Fazilat Siddiq|Ronny Scherer|Jo Tondeur
Teachers' emphasis on developing students' digital information and communication skills (TEDDICS): A new construct in 21st century education
University of Oslo|University of Oslo|Ghent University
main aim study validate instrument measure teachers emphasis development students digital information communication skills teddics construct describes qualitative aspect ict use beyond mere frequency reports teddics conceptualized focusing digital skills accessing evaluating sharing communicating digital information validated teddics respect factorial structure relations teacherrelated variables eg ict selfefficacy background characteristics age gender main subject differences norwegian international computer information literacy study icils 2013 teacher sample n 1072 showed teddics comprises three factors identified exploratory structural equation modeling esem b positively related ict selfefficacy frequency ict use perceived usefulness ict c differs across main subjects across gender groups addressing research aims show esem represents teddics appropriately confirmatory factor analysis results provide strong evidence construct validity point importance looking degree teachers emphasize digital skills classrooms beyond frequency using ict