The Proper Use of Technologies as a Digital Citizenship Indicator: Undergraduate English Language Students at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The paper investigates the technology usage as a digital citizenship indicator among undergraduate English languagestudents at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU) in Jordan. Digital citizenship with its nine elements: Etiquette,Communication, Education, Access, Commerce, Responsibility, Rights, Safety, and Security are connected to all lifeaspects. It is hard to ignore the increasing misuse phenomenon of the emerging technologies. This paper shed thelight on how the students within their university campus use technologies in a citizenship manner. A measurementtool worked as a test to reveal students technology usage as an indicator of their digital citizenship. Results of thestudy revealed that students do not properly use technologies as a digital citizenship indicator. The study includedrecommendations to overcome technology usage within university campus.
Source: World Journal of Education
DOI: 10.5430/wje.v8n3p86
Author: Mustafa Jwaifell
Institution: Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2810719243