Comparison of the ICT literacy level of the Slovakian and Hungarian students in the higher education

Communication and technology have an important role in life and especially in education. Nowadays, students generally use technology for communication. When using technology in education, there may be some communication barriers. In this research, it is studied about communication barriers that prev...

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Main Authors: Kiss Gabor, Arki Zuzana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:SHS Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162601093
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description Communication and technology have an important role in life and especially in education. Nowadays, students generally use technology for communication. When using technology in education, there may be some communication barriers. In this research, it is studied about communication barriers that prevent teachers’ candidates to use technology. The aim of this research is to find the communication barriers which teachers’ candidates face when they utilize technology. First of all we have to see the ICT knowledge level of the students to make decision about the application and retraining methods. It is important to know can we find any difference in ICT literacy between the Hungarian and the Slovakian students. We measured the ICT literacy level with a tool consisting of 15 items (Likert scaled. We worked with 663 students. The data analysis was performed with SPSS software using descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney test. ICT literacy comparison has showed significant differences by countries, the Hungarian students ICT literacy was on higher level (self-report) except by using learning platforms.
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spelling doaj.art-b195d6777760490788545b052b10d7ee2022-12-22T03:14:53ZengEDP SciencesSHS Web of Conferences2261-24242016-01-01260109310.1051/shsconf/20162601093shsconf_erpa2016_01093Comparison of the ICT literacy level of the Slovakian and Hungarian students in the higher educationKiss Gabor0Arki Zuzana1Obuda UniversityJ. Selye UniversityCommunication and technology have an important role in life and especially in education. Nowadays, students generally use technology for communication. When using technology in education, there may be some communication barriers. In this research, it is studied about communication barriers that prevent teachers’ candidates to use technology. The aim of this research is to find the communication barriers which teachers’ candidates face when they utilize technology. First of all we have to see the ICT knowledge level of the students to make decision about the application and retraining methods. It is important to know can we find any difference in ICT literacy between the Hungarian and the Slovakian students. We measured the ICT literacy level with a tool consisting of 15 items (Likert scaled. We worked with 663 students. The data analysis was performed with SPSS software using descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney test. ICT literacy comparison has showed significant differences by countries, the Hungarian students ICT literacy was on higher level (self-report) except by using learning platforms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162601093
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title Comparison of the ICT literacy level of the Slovakian and Hungarian students in the higher education
title_full Comparison of the ICT literacy level of the Slovakian and Hungarian students in the higher education
title_fullStr Comparison of the ICT literacy level of the Slovakian and Hungarian students in the higher education
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title_short Comparison of the ICT literacy level of the Slovakian and Hungarian students in the higher education
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