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Teachers’ Competency and Students’ Digital Literacy in Digital Environment

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International Journal of Recent Innovations in Academic Research, 8 (1): 53-79 (January 2024)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10604606

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between the teachers’ competency and students’ literacy in the digital environment. Specifically, this focused on the following: level of digital competency of teachers; level of digital literacy; the relationship between the digital competency of teachers and the students’ digital literacy; significant differences among aspects of teachers’ competency and students’ literacy in the digital environment, and the contributing and constraining elements of teachers’ competency and literacy of students in the digital environment. The descriptive-comparative approach was used in this research. The Camarines Norte National High School's junior and senior high school students, and their teachers, participated in the study. The researcher utilized ready-made questionnaires to assess teachers' digital competency and students' levels of digital literacy, specifically from Moreno Integrated School and Camarines Norte NHS. Mean and One-Way Analysis of Variance were the statistical tools employed. Findings revealed that teachers have acquired the highest level of digital competence along content development and management. The Senior and Junior HS have very high media literacy but on high ICT and Information literacy. Web Resources Use and Management had the highest r-value and thus contributed the most on Information Literacy. There are no significant differences among aspects of teachers’ level of digital competence and students’ level of digital literacy in the virtual environment. Teachers and students’ challenges were mostly technological and academic in nature. Lastly, the demands of the new learning set-up had substantially improved teachers’ digital competence and students’ digital literacy even in the comforts of their homes and it had brought a more convenient teaching and learning experiences.

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