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ICT Literacy among Students of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Mostar

Questions about the level of ICT literacy among students are rarely raised due to the common believe that new generations of students are internet-savvy and technology-savvy since they grew up in a world saturated by ICTs. These basic competencies should not be taken for granted since they affect abilities of new generations to participate in different domains in the e-society. Therefore, data is needed about the real level of ICT's within student populations, and variables these competencies depend upon. The aim of this study was to determine the level of ICT literacy. It was conducted among 807 students from different study groups (undergraduate and graduate level). The used questionnaire consists of two parts. The first part is related to students’ personal characteristics, and the second part consists of a test (we used 15 questions to determine level of their ICT literacy). ICT literacy test questions were analyzed via frequencies and percentage according to the accuracy of the response. The results were presented on the interval scale, treating the responses from the test as a simple linear combination of accurate responses. The percentage of the accurate responses range from 24.56% to 99.01%. The average percentage of the accurate responses among the students is 62.85%, whereas of the inaccurate responses is 36.59%. We determined the connection of the questioned level of the ICT literacy with some characteristics of the sample and the students’ habits of using the computer, as well as self-evaluation of their own ICT literacy.

ICT literacy; students; Faculty of Philosophy; University of Mostar; survey

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