Digital Competence and Openness to Experience as Predictors of Learning ‎Agility among University Students ‎

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Tanta University college of education

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  The current research aims to explore the relation between learning agility, digital competence and openness to experience, and identifying the dimensions of  digital competence and openness to experience that can predict learning agility among University Students, as well as examining the differences between students in learning agility and digital competence according to gender (male/female) and academic specialization (scientific/literary). 
  The current research aims to explore the relation between learning agility, digital competence and openness to experience, and identifying the dimensions of  digital competence and openness to experience that can predict learning agility among University Students, as well as examining the differences between students in learning agility and digital competence according to gender (male/female) and academic specialization (scientific/literary). 
The research sample consists of (374) male and female students  at faculty of education Tanta university. The research used the following tools: digital competence scale and openness to experience scale (edited by the researcher) and learning agility scale developed by (Sung, 2021) and translated into Arabic by the researcher to measure the current research variables. The current research used Pearson Correlation, Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis, and Factor Analysis. The results showed that there is a significant statistical positive correlation between learning agility (sub-dimensions and total score) and each of the digital competence (sub-dimensions and total score) and openness to experience (sub-dimensions and total score).It also found no significant statistical differences in digital competence and learning agility according to gender (male/female) and academic specialization (scientific/literary). As it was possible to predict the learning agility of the research sample through openness to experience dimensions (curiosity, accepting diversity, the desire to renew) and digital competence dimensions (evaluate; access, search, find; combine, solve, protect).

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