Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students

Students who are intrinsically motivated will frequently perform better than those who are not. This paper examined the relationship between motivational belief strategies and digital literacy in digital learning among university students. Motivational belief is an intrinsic motivation that encourag...

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Main Author: Anthonysamy Lilian
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022032017
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description Students who are intrinsically motivated will frequently perform better than those who are not. This paper examined the relationship between motivational belief strategies and digital literacy in digital learning among university students. Motivational belief is an intrinsic motivation that encourages an individual to self-motivate through specific strategies. This paper has its aims to contribute to assisting students, and academics in utilizing the right motivational strategies to elevate students' digital literacy. Although there is a plethora of studies given students' motivation, studies of motivational belief strategies for elevating digital literacy are still rudimentary. To achieve the research aim, three hypotheses were formulated. A total of 583 respondents were analysed empirically using structural equation modeling-partial least-squares analysis. The findings of the study corroborate a positive and significant relationship between motivational belief strategies and digital literacy competency which signifies the important role of self-motivation in promoting digital literacy as well as preparing students to be a part of the digital future.
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spelling doaj.art-168a1a5ab23c468397e1391cc1186d662023-01-05T08:37:24ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-12-01812e11913Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university studentsAnthonysamy Lilian0Corresponding author.; Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, MalaysiaStudents who are intrinsically motivated will frequently perform better than those who are not. This paper examined the relationship between motivational belief strategies and digital literacy in digital learning among university students. Motivational belief is an intrinsic motivation that encourages an individual to self-motivate through specific strategies. This paper has its aims to contribute to assisting students, and academics in utilizing the right motivational strategies to elevate students' digital literacy. Although there is a plethora of studies given students' motivation, studies of motivational belief strategies for elevating digital literacy are still rudimentary. To achieve the research aim, three hypotheses were formulated. A total of 583 respondents were analysed empirically using structural equation modeling-partial least-squares analysis. The findings of the study corroborate a positive and significant relationship between motivational belief strategies and digital literacy competency which signifies the important role of self-motivation in promoting digital literacy as well as preparing students to be a part of the digital future.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022032017Digital competenceDigital learningDigital literacyMotivationMotivational beliefsOnline learning
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Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students
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Digital competence
Digital learning
Digital literacy
Motivation
Motivational beliefs
Online learning
title Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students
title_full Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students
title_fullStr Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students
title_full_unstemmed Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students
title_short Motivational beliefs, an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students
title_sort motivational beliefs an important contrivance in elevating digital literacy among university students
topic Digital competence
Digital learning
Digital literacy
Motivation
Motivational beliefs
Online learning
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