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Publication Date: 2018
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The Proper Use of Technologies as a Digital Citizenship Indicator: Undergraduate English Language Students at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Jwaifell, Mustafa
World Journal of Education, v8 n3 p86-94 2018
The paper investigates the technology usage as a digital citizenship indicator among undergraduate English language students at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU) in Jordan. Digital citizenship with its nine elements: Etiquette, Communication, Education, Access, Commerce, Responsibility, Rights, Safety, and Security are connected to all life aspects. It is hard to ignore the increasing misuse phenomenon of the emerging technologies. This paper shed the light on how the students within their university campus use technologies in a citizenship manner. A measurement tool worked as a test to reveal students technology usage as an indicator of their digital citizenship. Results of the study revealed that students do not properly use technologies as a digital citizenship indicator. The study included recommendations to overcome technology usage within university campus.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Technology Uses in Education, Mass Media Use, Social Media, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, Gender Differences, Statistical Analysis, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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