Short digital-competence test based on DigComp2.1

Autor(en)

Harald Mieg, Katrin E. Klime, Emma Barker, Jane Bryan, Caroline Gibson, Susanne Haberstroh, Femi Odebiyi, Frano-Petar Rismondo, Brigitte Römmer-Nossek, Janina Thiem, Erika Unterpertinger

Abstrakt

This article presents a ten-item short scale for measuring digital competence. The scale is based on the Digital Competence Framework for Citizens, DigComp2.1 (Carretero et al., 2017). For our surveys, we used five items from the DigCompSat study (Clifford et al., 2020) and created five new ones to address the competence areas defined by DigCom2.1. We tested the scale on a sample of 1416 students from four countries (Germany, Lithuania, Austria, UK), using the questionnaire in two languages (English, German). The scale proved to be reliable (Cronbach’s α of 0.87 and McDonald’s ωt of 0.88) and valid (construct and content validity). Using the scale, we replicated findings from previous studies on differences in digital literacy by gender, study subject, and level of study. Despite the inhomogeneous structure of items from five different competence areas (according to DigComp2.1) and of two different types (specific, general), the scale does not seem to be multifactorial. A detailed analysis of digital competence and undergraduate research in the context of the pandemic shows: digital competence seems to support research competence and may even support inclusion.

Organisation(en)

Center for Teaching and Learning, Studienservice und Lehrwesen, Institut für Politikwissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Bremen, University of Warwick, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, LCC International University

Journal

Education and Information Technologies

Band

29

Seiten

139-160

Anzahl der Seiten

22

ISSN

1360-2357

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12251-0

Publikationsdatum

2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

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Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Education, Library and Information Sciences

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/e441e702-26fd-4cd5-8c93-c76861c5cbc6