Identifying the Issues of Digital Literacy Skills of Undergraduate Students in Universitas Negeri Padang in Applying Internet as Online Learning Resource

Keywords

digital literacy, digital literacy skills, digital literacy issues, online learning materials

Abstract

Engaging with online learning materials and resources have been common activities undertaken by undergraduate students in discovering knowledge and in particular situation, assisting them doing their assignments. However, there are some problems emerged during this process so that it cannot reach the maximum learning outcome. This study aims to identify the issues of digital literacy skills encountered by the students of Universitas Negeri Padang in the learning process. This research applies qualitative method with observation and interview session. 50 students of the Introduction to Education course (Dasar-dasar Ilmu Pendidikan) are observed to identify how they conduct their assignment using online learning resource and three of them are invited randomly to join the interview process. From the data collected, it is found that most of the students have basic digital literacy skills such as operating technological devices, browsing, and compiling the information online. However, some students are indicated to have some issues with more comprehensive digital skills in searching online learning materials, such as selecting the appropriate keywords for specific learning topics, finding the trustworthy website, integrating online materials with relevant learning context.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dedi Supendra
AU  - Septriyan Anugrah
AU  - Fitri Maiziani
PY  - 2019/12
DA  - 2019/12
TI  - Identifying the Issues of Digital Literacy Skills of Undergraduate Students in Universitas Negeri Padang in Applying Internet as Online Learning Resource
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education Technology (ICoET 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 12
EP  - 15
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125925047
ID  - Supendra2019/12
ER  -