Institute of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Minhaj University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
PLoS One. 2021 Apr 20;16(4):e0249495. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249495. eCollection 2021.
Over the last three decades, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have changed the world in all walks of life. It has not only influenced the ways of human communication but also changed the way of learning. However, to utilize the facility of the Internet in effective manners, people need a certain set of skills called "Internet Literacy Skills". The purpose of the study was to explore the level of Internet literacy skills of Undergraduate first-year students (Digital Natives) of the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. The study is quantitative, and data were gathered through questionnaires. A total of 180 students from three disciplines i.e. Pure Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities were approached for the final data collection. Descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (regression analysis) were applied to analyze the collected data. Results further revealed that respondents possess very good knowledge to identify legal and illegal activities and information on the Internet. Findings of the study, not only reported the Internet literacy skills of digital natives but also helped to come up with a theoretical model that may be useful to design an efficient and effective Internet literacy module/subject to help students increase their Internet use-related skills.
在过去的三十年中，信息和通信技术（ICT）已经改变了各行各业的世界。它不仅影响了人类交流的方式，也改变了学习的方式。然而，要以有效的方式利用互联网的便利，人们需要一套称为“互联网素养技能”的特定技能。本研究旨在探讨巴基斯坦旁遮普大学拉合尔分校本科一年级学生（数字原住民）的互联网素养技能水平。该研究是定量的，数据通过问卷收集。总共从三个学科即纯科学、社会科学和艺术与人文科学中抽取了 180 名学生进行最终数据收集。收集到的数据应用了描述性统计（平均值和标准差）和推断性统计（回归分析）。结果进一步表明，受访者对互联网上的合法和非法活动以及信息有很好的识别知识。该研究的结果不仅报告了数字原住民的互联网素养技能，还帮助提出了一个理论模型，这可能有助于设计一个高效和有效的互联网素养模块/科目，以帮助学生提高他们与互联网使用相关的技能。
