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Assessing the graphic questionnaire used in digital literacy training.
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT. Vilnius University. (KIR)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3412-2420
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4941-8443
Vilnius University.
2019 (English)In: Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, ISSN 1547-5840, E-ISSN 1547-5867, ISSN 1547-5840, Vol. 16, p. 113-126Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Aim/Purpose: To capture digital training experiences, the paper introduces a novel data collection method – a graphic questionnaire. It aims to demonstrate the opportunities and limitations of this tool for collecting feedback from socially disadvantaged participants of digital literacy training about their progress.Background: In training of digital skills for disadvantaged audiences through informal educational interventions, it is important to get sufficient knowledge on factors that lead to their progress in the course of training. There are many tools to measure the achievements of formal education participants, but assessing the effectiveness of informal digital skills training is researched less. The paper introduces a small-scale case study of the training programme aimed at the developing of reading and digital skills among the participants from three socially disadvantaged groups – people with hearing impairments, children from low income families, and elderly persons. The impact of the training on participants was evaluated using different tools, including a short graphic questionnaire to capture the perceptions of the participants after each training.Methodology: We performed a thematic analysis of graphic questionnaires collected after each training session to determine how the students perceived their progress in developing literacy and digital skills.Contribution The findings of the paper can assist in designing assessment of digital literacy programmes that focus not only on final results, but also on the process of gaining digital skills and important factors that facilitate progress.Findings: The graphic questionnaire allowed the researchers to get insights into the perception of acquired skills and progressive achievements of the participants through rich self-reports of attitudes, knowledge gained, and activities during training sessions. However, the graphic questionnaire format did not allow the collection of data about social interaction and cooperation that could be important in learning.

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2019. Vol. 16, p. 113-126
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digital literacy, assessment, graphic questionnaire
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Information Studies
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Library and Information Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-21782DOI: 10.28945/4301OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-21782DiVA, id: diva2:1355244
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Digital reading for diminishing digital divideAvailable from: 2019-09-27 Created: 2019-09-27 Last updated: 2019-10-08Bibliographically approved

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