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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"digital literacy skills"”.
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Online studios and digital literacy skills among undergraduate students: An Activity Theory Perspective
… the practicality of online studios in enhancing digital literacy skills within the design and technology fields has , thus, become significant and urgent. Success in this endeavour hinges upon lecturers' proficiency with technological tools that facilitate cognitive development. This could …
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Using Bourdieu to understand the function of digital literacy in an English class: A case study of a higher education university in Namibia
… it was observed that students have varied digital literacy skills which are not in line with Namibia's ICT Policy. The study set out to find out why students who came from the same Namibian secondary public schooling system, and was exposed to the same curriculum, had such varied digital …
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Reconstructing social futures: digital voices in first-year writing
… the benefits of bringing students' out-of-school digital literacies into the first-year composition (FYC) classroom, and investigates whether or not this can provide students access to critically analyze their actions on these platforms. I taught a self-designed FYC course focusing on critically …
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Using Technology and Multimodal Literacy to Actively Engage Struggling and Disengaged Readers
… school; therefore, using other resources such as digital literacy can aid in supporting readers who struggle to decode words and have trouble with fluency and comprehension. School library resources can provide students with eBooks that engage and enable readers to read a variety of books. Data …
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The impact of the digital society on police recruit training in Canada
… in light of society’s increasing dependence on digital technologies, systems, and devices. The study employed qualitative interviews with eight participants from recognized police recruit training academies in Canada. An extensive review of the literature indicates that societies face increasing …
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The Effects of Limited Health Literacy in the Healthcare Context
Within the health care context, patients’ literacy abilities affect their involvement in informed consent, adherence to prescribed treatment, and health-seeking behaviors. Unaddressed inadequacies in health literacy limit the abilities of patients and potential research participants to provide …
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Mapping Patterns of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours and Media Use in Youth Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Youth
… in different leisure activities, and number of digital literacy skills were also explored to find potential similarities and differences in the media use characteristics of children both with and without a diagnosis of ASD. Proposed media RRBs have implications for future research and clinical …
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An exploration of early childhood educators’ and parents’ experiences during the period of school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
… who were economically secure, possessed digital literacy, leveraged social networks and had access to technology in the home were able to provide either frequent interactions between home and school or their own personalised programmes to support their children’s educational development. …
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How Māori support whānau to promote digital inclusion : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
The Digital Inclusion Blueprint Te Mahere mō te Whakaurunga Matihiko, seeks to ensure that all New Zealanders can participate in, contribute to, and benefit from, the digital world. One in five New Zealanders face barriers to digital inclusion and for Māori the challenges have been more …
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The development of criteria and the subsequent evaluation of the available digital solutions for pharmaceutical care planning across ABUHB
… PCPs limits their effectiveness; therefore, a digital solution is required. While there have been studies that have looked at implementation and adoption of electronic patient records (EPRs), risk assessments, and prioritisation tools, there are no direct studies that define the requirements of …
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A formative evaluation of the UCT PMD Programme
… to which the programme's medium‐term goals (digital literacy and access to course information) were achieved, were also investigated. Lastly, the degree to which students believed the low cost tablet was good enough for their studies was assessed. This evaluation found that the UCT PMD …
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Professors of reading educations' perceptions and practices surrounding the issues of teaching reading and learning through digital media
… surrounding teaching reading and learning with digital media. This study aimed to understand the strategies and thoughts of a select group of professors of reading education as they worked with pre-service teachers in preparing them to meet the needs' of their future students. The four …
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First-year higher education students’ acquisition of digital content creation literacies in discipline-specific settings
Digital knowledge production involves the processing and presentation of digital information and content through the implementation of digital literacy practices in technical, cognitive and social-emotional dimensions. As such, this thesis addresses the question: How and why do first-year higher …
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Digital literacies in high schools within uMhlathuze Local Municipalities
The concept of digital competence is central to this study and can be broadly defined as skills, knowledge, creativity, and attitudes that everybody needs to use digital media for learning and functioning in the knowledge society. It is undeniable that we live in an information age in which …
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Strategies for digital inclusion: towards a framework for embracing student diversity and sustaining engagement with blended learning.
… the nature of student engagement in relation to digital inclusion and blended learning and produce a framework to guide educators. This research aims to develop a conceptual framework which can be used to develop effective teaching and learning strategies for managing student diversity in …
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The use of mobile devices for learning in post-primary education and at university: student attitudes and perceptions
… education sector to meet prospective student digital demands and expectations of a quality learning experience (Garrison and Kanuka, 2004)<b>. </b></p><p class="Default">Adequate support and resource provision of information technologies to maximise student skills and experiences is essential …