Medienkompetenz als Herausforderung. Neue Medien und die Veränderung von Kommunikation

Net based communication is changing business and private life and education and learning of adults as well. Important condition for using new chances by new information and communication technologies for learning processes is media competence. – The authors describe components of media competence as a pedagogical target including technical competence, communicative competence and the competence of coping with the information flood. Problems are restrictions of participation on net based communication, selection by financial reasons or by user-inadequate software, and differences between individuals using new media. Since media competence is necessary not only for learners but also for teachers, there have to be consequences at the levels of teacher training.