The investigation of correlation between the undergraduate students? usage of web 2.0 technology and perceptions of information literacy self ? efficacy

Nowadays, `information literacy? concept, one of the most important way of handling increasing and complex knowledge, and fast developing technology have earned a very important place in educational system. This study aims to determine the correlation between undergraduate students? perceived information literacy self-efficacy and the usage of Web 2.0 technology. The sample composed from 2776 undergraduate students in various faculties of Dokuz Eylul University in 2010-Fall term. The faculties are Buca Faculty of Education, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Business Administrative, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Medicine. These students are selected randomly. The data were collected through a paper based survey. In the first part of the survey there are ten items about personal information. The second is about the usage of Web 2.0 technologies. The third part is about the usage of Web 2.0 technologies applications. The last part includes 28 related to information literacy self-efficacy. The data were required in research were tested in SPSS 15 program by means of percent, frequency, mean, t- test, One way ANOVA. The results showed that the correlation between undergraduate students? information literacy self-efficacy and the usage of Web 2.0 technologies is positive and significant. There are significant differences in the undergraduate students? information literacy self efficacy means according to foreign language level, computer availability , internet usage level, web 2.0 technology usage level, web 2.0 technology applications usage level.