Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v22i2.3520
Effects on Digital Citizenship: The Turkish Pre-service Teachers’ Perspective
Ebru Albayrak Ozer
orcid.org/0000-0003-1327-9576
; Sakarya University
Umit Ozer
orcid.org/0000-0003-3676-4988
; Sakarya University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate some effects on Turkish pre-service teachers’ digital citizenship behaviours. With the rapid spread of technology, individuals have become a part of the digital world and faced the accompanying need to develop their digital citizenship skills. There is an increased importance to reveal the factors affecting the digital citizenship skills of pre-service teachers, who will raise digital citizens of the future. Data was gathered from 723 participants using three questionnaires written in Turkish. The results showed that internet self-efficacy, having own computer and having own internet connection affect digital citizenship. The findings of this study help in understanding some variables’ (Internet self-efficacy, having own computer, having own internet connection, sleep patterns, gender, grade, CGPA and age) significant contributions on pre-service teachers’ digital citizenship levels. This study provides a useful guideline for increasing pre-service teachers’ digital citizenship scores by determining factors which can be manipulated through system design and implementation.
Keywords
digital citizenship; having own computer; having own internet connection; internet self-efficacy; sleep patterns
Hrčak ID:
240995
URI
Publication date:
24.6.2020.
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