Summary of TPACK-related journal 15

Title                            : Perceptions of Prospective Teachers on Digital Literacy

Author                        : Emre Çam and Mübin Kiyici

Year                            : 2017

Publisher                    : Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology

Source                        : www.eric.com

This research tried to find the digital literacy levels of prospective teachers in terms of several variables by using quantitaives analysis. The sample are taken from 354 prospective teachers studying in different departments of Sakarya University College of Education. The researchers showed the gender influence towards the results. The 30-item instrument used to gather the data was the “Digital Literacy Scale” developed and used by the researchers. The scale involved 5 different factors such as information literacy, visual literacy, software literacy, technology literacy and computer literacy. Exploratory Factor Analysis, Cronbach alpha, t-test and Anova were used for data analysis. Results showed that in terms of gender variable digital literacy levels of male prospective teachers and in terms of department variable digital literacy levels of computer education and instructional technology teaching department were found high. Besides, the digital literacy levels of prospective teachers having continuous Internet connection or a computer that they can continuously use were found high. In addition, the research found that prospective teachers’ personal income levels had no effect on their digital literacy levels. The researchers added that the role of digital literacies were influential nowadays and it became the the needs of everyday activities such as business, education etc. The good teaching and learning environment supporting the digital literacy would give positive impact to future learners.