scholarly journals An assessment of the interplay between literacy and digital Technology in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrokh Nikou ◽  
Milla Aavakare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Willingness To Use ◽  
The Impact

AbstractDigital technologies fundamentally transform teaching and learning in higher education environments, with the pace of technological change exacerbating the challenge. Due to the current pandemic situation, higher education environments are all now forced to move away from traditional teaching and learning structures that are simply no longer adaptable to the challenges of rapidly changing educational environments. This research develops a conceptual model and employs Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using Partial least Squares (PLS) to examine the impact of information and digital literacy on 249 Finnish university staff and students’ intention to use digital technologies. The findings show the complex interrelationship between literacy skills and digital technologies among university staff and students. The results illustrate that information literacy has a direct and significant impact on intention to use; while, unlike our expectation, digital literacy does not have a direct impact on the intention to use. However, its effect is mediated through performance expectancy and effort expectancy. The authors suggest that to understand the changes that are taking place in higher education environment, more attention needs to be paid to redefining policies and strategies in order to enhance individuals’ willingness to use digital technologies within higher education environments.

Digital Literacy Skills as Prerequisite for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Institutions

Mousaion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tlou Maggie Masenya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

The advent of digital technologies has brought about new opportunities and challenges to the education system globally. The use of digital technologies by educators in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is a portal for innovative teaching and learning. While there is a gradual increase in the use of these innovative technologies by HEIs in South Africa, there is still a long way to transform the educational system fully. Effective use of digital technologies in teaching and learning needs a certain level of digital literacy. Digital literacy enhances teaching and learning by helping educators integrate and use digital technologies, while equipping students with skills to access the internet effectively. The impact of digital technology has beaconed the need of educators to acquire 21st-century skills. Digital literacy skills are critical in realising the potential and benefits of digital technologies. This paper investigates the importance of digital technologies in education and the impact of digital literacy skills on the effective use of these technologies in HEIs in South Africa. Data collection was primarily based on a critical review of literature relating to the application of mobile technologies in HEIs in South Africa. The results revealed various barriers inhibiting educators from adopting mobile technologies in teaching and learning, including lack of digital literacy skills, time constraints, unwillingness to change, lack of educator confidence, poor technological infrastructure, and lack of digital or mobile devices. The study provides recommendations to enable and inspire educators in HEIs to use mobile digital technologies effectively.

Digital Storytelling and Digital Literacy

2017 ◽  
pp. 151-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter reveals the overview of digital technologies; the overview of digital storytelling in education; and the overview of digital literacy in education. Digital storytelling and digital literacy are very important in modern education. Digital storytelling is used to improve student's learning through multimedia in the modern classrooms. Digital storytelling is the expressive medium that can explain even the most intricate topics in depth, integrating it with the rest of the curriculum. Digital literacy is the ability to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. Digital literacy leads to the great increases in information that can be conveniently accessed. The chapter argues that developing digital storytelling and digital literacy skills has the potential to improve both teaching and learning performance in modern education.

Factors Affecting Students' Adoption of ICT Tools in Higher Education Institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salini Rosaline ◽  
J. Reeves Wesley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Ict Tools

In the recent years, technology has been an important component in teaching and learning. The literature has highlighted many studies investigations on the students' intention to use technology in many Western, African and South East Asian countries. This article brings in the factors influencing students' adoption of ICT tools in higher education institutions in India. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model was used to determine the predictors of ICT adoption in learning their coursework in colleges. The results were obtained by structural equation modelling, using the data collected from 398 students doing their undergraduate engineering programs. The findings show that performance expectancy, effort expectancy and social influence has a positive significant relationship on behavioral intention to use ICT tools and facilitating conditions has a direct relationship with usage behaviour. The findings have led to relevant theoretical and practical implications and future researches are suggested.

scholarly journals Teaching and communicating science in a digital age

F1000Research ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Scott
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Higher Education Professionals ◽  
Biology Symposium ◽  
The Impact

We assume that digital literacy and access are common to all who teach and communicate their science and to their audiences. We also assume that our digital communication is effective and that by using digital technologies learning experiences are enhanced. But are these reasonable assumptions to make? This F1000Research channel brings together papers developed from presentations made at Teaching and Communicating Science in a Digital Age, a Society for Experimental Biology symposium involving Higher Education Professionals from across the globe to reflect upon the impact that digital technologies have and will have upon aspects of the communication of science. Here I share some thoughts on the discussion that took place and on the papers collated through this channel.

Culture of Use of Moodle in Higher Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 327-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Media Ecology ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Human Actors

In this chapter, the use of Moodle, an open source Learning Management System (LMS), by the Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication in Pondicherry University, as a means to supplement classroom teaching has been examined drawing on Actor Network Theory (ANT). This chapter reveals that the use of Moodle gives rise to a new digital culture which is inscribed on the prior cultural template that students, instructors and institutions bring to have a bearing on their teaching and learning activities. However, the rise of such a digital culture is due to the human and material assemblages constituted by how students and instructors inscribe their manifestoes on Moodle and how Moodle inscribes its manifestations on them. Further, the performative potential of Moodle is explained by its networked interaction with other social, human and non-human actors such as the culture of using technology for learning, digital literacy skills, emergent digital divide, access issues among students and teachers, educational and economic background and institutional media ecology among others.

Digital Storytelling and Digital Literacy

2018 ◽  
pp. 873-893
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter reveals the overview of digital technologies; the overview of digital storytelling in education; and the overview of digital literacy in education. Digital storytelling and digital literacy are very important in modern education. Digital storytelling is used to improve student's learning through multimedia in the modern classrooms. Digital storytelling is the expressive medium that can explain even the most intricate topics in depth, integrating it with the rest of the curriculum. Digital literacy is the ability to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. Digital literacy leads to the great increases in information that can be conveniently accessed. The chapter argues that developing digital storytelling and digital literacy skills has the potential to improve both teaching and learning performance in modern education.

Digital Storytelling and Digital Literacy

2017 ◽  
pp. 1005-1025
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter reveals the overview of digital technologies; the overview of digital storytelling in education; and the overview of digital literacy in education. Digital storytelling and digital literacy are very important in modern education. Digital storytelling is used to improve student's learning through multimedia in the modern classrooms. Digital storytelling is the expressive medium that can explain even the most intricate topics in depth, integrating it with the rest of the curriculum. Digital literacy is the ability to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. Digital literacy leads to the great increases in information that can be conveniently accessed. The chapter argues that developing digital storytelling and digital literacy skills has the potential to improve both teaching and learning performance in modern education.

scholarly journals Applying UTAUT in Predicting ESL Lecturers Intention to Use Flipped Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8571
Author(s):  
Siti Fatimah Abd Rahman ◽  
Melor Md Yunus ◽  
Harwati Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology

Flipped learning empowers learners to take an engaging role in learning while educators assist the learning process. The employment of flipped learning has been confirmed to enhance the teaching and learning of English as a second language in previous studies. This study aimed to explore the application of the unified theory of technology acceptance and use of technology towards ESL lecturers’ intention to use flipped learning. This study used a quantitative research framework where a set of online questionnaires was used in collecting the data. A total of 206 English as a second language lecturers from four different universities participated in this study. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The result of this study indicates that only social influence is significant in predicting English as a second language lecturers’ intention to use the flipped learning approach. Furthermore, this study enriches the literature on 21st century education and the integration of technology in teaching and learning. In addition, this study could help educators and stakeholders in adapting or enhancing the flipped learning approach by distinguishing the distinct predictors of technology acceptance.

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