Hina Amin|Muhammad Abid Malik|Bülent Akkaya
Development and Validation of Digital Literacy Scale (DLS) and its Implication for Higher Education
Virtual University of Pakistan|Manisa Celal Bayar University
study aimes develop validate digital literacy scale dls based chens 2015 theoretical framework includes nine dimensions communication collaboration critical thinking creativity citizenship character curation copyright connectedness question pool consisting 62 items based nine dimensions digital literacy generated 5point likerttype scale content validity question pool sought experts terms clarity items language understanding relevance spss amos used statistical analysis using sample 349 university students exploratory factor analysis employed reliability analysis construct validation factor structure scale efa confirms nine dimensions however items deleted process finally confirmatory factor analysis employed check reliability validity factor structure using second sample n442 cfa showed values within acceptable range kaisermeyerolkin 0886 total variance explained 6287 cronbach alpha 0894 goodness fit 0924 thus standardized dls consisting 36 items 9 factors communication copyright critical thinking character citizenship curation connectedness creativity collaboration finalized dls psychometrically sound reliable valid measurement tool used measure digital literacy