This article gives insights on the basic concept of digital information literacy and what are all the components of digital literacy. This paper further discuss digital natives information seeking behavior in digital library and whether they have any awareness about copyright issues and security issues in digital environment. This paper explores digital information literacy and their components of Computer literacy, internet literacy, digital library literacy, ethical literacy, Emotional literacy, and security issues in digital Era. Primary goal of this study is to discusses the basic Digital information literacy skills among RRASE Engineering college in Chennai and found that students are skilled in internet and computer literacy but they …show more content…
They are using ICT in playing video games and chatting in social network, we have to engage them in online learning through mobile devices and promote the usage of library websites.
Librarians can arrange training programs in accompany with teachers for computer literacy.
3.4. Ethical Literacy
Plagiarism Awareness
Acknowledgement for previous works referred
Giving references in their works
Today’s college graduates live in a world where it is important to understand key information policy issues. Intellectual property, privacy, and First Amendment issues are fundamental to operating as an informed citizen in today’s information society and directly affect the work of individuals who create, as well as use, networked information.
3.5. Emotional Literacy
Emotional literacy is to gain emotional intelligence
Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence1
Self Awareness
Self Management
Social Awareness
Self awareness is to respond to the forums in internet and limit to share the privacy.
Self management with social networking sites. Face Book group study (Baylor,2014).Students who participated in the Face book group scored higher in quizzes and also in exams
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Objectives of Digital Information Literacy
Focus on users ability in handling E-resources
To find out the Digital information Literacy skills among Engineering college students in Chennai.
To find out internet, computer, emotional and ethical skills among Engineering college students in Chennai.
To make library users aware of fair use and unfair use of digital resources.
8. Scope of Digital information literacy
The study is restricted to RRASI engineering college students. The analysis of the data is based on the information provided by the respondents of Questionnaire. Period of study is 2013.
9. Methodology
Out of 800 students sample size of 100, a total of 150 questionnaires were distributed among the users and 120 questionnaires were obtained from the users from which 100 questionnaires were selected in respect of I yr- 25, II yr -25, III yr – 25 and final yr-25. Simple percentage method and simple assembling has been utilized in this paper.
10. Research Analysis
Table1. Year wise distribution of respondents Profile in SN sites No. of respondents Percentage %
I year 25 25%
II year 25 25%
III year 25 25%
IV year 25 25%
Total 100
The target respondents were invited to complete the questionnaire and directed them to a brief explanation of the research. If a respondent volunteered to participate they were able to read the instructions and complete the questionnaire online from any internet-connected device. Contact details of the researcher were also provided in the initial description of the form should the respondent have any enquiry regarding the questionnaire. Data were collected on 23rd December 2015 from 8 a.m. until 8 a.am 24th December 2015. The length of time for data collection was considered ideal as it allowed a sufficient amount of time for interested respondent to participate in the study.
The author utilize people and data to support the drop-off in reading among teens because of technology. Ludden bring in two teenagers to say why they don’t read. The author provides a parent to show the impact of technology on a 10 year-old. In the article it talks about social media “10 year old...less reading..more attached to digital media platform.” (Ludden.1) and “many distraction on the internet.”
Reading an ebook or a web page requires the same interpretation skills and provides a growth in your vocabulary, similar to reading a physical book. Online tools such as spell check, web dictionaries and thesauruses help to build knowledge and improve finished compositions, not tarnish them. This next generation is exposed to endless opportunity to search and discover humanity’s collective knowledge at their fingertips. They have to ability to read articles upon articles, and webpages upon web pages for pleasure on everything from poisonous spiders to the history of soccer. Why criticize an advanced way to gather information?
Because, nowadays, e-readers are developed enough, her article could play an important role in making e-readers a significant tool for education. Moreover, the author is motivated to write the article as the number of the articles which discuss the impact of e-reader on reading practice of children is low. In addition to choosing the right time, Larson shows credibility in her article because of her experience as an instructor in the field of learning technologies. Furthermore, the case study, which is done by the author, makes the information believable. Also, the author is fair and respectful by not attacking people who read printed books to show the pros of e-reader.
"The 21st century is needless to say, the era of digitalization, as social media controls every aspect of human life. Technology has rendered paper and pencil useless as it has shifted the face of the earth to network and communicate faster than ever. Countless apps, websites, and softwares exist to satiate the human desire for convenience and efficiency, all while serving to entertain our complex mindsets. Social media and its platform offer numerous ways for users to speak their minds through comments and ways to express themselves through pictures. The 1st Amendment in the Constitution “prohibits the peoples’ representatives in Congress from abridging these rights” (“The Bill of Rights”).
The author consistently cites the example of students who have grown up using the internet as an information gathering tool; She talks about how students today must be able to read and write for both the print and digital worlds, and that the “skills of reading and using technology converge as students search for information or answer questions with the Internet” (Schmar-Dobler 81). This convergence of skills is important when considering Schmar-Dobler’s earlier assertion about the nature of literacy itself changing. The author goes on to examine the model for reading comprehension, the proper strategies of which poor readers usually lack the knowledge of, and therefore tend to be thought of as a marker for identifying “strategic readers”. Strategic readers of the Internet, however, must add the skill of “navigating” in order to locate pertinent information and then take meaning from the text (Schmar-Dobler 83). Schmar-Dobler then claims that “To be adept at seeking, evaluating, and using information found on the Internet, readers must navigate through Internet text and apply their knowledge of the reading process” (Schmar-Dobler 83).
The data were processed and analyzed using SPSS version 18. Frequencies, cross tabulation, Pearson’s, chi-square test, ANOVA were used to analyze the data. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically
Since schools are depending more and more on technology as a way of teaching, libraries are losing their purpose and books are losing their importance. They are becoming obsolete because the internet holds easier access and is much more convenient. Birkerts claims that older generations have the better morals, traditions, and beliefs because they grew up in a time where technology and social media did not influence their opinion on issues. This new millennium is evolving and losing their sense of identity, privacy, and individuality due to advancements in technology and communication. However, people have to accept that newer generations come with
Looking back at Boyd’s overall argument, she believes that people must learn and develop skills to become digitally literate which enables them to understand the programs that went into building all the electronic device that people use on a daily basis. She was able to give the reader a variety of sub-claims and evidence to support her argument. She wants other to know how important digital literacy is and how it effectively changes the way you think and process information from the internet. Boyd was able to show the readers how complicated technology can be and how people can carelessly trust what shows up on their screen. She broaden the view of many people, in addition, the sample of other author’s view on digital literacy has given more
In the generation of technology and innovation, the creation of social mediaattract a vast number of people world wide. Aside from the basic necessities of living it may also considered as one of the most important belonging of an individual in this day and age. Primarily because of its accessibility to communication, information, education, and entertainment. Social media offers several kinds of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Gmail, YouTube, and among other things, which enable the users to communicate and participate to broader range of issues and events worldwide.
Evolve into Having Self-Awareness Being self-aware simply means that you have a keen understanding of your own personality. That includes your positive and negative traits, your thoughts and beliefs, your feelings, and your inspiration. It would be easier for you to understand others when you are self-aware. You will also be able to tell how they see you in return. Most people believe that they have a good sense of self-awareness, but it would be best to check at a comparative scale to see where you fall on it in contrast with others.
Information literacy helps students recognize misleading, out-of-date, or false information. It also helps them sort through the data and interpret it intelligently. Libraries full of books are still available and a valuable resource for students, but information literacy includes the Internet and beyond. Teachers are involve into it, they act as channel of information.
Thesis The Effects of Social Media on College and University Students Introduction Social media is a form of electronic communication which facilitates interaction based on certain interests and characteristics. The social networking sites are gaining a lot of popularity these days with almost all of the educated youth using one or the other such site. Thousands of people join social media networking sites to keep in touch with their friends and family members, According to Boyd and Ellison "people use social media sites such as Face book, Twitter, MySpace to create and sustain relationship with others"(1). Moreover, social networking sites are created to allow individual to communicate with others who share similar interests, information and friends.
Students have benefited from the easy accessibility of digital communication allowing them to interact with peers and families. In my
Chapter 1 Background of the Study Introduction In the contemporary world, most people use social media for news, entertainment, to seek information and to be updated every day. Nowadays, the use of social media has greatly changed how people interact with other people. Today, most people only consider the benefits that the social media brought to the people without thinking about the possible negative implications of using it.