Effects on Digital Citizenship: The Turkish Pre-service Teachers' Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate some effects on Turkish pre-service teachers' digital citizenship behaviours. With the rapid spread of technology, individuals have become a part of the digital world and faced the accompanying need to develop their digital citizenship skills. There is an increased importance to reveal the factors affecting the digital citizenship skills of pre-service teachers, who will raise digital citizens of the future. Data was gathered from 723 participants using three questionnaires written in Turkish. The results showed that internet self-efficacy, having own computer and having own internet connection affect digital citizenship. The findings of this study help in understanding some variables' (internet self-efficacy, having own computer, having own internet connection, sleep patterns, gender, grade, cumulative grade point average umjesto akronima and age) significant contributions on pre-service teachers' digital citizenship levels. This study provides a useful guideline for increasing pre-service teachers' digital citizenship scores by determining factors which can be manipulated through system design and implementation.