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Digital Literacy: A Necessity, Privilege, or Trap in the Process of Studying in and Out of Student Benches During the COVID-19

In the recent ten years, digital literacy has been seen as a dynamic concept given the fact that information communication technologies are changing and necessarily include the developed skills of the individual to find, transmit, analyze, evaluate information and communication in the digital environment. The current student population is surrounded by new technologies from birth. They use computers, video games, video cameras, mobile phones, digital audio technology and tools, etc. that belong to the digital technologies of the new age. They use digital technologies for entertainment, learning, work, socializing and spend a lot of time using them. They are an integral part of their lives. Due to the long-term and uninterrupted immersion in an environment where digital technologies are ubiquitous, it turns out that today's generations think and process information in different ways. It is evident that students are more often consumers than creators of content needed for academic purposes, and it is only assumed that they have developed the necessary digital skills. The Covid 19 pandemic has created a variety of challenges, including a number of challenges related to learning and education. The paper deals with the ways in which the combination of ubiquitous digital technology, the development of digital skills of students in specific circumstances related to the pandemic is reflected in the study process, use of resources and learning materials, going to the library and perception of the teaching process and its outcomes. The aim of the paper is to offer answers to questions about the role of digital literacy skills in the study process. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on changes in learning caused by the use of digital technologies and circumstances related to the COVID 19 pandemic, with students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek by the research method of interviews.

Digital literacy, COVID-19, students

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