Digital citizenship: student perceptions of the effectiveness of a digital citizenship intervention
Abstract
The impact of a school-wide digital citizenship intervention using a cyber media expert at
raising student awareness of 8 key online behaviours was investigated by using a mixed
methods exploratory approach. A survey (n=20) collecting both quantitative and
qualitative data was distributed to all grade 9 students from one middle school in the
Comox Valley, School District 71. The response rate was 29%. After current literature
was reviewed, a Likert-scale survey was created to identify effectiveness at raising digital
citizenship awareness of 8 key online behaviours involving: privacy settings, chat rooms,
instant messaging, SMS/MMS texting, cellular phone/smart phone privacy, social
networking platforms, cyberbullying/digital peer aggression, and reporting procedures.
The survey also consisted of two open-ended questions which were used to elicit longer
responses for feedback on what students would immediately change after attending the
intervention and feedback on what online topics students would want more information
on in future interventions. The results of this study suggest that a school-wide
intervention was effective at raising student awareness about digital citizenship. Gender
did not play a significant difference among the majority of the online behaviours. Results
to the open ended questions indicated that students were willing to take action to keep
themselves safe online and provided suggestions for future interventions. In addition,
future suggestions for research and implications for policy and practice in schools were
discussed to prepare both educators and students for this digital era.
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