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This paper aims to address the preparation of students for their digital skills in relation to media literacy and information technology. The research was conducted at the country level with students aged 11-15 years with 600 respondents from primary and secondary schools in Kosovo. The results show that most of them believe that the inclusion of t...
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... statistics (Eurostat) also show that Kosovo remains one of the countries with high Internet usage. According to the results in Table 1, Kosovo remains the country with the highest usage in the Western Balkans. Moreover, they show that Kosovo has an Internet usage higher than the average of European Union countries [14]. ...Similar publications
Youth participation, Social Services, Civil Society, Inclusion, Western Balkans, Kosovo
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... Several European Union countries present basic notions and limited content about media and journalism in their current educational models (Petranová et al., 2017;Qerimi et al., 2023), often preferring practical activities instead of active learning about the media. The lack of opportunities for critical reflection and skills development makes it impossible for young people to discern the veracity of information and dubious sources. ...
... As essential skills for young people, improving critical thinking skills, adequate information filtering, and recognizing online threats are highlighted. These skills must be cultivated in individuals from an early age and as pointed out by interviewees, for this to happen it is necessary to rethink education models, which currently teach basic notions about the media and journalism (Petranová et al., 2017;Qerimi et al., 2023). If the academic curricula do not have courses focused on critical reflection and analysis of misinformation, young people will have difficulty achieving a high ML level. ...
The widespread dissemination of contradictory information through various media platforms can increase anxiety and confusion among younger generations. This highlights the need to promote Media Literacy (ML) skills, enabling them to evaluate online information's validity critically. Video game-based learning can be valuable in this context, fostering active learning and critical thinking. Therefore, developing and sharing innovative resources like interactive content and video games is crucial to enhancing young people's ML skills and resilience to disinformation. The YO-MEDIA project, involving three universities in Italy, Portugal, and Spain and a journalist association, aims to develop ML in young people during times of crisis (e.g., pandemics and wars) through game-based learning strategies and professional training. The project carried out 29 semi-structured interviews in the partner countries with various stakeholders to understand perspectives on media design practices and ML formulation for young people in crises. These interviews aimed to collect education and media professionals' insights on promoting ML and critical thinking among youth during crises. It also seeks to gather best practices and understand these professionals' challenges when fostering ML among youth. This study's findings suggest that the interviewees deem ML vital for distinguishing accurate information from misinformation during crises, especially relevant for young individuals. Essential skills for these young people include critical thinking, filtering information, and recognizing online threats. Effective strategies involve operating within digital environments frequented by young people, encouraging critical thinking, and nurturing collaboration. Professionals face challenges such as a lack of training, engaging young people's attention, and keeping pace with digital environments. The interviewees also emphasized the importance of ML training for informal educators and media professionals. They recommended Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for their flexibility and accessibility. According to the interviewees, an ML game should involve research, interpretation, and decision-making processes and be accessible to young people with disabilities. They identified several ML projects and resources, including multimedia labs, youth parliaments, and critical thinking tools. This study contributes to developing games that promote critical thinking and ML in young people. It also aids in establishing ongoing professional training in ML for informal educators, teachers, media professionals, and other stakeholders.
... No.4 Novemeber, 2023 290 skills education has three levels: citizenship, innovation, and competitiveness and eight competences, including identity, usage, safety, security, emotional intelligence, literacy, communication and rights. (13,14) Maintaining privacy, creating secure passwords for online accounts, and avoiding using apps or websites that request personal information are all forms of digital skills. It is crucial to use security software that can close security gaps that can be exploited, create a backup copy of the information stored on electronic devices, respect other people's opinions, encourage parents to closely monitor their children's' use of social media, and alert parents if their children become victims of online extortion. ...
... Parental engagement is essential for building trust, healthy connections with their children and preventing crimes. (14,15) Education of parents, children, teachers and all community are essential in building longterm approaches to manage social media misuse and prevent electronic extortion. (16) Significance of the study: Social media misuse can cause multiple dangers for children including digital extortion, sexual assault, loss of trust, social isolation, suicidal thoughts and general decline of children's wellbeing (17) Electronic extortion has recently become a dangerous phenomenon affecting mainly younger children and adolescents, as they are the most influential by using electronic communication sites that become their daily practice for long hours with absence of family role. ...
Electronic extortion is one of the most deadly crimes faces young children and associated with social media misuse. Parents and all society have the responsibility to protect children from digital crimes. The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of educational guidelines about social media misuse and electronic extortion on knowledge, attitudes and digital skills of school age children. Subjects and Method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized. Subjects: A stratified simple random sampling of 200 students from three schools, Ali Mubarak Elementary School, Sabarbay Preparatory School and Elsadat Secondary School affiliated to Tanta City at Gharbeya Governorate. Three tools were used: Tool I: Students' knowledge assessment sheet, Tool II: Students' attitudes toward social media misuse and electronic extortion and Tool III: Students' digital skills reported questionnaire. The results: 86.6% of children had low knowledge level, 48% had positive attitude towards social media misuse and 77% had unsatisfactory digital skills before educational guidelines while 93% of children had high knowledge level, the majority of them had positive attitude and satisfactory digital skills after guidelines with positive correlation between students' knowledge, attitudes and digital skills The study concluded that the educational guidelines enhances students' knowledge, attitudes, and digital skills regarding social media misuse and electronic extortion. The study recommended that regular seminars should be held at schools to educate students the potential effects of social media and protection of electronic extortion.
... No.4 Novemeber, 2023 290 skills education has three levels: citizenship, innovation, and competitiveness and eight competences, including identity, usage, safety, security, emotional intelligence, literacy, communication and rights. (13,14) Maintaining privacy, creating secure passwords for online accounts, and avoiding using apps or websites that request personal information are all forms of digital skills. It is crucial to use security software that can close security gaps that can be exploited, create a backup copy of the information stored on electronic devices, respect other people's opinions, encourage parents to closely monitor their children's' use of social media, and alert parents if their children become victims of online extortion. ...
... Parental engagement is essential for building trust, healthy connections with their children and preventing crimes. (14,15) Education of parents, children, teachers and all community are essential in building longterm approaches to manage social media misuse and prevent electronic extortion. (16) Significance of the study: Social media misuse can cause multiple dangers for children including digital extortion, sexual assault, loss of trust, social isolation, suicidal thoughts and general decline of children's wellbeing (17) Electronic extortion has recently become a dangerous phenomenon affecting mainly younger children and adolescents, as they are the most influential by using electronic communication sites that become their daily practice for long hours with absence of family role. ...
... In summary, the implementation of this educational research methods system and the validation of the didactic model represent a significant advancement in higher education in Colombia [32]. These findings lay the groundwork for future research in the field of academic text comprehension and knowledge management [33] in the university context, which can contribute to improving the quality of higher education in the country. ...
Academic literacy is a crucial aspect of education, yet assessing it remains a challenge for universities in knowledge management. This research focuses on how to support Colombian university students in understanding academic texts in virtual learning environments. To address this issue and fill a gap in the literature, the main objective of this study is to propose a model for assessing academic literacy in virtual learning environments, using the Delphi method as a validation tool. A panel of language experts from various Latin American countries was convened to ensure a diverse and representative perspective of the region for this study. The research involved the participation of 15 experts with doctoral degrees from different countries, which allowed for a broad and heterogeneous perspective on academic literacy in virtual learning contexts in Latin America. Each of the participants contributed their knowledge and experience in the language area. In the results, ten key elements were identified and distributed in different subconstructs that allow for a comprehensive evaluation and improvement of academic competence in virtual learning environments. The identification of these elements provides teachers and university management personnel with a reliable and precise tool for evaluating students’ competence levels in virtual learning environments and designing effective pedagogical strategies to improve their academic performance.
... The digital era changes how students learn; they now prefer to read or teach materials via the internet/online (Hendikawati et al., 2019). Dealing with this, it is necessary to seek a solution to implementing learning that supports changes in these ways of learning (Qerimi et al., 2023;Sumarmi, Irawan, & Aliman, 2021). The solutions developed also need to pay attention to the characteristics of the material and students to provide a contemporary learning atmosphere through changes in student learning styles (Syahri et al., 2021;Grothaus, Dolch, & Zawacki-Richter, 2021). ...
The digital era triggers innovation in the learning process where currently, students prefer to find and learn learning resources through the internet/online technology. Microlearning-oriented explainer video media is one solution to accommodate changes in the current way of learning. This research aims to develop and implement microlearning-oriented explainer videos in robotics courses in higher education on a limited scale. The research used the Plomp development model to create explainer videos. The resulting explainer video media is tested for validity, practicality, and effectiveness. The results revealed that the explainer video media that had been developed got excellent results in the aspects of validity and practicality, while the results of testing the effectiveness of the media in the classroom and tested statistically that there were differences in learning achievement between before and after using explainer video media in robotics learning materials. Increased learning achievement of robotics learning materials is evidence of increased student activity and enthusiasm in learning so that learning outcomes can be fulfilled.
The development of information technology have an impact on cyber crimes such as identity theft, fraud, and misuse of personal data. One of the crimes, abuse of personal data is doxing. It was an illegal act to spreading action people's personal information or data without permission and creates dangerous situations, humiliation, harassment, or other adverse which can lead to spoilage of the victims. The act of doxing or disseminating personal data has recently increased, especially among journalists. Doxing is a transmission system of personal data conducted by journalists legally. The freedom of journalists who compose and develop news to encourage misuse of personal data. In this case, we are interested in studying the legal basis of doxing and personal data dissemination in Indonesia, with the objectives: first, does the regulation of distributing personal data (doxing) in the Electronic Information and Transaction Law encounter the doxing typology? second How is the reformulation of the criminal law policy on the act of spreading personal data (doxing) in fulfilling the doxing typology? This research adopted normative legal research and used a statutory approach, conceptual approach, and comparative approach. The results showed that the act of doxing in the ITE Law does not regulate it according to the doxing typology. Therefore, there is a need to reform criminal law policies in the ITE. It can also be through the Bill of Personal Data Protection. The government must compose a regulation on disseminating personal data or doxing in the Law concerning Electronic Information and transactions.
