The Role of Digital Communication in University  Learning from the point of View of Students of History and Geography Deparments

Al-Shafei, Sadiq; Kazem Al-Hamdani, Mohammed

doi:10.21608/edusohag.2019.55880

The Role of Digital Communication in University Learning from the point of View of Students of History and Geography Deparments

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ College of Education for Humanities

² Faculty of Basic Education University of Babylon

10.21608/edusohag.2019.55880

Abstract

The present study aims at:-
1. Estimating the role of digital communication in universities from the point of view of students of History and Geography deparments, college of Education for humanities.
2. Knowing the ranking of the domaims of digital communication accorging to responses of the sample of the study.
3. Discovering the differences in the responses of the study sample accorging to gender variable ( male - female).
4. Discovering the differences in the responses of the sample study according to Department variable (History - Geography).
The study sample cobsists of all students in the deparments of History and Geography, College of Education for humanities, morning study. The sample covers (814) students (male - female). The researchers randomly choose (204) students (male - female), which represent 25% of the whole sample.                    To achieve the aims of the study, a questionnaire is used to know the domains of digital communication in university learning. The questionnaire cobsists of (21)items divided into three domains (social, cultural, and gnostic). Results obtained though spss for social sciences. Results show that there are three domains for digital communication. They are social, cultural, and gnostic. Results state that the social domain got the first place in ranking the three domain. Gnostic domain got the second place and the cultural domain has the third place. Results showed no statistical differences accorging to gender variable (male - female) while there is statistical differences accorging to deparment variable (History - Geography),and for the sake of Geography department students. According to the results the researchers present some recommondations and suggestions.

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