Establishing reliability and validity of an instrument to measure digital literacy practices and perceptions in higher education
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The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument to explore the perceptions and practices of university professors and instructors with regards to digital literacy practices in the field of education. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) revealed four factors with eigenvalues greater than one. The 20-item instrument explained 65.08 % of the variance in relationship patterns among items: 36.49 % — F1: “Digital literacies help me teach”, 11.02 % — F2: “I have digital literacy competency and resources”, 8.99 % — F3: “Digital literacies support student learning”, and 8.58 % — F4: “Students are competent with digital literacy”. The instrument was deemed as reliable in determining faculty perceptions and practices.
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