Capitalizing on digital literacy skills for capacity development of people who are not in education, employment or training in South Africa

Matli, Walter; Ngoepe, Mpho

doi:10.1080/20421338.2019.1624008

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“…Rather, ICT training programs are more strongly associated with e-government services utilization. The results align/are consistent with previous findings (Bach et al, 2018;Matli & Ngoepe, 2020) that ICT skills increase digital competency and improve job searching skills. Citizens' engagement in ICT training programs can increase the success of e-government services and expedite Note: Similar test marks overlapped the dot point digital inclusion in a developing society.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Such activities are significant for continuing to refine ICT development so that the digital divide does not escalate (McKenna et al, 2017). The digital divide issue also includes the willingness of citizens to use e-government services regardless of the afforded access to service (Matli & Ngoepe, 2020). M-learning is the emerging trend in Pakistan, and higher education institutions are also offering mobile education.…”

Section: Emerging Mobile Learning Paradigm and Ict Access In Developimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have introduced a whole range of new services to individuals, businesses, and governments in terms of modern technological progression, economic growth, improving welfare services, and even how politics are conducted (Cruz-Jesus et al, 2016;Zhao et al, 2007). ICT is considered a skilled category; therefore, deficiency of ICT skills can create discrimination among people in certain societies (Matli & Ngoepe, 2020). Digital competency and mobile learning (m-learning) are conceptualized as the most significant factor for digital social inclusion and realization of citizens' formation towards a modern knowledge society.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Governments around the globe are in a quest for successful egovernment services. In this pursuit, one of the most significant barriers to e-government resilience is insufficient training. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of ICT training programs on the success of e-government services to improve digital competency along with decreasing the digital divide concerning developing societies. The pragmatic research process served as a baseline of this study, and a quasi-experimental research approach was implemented for testing the control group. The results of e-government training revealed a significant increase in the trainees' self-efficacy regarding the use of egovernment applications. This study proved that e-government ICT training programs directed at citizens can create a positive impact in conjunction with increasing digital literacy. Such training programs could also lessen the digital divide, enrich citizens' potential, and promote more equitable usage of public services in developing societies.

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2020

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“…There are a number of definitions, in the body of scholarship, of digital literacy and computer literacy. Some authors see digital literacy as an ability (Law et al 2018;Matli & Ngoepe 2020), some see it as a set of competencies (Leaning 2019) and some see it as a set of skills (UNESCO 2011).…”

Section: Digital Literacy As Overarching Computer Literacymentioning

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Self-directed multimodal learning within a context of transformative open education

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2021

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“…It is concluded that digital literacy is one of the skills which remains critical for work seekers (especially for young people belonging to NEET) to increase their chances of achieving continuous work opportunities, and eventually obtain employment (Matli & Ngoepe, 2020;Luka et al, 2019). There is a positive association between population skills and economic growth (OECD, 2015; Hawkes & Ugur, 2012; Hulten, 2017).…”

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Professional and educational activity of youth in the digital economy

Madej-Kurzawa

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Węgrzyn

2021

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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The paper is aimed to rank countries similar in terms of selected diagnostic variables: in terms of digital competencies held and variables related to the youth professional activity. The method of descriptive and statistical analysis, including comparative analysis, is used in the study. The paper also uses cluster analysis. The conducted analysis included the empirical material referring to the youth at the age of 15-29 taken from the Eurostat database. The research period is 2011–2019. The analysis by type of educational and professional activity of young people conducted in the EU member countries allowed the identification of four groups of countries, differing in the levels of both the NEET rate (Neither in employment nor in education or training) and the digital skills. The digital skills have been additionally grouped into competences in the field of information, communication, problem-solving and programming skills. The group of countries with the lowest NEET rate proved to include those where young people presented high levels of digital skills in all the dimensions analyzed. The study shows that acquiring digital competencies enables young people to participate in communities and gives them a better chance for professional activity.

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Capitalizing on digital literacy skills for capacity development of people who are not in education, employment or training in South Africa

Cited by 38 publications

References 12 publications

Strengthening digital inclusion through e-government: cohesive ICT training programs to intensify digital competency

Strengthening digital inclusion through e-government: cohesive ICT training programs to intensify digital competency

Self-directed multimodal learning within a context of transformative open education

Professional and educational activity of youth in the digital economy

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