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ET: Digital Literacy is now Spatial

PART I — FORESIGHT SNAPSHOT  |  ET: Digital Literacy Is Now Spatial  |  Fixed Time-Stamped Synthesis


2026 ET: Digital Literacy Is Now Spatial

Card Type

Educational Transformation

Series

Immersive Futures Guild — Vision 2035

Layer

1 — Atomic Foresight Object

Status

Active

Confidence

Medium

Workshop

Circle of Scholars — January 2026

Facilitator

Circle of Scholars Workshop Team

Tags

digital-literacy  |  spatial  |  curriculum  |  layer1  |  et

Tally.so Form

https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-et-spatlit-2026


The addition of spatial computing, AR navigation, and virtual environment interaction to the competency landscape means that digital literacy now has a spatial dimension. Educators are required to develop spatial literacy — the capacity to navigate, create, and critically evaluate three-dimensional digital environments — alongside existing digital skill frameworks. No widely adopted curriculum framework yet adequately addresses this requirement.

Key Drivers / Contributing Conditions:

  • Spatial computing normalization in consumer devices

  • 3D design tool adoption in professional practice

  • XR platform navigation as an expected educational technology skill

Tensions Carried Forward to Part II:

  • How should spatial literacy be defined and assessed given the rapid evolution of the technologies it addresses?

Linked Scenarios / Strands: SC: Accessibility | STRAND: Learners as World-Builders

Ways of Knowing: Tree  ·  Garden  ·  Lantern


PART II — COMMUNITY EVIDENCE & DIALOGUE TRACK  |  ET: Digital Literacy Is Now Spatial  |  H2 2026 — Living


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COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION FORM  —  ET: Digital Literacy Is Now Spatial

Submit case examples, methodological challenges, cultural perspectives, and proposed evidence criteria via: https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-et-spatlit-2026


Part II — Scope and Instructions

This section collects community responses, case examples, and challenges to the Part I foresight snapshot above.

It opens July 1, 2026 and undergoes synthesis review in September 2026, November 2026, and January 2027.

Contributions are submitted via the Tally.so form above and appear in the registers below after editorial review.

The Part I text is not modified in response to Part II contributions; it is versioned at the Annual Handoff review.

Contribution categories:  Case Example  |  Methodological Challenge  |  Cultural/Community Perspective  |  Proposed Evidence Criterion

Ways of Knowing accepted:  Tree (evidence)  |  Garden (practice)  |  Lantern (futures)


Tensions Open for Community Response:

  • How should spatial literacy be defined and assessed given the rapid evolution of the technologies it addresses?


Contributor / Date

Category

Way of Knowing

Contribution Summary

[ Awaiting contributions — form opens July 1, 2026 ]



 

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