A Survey of Digital Literacy in General Education Degree Requirements at Southern Utah University Peer Institutions

Digital literacy does not have the long-standing tradition in academics that other curriculum topics have, e.g. Mathematics. This lack of long-standing tradition surrounding computing, and the current breadth of possible digital literacies, has given rise to many varied curriculum approaches at higher education institutions. Faculty, and other curriculum creators at Southern Utah University (SUU), are currently creating digital literacy curriculum that is both integrative, and focuses on just in time learning, but these curriculum creators struggle with determining proper digital literacy requirements that should be required of all students in a General Education (GE) curriculum. This paper records the approaches towards digital literacy found at SUU, its peer institutions, and other Higher Education Institutions in the State of Utah.