CONSCIOUSNESS OF DIGITAL LITERACY SURROUNDED BY ARTS AND SCIENCE STUDENTS IN CHENNAI DISTRICT, TN

Authors

  • A. Saleem Shabana Tabusum 2 Research Scholar/Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. INDIA 3 Prof. & Head, Dept. Library & Information Science, Periyar University, SALEM, Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Keywords:

Digital Literacy, Arts and Science Students, Computer Knowledge, information Literacy

Abstract

The Impact of electronic environment influenced all sectors of social and economic life; it required imparting training to the user community of academics to retrieve right information at right time.   The present study was undertaken in the Chennai District of Tamil Nadu to understand the digital competency of Arts and Science Students with special reference to three colleges.  Information was gathered the level of use of digital resources and the proficiency in the using digital information.  The questionnaires were distributed among a sample of 300 Arts and Science Students selected at random from three colleges in and Chennai District, of which 224 questionnaires were selected for further Statistical information.

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2014-06-30

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Vol. 3 No. 7 (2014): June 2014

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