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Exploring Digital Literacy Levels and Technology Integration Competence of Turkish Academics    
Yazarlar
Pınar Ayyıldız
Ankara Bilim Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Adem YILMAZ Doç. Dr. Adem YILMAZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Hasan Şerif Baltacı
Başkent Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Today’s individuals are expected to have skills in many areas as a natural consequence of the advances that have been taking place in society and technology. Particularly in developed countries, these skills are also called 21st century skills. Critical, creative and reflective thinking, problem solving and keeping up with the digital age (digital literacy) are some of these skills. Universities play a significant role in raising qualified individuals in our country. Updating the training programs, keeping up with the era and having a say in the digital world makes it a necessity for people who give education in these areas to be competent. From this point of view, this study aimed to explore the digital literacy levels of Turkish academics working in faculties of education and the perceptions of students towards technology integration competence of the academics. In this study, quantitative cross-sectional design was preferred. While selecting the participants, purposeful sampling method was used, and two different participant groups (academics and prospective teachers) were included in the process. Two scales with validity and reliability in the literature were used as data collection tools in the research. In the data collection process, firstly, a survey was administered to academics working in faculties of education, and then another one was conducted with prospective teachers. The results obtained were subjected to quantitative data analysis via SPSS 24 and AMOS 24 software, and descriptive and inferential statistics were generated. The results revealed that the variables of department, age and grade level created a significant difference in the digitalization of academics, whereas the gender variable significantly contributed only to the perceptions of prospective teachers.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Digital literacy | technology integration competence | Turkish academics
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı International Journal of Educational Methodology
Dergi ISSN 2469-9632
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Journals Indexed in Eric
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2021
Cilt No 7
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 15 / 31
Doi Numarası 10.12973/ijem.7.1.15
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.12973/ijem.7.1.15