mediated learning. Therefore, digital literacy reflects the new nature of literacy, which is essential in maintaining student engagement in IT-mediated learning.