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Effect of a course on educational tools on students’ attitude and digital literacy skills

This paper aimed at evaluating the effect of a course on educational tools on the participants’ digital literacy and collecting information on their attitude toward these tools and their pedagogical use as the result of attendance in this course. There were 15 participants in this study who attended...

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Main Authors: Samani, Ebrahim, Bagheripour, Raziyeh, Noordin, Nooreen
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Language:English
Published: Scientific Publishing Institute 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88561/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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https://scipg.com/index.php/101/article/view/287
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spelling my.upm.eprints.885612021-12-21T08:03:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88561/ Effect of a course on educational tools on students’ attitude and digital literacy skills Samani, Ebrahim Bagheripour, Raziyeh Noordin, Nooreen This paper aimed at evaluating the effect of a course on educational tools on the participants’ digital literacy and collecting information on their attitude toward these tools and their pedagogical use as the result of attendance in this course. There were 15 participants in this study who attended the one-month course in one of the charity summer schools in Bam, Iran. The content of the course included topics like tagging, cyber threats, presentation tools, back up, creating video clips and so forth. Analysis of the results showed that there was a significant difference in digital literacy scores and attitudes of students between pre and posttests. A review of the participants’ projects and activities in Edublogs demonstrated that the participants were able to easily adapt technologies in creating different artifacts. The findings of this study provide insight to educators in their task of increasing digital literacy in not only society but also among students. Scientific Publishing Institute 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88561/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Samani, Ebrahim and Bagheripour, Raziyeh and Noordin, Nooreen (2020) Effect of a course on educational tools on students’ attitude and digital literacy skills. International Journal of Educational Technology and Learning, 8 (1). 38 - 46. ISSN 2523-0581 https://scipg.com/index.php/101/article/view/287 10.20448/2003.81.38.46
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description This paper aimed at evaluating the effect of a course on educational tools on the participants’ digital literacy and collecting information on their attitude toward these tools and their pedagogical use as the result of attendance in this course. There were 15 participants in this study who attended the one-month course in one of the charity summer schools in Bam, Iran. The content of the course included topics like tagging, cyber threats, presentation tools, back up, creating video clips and so forth. Analysis of the results showed that there was a significant difference in digital literacy scores and attitudes of students between pre and posttests. A review of the participants’ projects and activities in Edublogs demonstrated that the participants were able to easily adapt technologies in creating different artifacts. The findings of this study provide insight to educators in their task of increasing digital literacy in not only society but also among students.
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author Samani, Ebrahim
Bagheripour, Raziyeh
Noordin, Nooreen
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Effect of a course on educational tools on students’ attitude and digital literacy skills
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title Effect of a course on educational tools on students’ attitude and digital literacy skills
title_short Effect of a course on educational tools on students’ attitude and digital literacy skills
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88561/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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