Digital literacies, social media, and undergraduate learning: what do students think they need to know?

ABSTRACT: This research addresses an identified need to further understand digital literacies (DL) and whether undergraduate students view DL as being important in their lives and in their learning. Using a cross-sectional survey sent to a stratified random sample of 2500 undergraduates representative of the overall student population at a medium-sized Canadian undergraduate university (survey response rate of 19.8%, N = 496), we explored the relationships between social media and digital literacies, particularly in different disciplinary contexts. We also explored the ways in which students report using social media in their university learning, showing that students value social media for collaboration, discussion, information finding and sharing, and practise activities related to their le

SUBMITTER: Smith EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195119 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature