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Esra Merve Çaliskan; I?rem I?tegin – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
With the development of technology, security, a core human concern throughout history, has changed and branched out into new areas. Novel security concepts, including environmental security, economic security, and cybersecurity, have emerged as a result of these expanding areas. The importance of cybersecurity has increased in the linked world of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Computer Security, Information Security, Sex Role
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Susanne Walan – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2025
Since the end of 2022, global discussions on Artificial Intelligence (AI) have surged, influencing diverse societal groups, such as teachers, students and policymakers. This case study focuses on Swedish primary school students aged 11-12. The aim is to examine their cognitive and affective perceptions of AI and their current usage. Data,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Artificial Intelligence, Student Attitudes
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Ghosh, Swagata; Chauhan, Gajendra Singh; Kotwal, Renu – Digital Education Review, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked the development of digital applications and inspired everyone to adapt to the technologies to curb the spread of outbreak. As this crisis intensifies, the rapid usage of digital devices and apps has echoed the serious concerns about civil liberties, privacy, and data protection. Considering the situation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Digital Literacy, Privacy
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Jamal, Bakht; Rizvi, Syed Asad Abbas – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2023
This paper intended to analyze the practices of digital citizenship among university student in Pakistan. The quantitative descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study was 800 students of BS (Education) program in ten public sector universities in Punjab, Pakistan. Simple random sampling technique was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, College Students, Computer Use
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Karagozlu, Damla – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
As cyber security attack rates increase, so do cyber security concerns. Cyber security is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security measures, risk management approaches, actions, education, applications, security and technologies that can be used in order to protect the cyber environment and user rights. The aim of this study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Computer Security, Information Security, Student Behavior
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Raposo-Rivas, Manuela; Martínez-Figueira, María-Esther; Sarmiento Campos, José Antonio; Parrilla Latas, Angeles – Digital Education Review, 2021
Adolescents' relationship with technology is controversial both because of the possibilities it offers and because of the risks it entails, even being perceived by them as a real need. In order to improve the knowledge about it, a non-experimental research of transversal style has been carried out using a methodology based on data mining. 1,048…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Student Behavior, Secondary School Students, Internet
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Buchanan, Rachel; Southgate, Erica; Smith, Shamus P. – Global Studies of Childhood, 2019
Teachers are under increased pressure to teach children digital skills, and parents are having to manage children's online presence as well as their offline lives. Much of the discussion surrounding the issue of children's digital footprints highlights the potential present and future risks that children could be exposed to. While parents and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Foreign Countries
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Pérez-Escoda, Ana; Lena-Acebo, Francisco Javier; García-Ruiz, Rosa – Digital Education Review, 2021
Networked society before pandemic situation had become the context of a technology-supported environment for learning and teaching. Since COVID-19 pandemic occurred learning happened essentially mediated through connected smart devices that demand digital skills and reinforced Smart learning. This study aims to present a descriptive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology
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Gallego-Arrufat, María-Jesús; Torres-Hernández, Norma; Pessoa, Teresa – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2019
The use of technologies and the Internet poses problems and risks related to digital security. This article presents the results of a study on the evaluation of the digital competence of future teachers in the DigCompEdu European framework. 317 undergraduate students from Spain and Portugal answered a questionnaire with 59 items, validated by…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Security
Yilmaz, Ramazan; Karaoglan Yilmaz, F. Gizem; Özturk, H. Tugba; Karademir, Tugra – Online Submission, 2017
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been rapidly prevailed among the children and youths. Personal technologies facilitating the students to gain some learning experiences both in and out of the schools also include many threats. It is important for students to have high awareness of safe internet and computer use to overcome…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Computer Use, Internet
Aytaç, Tufan; Erdem, Mustafa – Online Submission, 2019
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is rapidly spreading among high school students. These technologies provide the students to gain learning experiences and also involve many dangers such as addiction, loneliness and stress. The aim of this study is to examine awareness levels of different types of high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Computer Security, Learning Experience, Information Technology
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Chiner, Esther; Gómez-Puerta, Marcos; Cardona-Moltó, María Cristina – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Background: Internet offers opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities, but it also involves some risks. The aim of this study was to explore these issues considering caregivers and people with intellectual disabilities' perspectives. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted. The sample consisted of 77…
Descriptors: Internet, Intellectual Disability, Caregivers, Attitude Measures
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Buchanan, Rachel; Southgate, Erica; Smith, Shamus P.; Murray, Tiana; Noble, Brittany – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2017
Given that today's children are prolific users of the internet, concern has been raised about the future impact of the digital footprints they are currently generating. Here, we report on the "Best Footprint Forward" project which utilised focus groups to investigate the digital footprint awareness of 33 children (ranging in age from 10…
Descriptors: Internet, Preadolescents, Elementary School Students, Computer Use
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Kansu, Ceren Çevik; Öksüz, Yücel – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2019
This study was aimed to determine of their perceptions and levels of digital citizenship for pre-service classroom teachers. The study was conducted with 76 senior pre-service classroom teachers at Education Faculty of B. U. The study is survey research. In this research, "The Digital Citizenship Scale" developed by Kocadag (2012) was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Information Technology
Bosley, Sara – Adults Learning, 2011
Everyone knows that lack of internet access can reinforce the social and economic disadvantages already facing some older people. Recognising the divisive nature of digital exclusion, the government has invested 2.8 million British Pounds in Get Digital, a project that will enable sheltered housing residents to develop computer and internet…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Computers, Housing, Educational Technology