Abstract:

The article highlights the need for modern information technology education in the education process, activating the focus on developing digital literacy among young people, one of the eight key competences or lifelong learning competences defined by the European Commission. Digital competence is the ability to use technology to capture, store, create, evaluate, and exchange information to securely communicate and collaborate on networks; the ability to use information technology confidently and critically in education, work, and leisure. Modern computer systems, together with humans, form a communicatively specific interaction environment, where information is exchanged in the form of signs, where message size, color, contrast of forms, relevance of visual message to context play an important role. The use of visual image as a form of information encoding in communication is different from verbal: it is richer in emotions, more information-intensive, understandable across cultures.

The aim of the publication is to characterize the educational potential of visual communication in the electronic learning environment, promoting the development of digital competence of young people in accordance with the requirements of the postmodern society. Research methods - literature analysis, practical experience analysis, survey. The paper analyzes and systematizes the benefits of visual communication to enhance the digital literacy of young people.

Keywords:

Digital competence, education, information technologies, visual communication, youth.