In this study, which was conducted to determine the digital literacy levels of social studies teachers, explanatory sequential design, is one mixed pattern methods, used. 543 Social Studies teachers working in secondary schools across Turkey participated study 2019-2020 academic year. quantitative part and 32 qualitative part. The sample chosen as an easy accessible sample. data were collected ...

BACKGROUND US health care providers are increasingly demanding patient engagement with digital health technologies to enroll in care, access personal health information, communicate with providers, and monitor their own health. Such engagement may be difficult for disadvantaged populations who may have limited health literacy, time constraints, or competing priorities. OBJECTIVE We aimed to u...

The aim of this study was to determine ICT literacy levels using a situated approach, targeting the functional understanding of technical terms contained in digital everyday culture texts. A cohort of 70 first year undergraduate Education students participated in the study. The assessment task included writing definitions for 47 technical terms which were derived from a series of digital texts,...

This paper outlines a four-year study of a preservice education course based on a socioconstructivist research framework. The preservice English Language Arts course focuses on critical literacy and teaching for social justice while employing digital technologies.The research study examines two concepts across all aspects of the course: 1) new literacies and multiliteracies; and 2) technology-s...

Podcasts used as supplemental material (PSM) and podcasts integrated into the curriculum (PIC) are complementing, extending, and transforming the traditional face-to-face classroom as well as blended and online courses. This paper examines podcast download frequency among students in foreign language and literature courses over a four-year period by using both students’ digital literacy skills ...

Most national and international development policies have now made ample room for the application of ICT and transition toward the information society. Within each country as well as among them, inequalities in access and use (usually referred to as “digital divide”) are seen as a major threat. In addition to securing “universal access," information literacy is a major component of these effort...

In this paper, I draw on a number of research projects conducted in England in a consideration of the possibilities for and challenges to the development of appropriate literacy curricula and pedagogy in the digital era. Following intensive interest over the last decade in the changing nature of literacy due to technological advances, there are national and local initiatives to transform the li...