Sociology

Pedagogy

Key (lock)

Multimedia

Literacy

Knowledge management

World Wide Web

Mathematics education

Information literacy

Psychology

Educational technology

Data science

Digital literacy

Computer science

Digital learning

Computer security

Education and Information Technologies

This research aims at providing an overview of the research field of digital literacy into learning and education. Using text mining, it reviews 1037 research articles published on the topic between 2000 and 2020. This review reveals that there is a plurality of terms associated with digital literacy. Moreover, our research identifies six key factors that define the literature, which are information literacy, developing digital literacy, digital learning, ICT, social media, and twenty-first century digital skills. These factors can be grouped into three main streams, which are 1) digital literacy, 2) digital learning and 3) twenty-first century digital skills. These three streams are supported by informational and technological foundations. These results provide research avenues and offer a framework for digital literacy in education.

Key factors in digital literacy in learning and education: a systematic literature review using text mining