The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: An Investigation of the Digital Propensities of University Students

Muhammet Demirbilek

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a

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Muhammet Demirbilek ¹ ^*

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¹ University of Florida, USA^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the digital propensities of post-secondary students (N=409) in various faculties/colleges at a large state university located in southwestern Turkey. It was also examined whether gender, the program attended, socioeconomic status, education type (first and second shift education), the number of family members and the number of computers per household are contributing factors to Information and Communication Technologies use. According to the data analyzed, male students use Information and Communication Technologies more than female students. Results also suggest that faculty attended, education type, family income, the number of computers and children per household are some of the important factors in having high digital propensity index.

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digital propensity
digital natives
gender
ICT practices
post-secondary education
socioeconomic status

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2014, 115-123

https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a

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Demirbilek, M. (2014). The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: An Investigation of the Digital Propensities of University Students. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(2), 115-123. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a

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Demirbilek M. The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: An Investigation of the Digital Propensities of University Students. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(2):115-23. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a

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Demirbilek M. The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: An Investigation of the Digital Propensities of University Students. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(2), 115-123. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a

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Demirbilek, Muhammet. "The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: An Investigation of the Digital Propensities of University Students". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2014 10 no. 2 (2014): 115-123. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a

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Demirbilek, M. (2014). The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: An Investigation of the Digital Propensities of University Students. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(2), pp. 115-123. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a

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Demirbilek, Muhammet "The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: An Investigation of the Digital Propensities of University Students". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 115-123. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1021a