The relationship between digital literacy and heutagogy learning: a pilot study among college students in Indonesia
ISSN: 0143-5124
Article publication date: 2 May 2023
Issue publication date: 28 June 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to describe digital literacy (DL) and heutagogy and examine the relationship between the two.
Design/methodology/approach
This study employed a quantitative approach using a survey method. The respondents were students at a college in Indonesia. The respondents were students at a college in Indonesia. Data were collected using a questionnaire distributed to students via a Google form. Furthermore, the data were processed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
Findings
From a demographic profile, the study describes that students choose Google to search for information rather than to the library, the most used gadget is a smartphone, the average access to information is 2–7 h per day and the purpose of information access is to do assignments. The results of the statistical tests show there is a relationship between heutagogy learning and DL.
Research limitations/implications
This study will help policymakers to develop DL in a vocational school.
Originality/value
This research will contribute to the improvement and implementation of heutagogy learning emphasis on a DL case study in Indonesia. This research can assist policymakers in preparing DL skills in heutagogy learning in vocational school. This research will add new literature, methodology and framework on heutagogy learning and DL to library and information management field.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank everyone who participated in the survey and contributed their ideas and thoughts to this research, especially students who volunteered their time to answer the questionnaire. The authors thank the Faculty of Vocational Studies, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia and the Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
Citation
Mannan, E.F., Nurpratama, M.R., Shuhidan, S.M. and Masrek, M.N. (2023), "The relationship between digital literacy and heutagogy learning: a pilot study among college students in Indonesia", Library Management, Vol. 44 No. 3/4, pp. 246-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-06-2022-0062
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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