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December 8, 2025ComputersOpen Access

Digital Literacy in Higher Education: Examining University Students’ Competence in Online Information Practices

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MGMaria Sofia GeorgopoulouCTChristos TroussasAKAkrivi Krouska

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Overview

This assessment reveals gaps in digital literacy skills among university students, suggesting the need for enhanced digital citizenship training.

Key Points

  • To evaluate university students' digital literacy levels and their competencies in online information practices.
  • Developed a quiz-type questionnaire based on frameworks like DigComp 2.2 and Eshet-Alkalai’s model.
  • Assessed self-perceived and applied competences in evaluating information and engaging with digital technologies.
  • Focused on challenges such as deepfake detection and misinformation.
  • Most students recognize criteria for evaluating online content.
  • Significant gaps exist in consistent application of evaluation criteria.
  • Minimal differences in digital literacy skills were observed by department and year of study.

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Georgopoulou et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/693624ce4fa91c937236cd42https://doi.org/10.3390/computers14120528
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