The Applied Foreign Language study program invited Dr Hendi Pratama as a guest speaker in a public lecture on Digital Literacy Development for Gen-Z. The event, held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, purposed for freshmen to better understand digital literacy in current era.
Dr. Hendi is an educational influencer with a background as English lecturer at Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNES). In his public lecture, students were invited to understand what skills are needed today. One of the skills needed is the ability to not only operate artificial intelligence (AI) or sophisticated devices, but to be able to innovate using them. In innovating, of course, students need to get the latest information that can be taken from sources on the internet. However, students need to be sensitive to false information circulating on the internet.
In addition, the discussion about digital literacy was heating up as the speaker mentioned AI that can be used by students to create scientific papers. Students were invited to be wiser in using such AI. Moreover, new skills and expertise can only be acquired by a person if one goes through the appropriate process to achieve it. This public lecture activity ended with an engaging discussion with the students.
Written and translated by Aditya Nur Patria
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