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Investigating digital skills among Russian higher education students

Fatima K. Urakova 1 * , Izida I. Ishmuradova 2 , Nataliia A. Kondakchian 3 , Roza Sh. Akhmadieva 4 , Julia V. Torkunova 5 , Irina N. Meshkova 6 , Nikolay A. Mashkin 7
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1 Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Russian Language and Teaching Methods Department, Adyghe State University, Maykop, RUSSIA2 PhD in Economics, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Business Informatics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Kazan, RUSSIA3 PhD in Linguistics, Associate Professor of the Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, RUSSIA4 Doctor of Education, Professor, Rector of Kazan State Institute of Culture, Kazan, RUSSIA5 Doctor of Education, Associate Professor, Head of the Institute of Digital Technologies and Economics, Kazan State Power Engineering University, Kazan, RUSSIA6 PhD in Linguistics, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, RUSSIA7 Doctor of History, Professor of the Department of State and Legal Disciplines, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, RUSSIA* Corresponding Author
Contemporary Educational Technology, 15(1), January 2023, ep398, https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/12600
Published Online: 02 November 2022, Published: 01 January 2023
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ABSTRACT

Learning in the digital age is a pervasive idea that encompasses all aspects of a person's life, including work and leisure. As a result of the development of new teaching and learning tools, an increasing number of students are acquiring knowledge on the Internet- connected to the Internet. Therefore, all citizens must develop digital literacy as a lifelong learning skill. Studies have been conducted on students' digital skills in higher education institutions. In this context, this study aimed to investigate the skills of college students. The participants were students from a university in the Kazan region of Russia who volunteered to participate. Three hundred and eighty students completed the questionnaire online. The scale consists of a total of 25 questions and six dimensions. Since our independent variables are binary values, we applied the Bayesian t-test. We obtained the values of the Bayes factor (BF10) for each dimension and the total scale. In general, students' digital skills are well-developed. However, it was found that creating and using digital information requires fewer skills than in other areas. The hypothesis that there is no difference based on student gender was supported to a higher degree but not to a very high degree. The hypothesis that there is no difference based on students' fields of study was supported to a greater extent, but only to a moderate extent.
Keywords: digital skills, higher education, Bayesian analysis, Russia

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Urakova, F. K., Ishmuradova, I. I., Kondakchian, N. A., Akhmadieva, R. S., Torkunova, J. V., Meshkova, I. N., & Mashkin, N. A. (2023). Investigating digital skills among Russian higher education students. Contemporary Educational Technology, 15(1), ep398. https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/12600

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