Digital divide: addressing Internet skills. Educational implications in the validation of a scale
Recent studies indicate that Internet skills have a positive impact on academic achievement. This article presents a national study that seeks to validate an Internet skills scale that was already tested in other EU countries (the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) to understand the competence leve...
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| description | Recent studies indicate that Internet skills have a positive impact on academic achievement. This article presents a national study that seeks to validate an Internet skills scale that was already tested in other EU countries (the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) to understand the competence level of the population as a whole as well as across population sectors. The scale questionnaire was completed by a sample of the Italian population stratified by gender, age and geographical area. The result is globally consistent at the empirical level as well as at the cross-national level. All the five scales showed excellent internal consistency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a31a947019e8433f8797fff037031cce2022-12-21T22:39:46ZengAssociation for Learning TechnologyResearch in Learning Technology2156-70772019-08-0127011210.25304/rlt.v27.21552155Digital divide: addressing Internet skills. Educational implications in the validation of a scaleAlessio Surian0Andrea Sciandra1University of Padova, Padova, ItalyUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, ItalyRecent studies indicate that Internet skills have a positive impact on academic achievement. This article presents a national study that seeks to validate an Internet skills scale that was already tested in other EU countries (the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) to understand the competence level of the population as a whole as well as across population sectors. The scale questionnaire was completed by a sample of the Italian population stratified by gender, age and geographical area. The result is globally consistent at the empirical level as well as at the cross-national level. All the five scales showed excellent internal consistency.https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/article/view/2155/2550digital inclusionInternet skillsskill recognitionsurvey researchreliabilityconfirmatory factor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Alessio Surian Andrea Sciandra Digital divide: addressing Internet skills. Educational implications in the validation of a scale Research in Learning Technology digital inclusion Internet skills skill recognition survey research reliability confirmatory factor analysis |
| title | Digital divide: addressing Internet skills. Educational implications in the validation of a scale |
| title_full | Digital divide: addressing Internet skills. Educational implications in the validation of a scale |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Digital divide: addressing Internet skills. Educational implications in the validation of a scale |
| title_short | Digital divide: addressing Internet skills. Educational implications in the validation of a scale |
| title_sort | digital divide addressing internet skills educational implications in the validation of a scale |
| topic | digital inclusion Internet skills skill recognition survey research reliability confirmatory factor analysis |
| url | https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/article/view/2155/2550 |
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