Digital Citizenship Skills of Students in Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study and 2) to compare level of digital citizenship skills of students, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat university classified by gender and faculty. The sample was 377 students of year 1-4, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat university. The sample size was determined by Yamane’s .05, gaining from multi-stage sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire with discrimination of 0.45 – 0.98 and reliability of 0.77. The data was analyzed using percentage, mean ("X" ̅), standard deviation (S.D.), statistical hypothesis test (T-test), one way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA), and post hoc test using LSD and Tamhane methods. The results found the digital citizenship skills of students, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat university was totally at a high level ("X" ̅ = 4.09, S.D. = 0.26) considering each area from higher to lower including: 1) digital empathy, 2) screen time management, 3) critical thinking, 4) cyberbullying management, 5) digital citizen identity, 6) privacy management, 7) digital footprint, and 8) cybersecurity management. The comparison of level in digital citizenship skills classified by gender and faculty was statistically significant difference at the .05 level.