Level of digital competences among young adults from the Baltic countries in an era of globalization
ENIn the age of globalization and continuous changes in the world of new digital technologies, its digital competences are an important element of human functioning. It consists of Internet competences and computer competences. These digital competences impact on the effectiveness of human activity in the online world. In the age of globalization, they also determine how to meet daily needs. Taking into account the above, an international study was carried out in 2015 among young adults in the Baltic countries. It involved students from Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. The aim was to determine the level of digital (Internet and computer) competences of the respondents. In addition to these competences, the level of social competences of the respondents was also examined. The relationships that exist between the digital competences and the social unit were defined too. The study covered 1048 students, including 690 women and 322 men over the age of 18. They were made by the method of diagnostic survey. It uses the online survey technique, and the research was conducted using the portal Ankietka.pl. The project included the Matczak’s Social Competences Questionnaire (KKS) and the list of digital competences (Internet and computer) prepared in the framework of EUROSTAT's statistical surveys in Europe. Research has determined that there is a statistically significant difference between the groups representing individual nations (Lithuanian, Polish, Latvian), in terms of digital skills and social competences.
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