Eastern Mediterranean University Undergraduate Students Perspective on Digital Competence and Academic Literacy

Purpose of this study is to investigate undergraduate students’ perspective on the use of digital competence for academic literacy. This study used 400 EMU undergraduate students comprising of both males and females across all the eleven faculties as sample population. Data were collected with “Digital Competence and Academic Literacy” tool. Data gotten from the instrument were analyzed using frequency, percentage, T-test for testing the significant difference between students’ gender and ANOVA for testing the significant differences between students’ registered faculty. The results from this study indicate that EMU undergraduate students’ have preference for digital content given via multi-modal forms. Additionally, the results also show that there are significant differences in undergraduate perspective on the use of digital competence for academic literacy according to students’ gender and students registered faculty. Keywords: Digital Competence, Digital Literacy, Academic Literacy, Undergraduate Students.