Student`s digital literacy questionnaire

The evolution and widespread use of digital technologies in our lives led to the usual social practice transformation and creation of their digital equivalents across the world. This was followed by the digital transformation of education. One way to assess the effectiveness of these changes is to assess the digital literacy of the subjects in the educational process. Digital literacy is one of the main factors in successful involvement in online learning. Different studies are focusing on different aspects of digital literacy, so there are a lot of different definitions and ways to figure out its structure. The purpose of the article is to combine existing ideas about students’ digital literacy and to test a psychological methodology for its assessment. The methodology included 19 items to evaluate four groups of digital literacy skills — data analysis skills, information management skills, digital equipment setup skills, and software skills. At the time of the socio-psychological survey, 100% of respondents were studying remotely using digital technologies. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (n = 500; 69% women; M = 28 yrs., SD = 10 yrs.) results showed that the four-factor structure explains more (53%) than the two- (43%) and one- factor (34%) structures. This is in line with the theoretical model that the methodology is based on, and there are high signs of internal consistency (above 0.7). The correlation analysis (n = 103; 64% women; M = 21 yrs., SD = 4 yrs.) revealed that all components of digital literacy are positively related to a person’s social capital. This is in line with what other studies have found. Therefore, it is recommended to use a four-factor framework for assessing the student’s digital literacy.