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Following modern trends and listening to the needs of education, economy and society, a new study program for undergraduate and master's studies at the Faculty of Education in Sombor of the University of Novi Sad titled Digital Education was accredited. The goal of this study program is to train an educational profile that will be professional help and support for teachers in the application of information-communication technologies (ICT) while teaching. Having in mind that this profile possesses the necessary knowledge in the field of digital technologies on the one hand and all the necessary pedagogical, psychological, and teaching methodology knowledge on the other hand, the Digital Education study program meets the challenges of modern education.
The goal of the research presented in this paper aimsis to exploreexamine and determine the digital literacydegree of studentsdigital competence of teachers and the level of capability for independent use of ICT, as well as to determine their attitudes toward the introduction of a professional associate into educational practice, who would be a help and support to teachers in applying ICT. In the research carried out in primary and secondary schools in the first gradeterritory of primaryVojvodina, school.which is an autonomous region within the Republic of Serbia, a survey method and an anonymous survey questionnaire were used. The researchquestionnaire samplewas consistsfilled out by 240 teacher participants. During the research, a modified Likert scale with multiple choice questions was used.
The results of 104 students from northwestern Croatia. They were invited to fill out the self-assessment questionnaire consisting of eleven items including statements about their gender, place of residence (rural or urban), and simple yes/no statements concerning their knowledge of using the computer hardware and software. The research results show that most teachers have a satisfactory level of digital competence which they have acquired through some form of informal education and that more than 90% of the participants use modern technologies for the purpose of preparing lessons and teaching. However, the majority of participants believe that the introduction of an expert associate in the application of ICT would be extremely helpful for teaching Furthermore, the majority of participants believe that the introduction of an expert associate in the application of ICT would be extremely helpful for higher quality teaching, which implies the use of digital technologies in full capacity. Also, the results of the research indicate that the participants are not familiar with the accreditation of the Digital Education study program, as well as that they support the accreditation and consider it useful. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that in educational practice there is a statisticallyreal significant difference in respondents’ askingneed for parents’ or guardians' permission to use a computer by gender (χ2=4.27, df=1, p=0.039). There are more female respondents (81.3%) than male respondents (60.7%) who ask their parents or guardians for permission to use the computer. Mostaccreditation of the respondentsDigital (88.5%)Education knowstudy howprogram, as well as for increased efforts to turnpromote on/off computers, 87.5% of respondents know how to write a text using a computer, and 94.2% of respondents know how to make a drawing using a computer. 94.2% of respondents know how to use the Internet and there is a statistically significant difference by the place of residence (χ2=4.63, df=1, p=0.031). There are more urban respondents (100.0%) than rural respondents (88.2%) who know how to search the internet. Most of the respondents (91.3%) understand and apply the rules of conduct on the internet.it.
Most respondents (87.5%) self-assess themselves as having acquired the learning outcomes specified in the information-communication technology curriculum.
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