The effect of digital literacy competencies of social studies teachers on the Web 2.0 tools usage

This study, it is aimed to reveal whether the digital literacy competencies, digital literacy competency levels, and web 2.o tools usage cases of Social Studies teachers differ according to gender, tenure, and place of work. The survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used with the random sampling method. The data obtained in the study were analyzed via the SPSS 20 package program. Data analysis was conducted with 607 Social Studies teachers. According to the findings obtained from the research, digital literacy competency levels by gender; courseware usage status by gender, tenure, and place of work showed a significant difference. It was observed that digital literacy competence did not make a significant difference according to the workplace and tenure. Furthermore, it has been observed that digital literacy competence affects the use case of courseware.