Digital Competencies and Information Behaviors of IT students. Case Study of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Cover Image

Kompetencje cyfrowe a zachowania informacyjne studentów… kierunków informatologicznych. Studium przypadku Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Digital Competencies and Information Behaviors of IT students. Case Study of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Author(s): Małgorzata Kowalska-Chrzanowska, Tomasz Książek
Subject(s): Electronic information storage and retrieval, Higher Education , ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: digital competencies; data processing; digital content creation; communication; safety; problem solving; filter bubble; confirmation bias;

Summary/Abstract: Apart from the data smog and information overload, the phenomenon of the filter bubble and the confirmation bias belong to the problems that disturb access to reliable, relevant and objective information. The article describes the results of a research carried out on the predefined group - students of information architecture and students of information management and book studies from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. The main goal of this research was to diagnose the impact of the filter bubble and the confirmation bias in correlation to the level of students’ ICT competencies. The results allowed to verify the self-assessment of digital competencies making by students according to the DigComp and to collect knowledge about information behaviors of the respondents.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 269-288
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish