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Depending on your natural habits and gifts, everyone navigates the digital world a little differently from each other. This quiz looks at how you think and act in the digital world to determine the type of Online Explorer you are, based on the following abilities:

  • Information Literacy (IL): To know how to use the tools you have to engage with digital media and information online

  • Digital Safety (DS): To do what you can to protect yourself online

  • Digital Wellness (DS): To choose to connect and contribute to the digital community in ways that promote well-being for yourself and others

By knowing what type of Online Explorer you are, you can better understand how you see yourself online, and also learn to navigate the digital world safely for yourself and others.

It’s important to remember as well that the type of Online Explorer you are might change over time as you gain more knowledge. After all, the digital world is a dynamic and ever-changing one, similar to how the real world is.

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This quiz is part of the National Library Board’s S.U.R.E. programme, which promotes the importance of information searching and discernment to the general public. The acronym stands for Source, Understand, Research, Evaluate – four concepts that an individual should keep in mind when assessing the reliability of news.