Information technologies, students'e-skills and diversity of learning process

Adel Ben Youssef (1) , Mounir Dahmani (2) , Nessrine Omrani (2)

1 GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion
2 ADIS - Analyse des Dynamiques Industrielles et Sociales

Driven by Information Technologies (IT), universities are making in depth changes to the nature and form of learning processes, which are intended to better prepare students for entry into the labour market. In this paper, we focus on the evolution of students' use of IT in an institution characterized by organizational changes, and we analyse the determinants of students' e-skills using a sample set of French university students. We show that students' involvement in the use of IT increases their e-skills. IT learning by doing and IT learning by using also increase some categories of students' e-skills. In addition, collaborative and cooperative learning are positively associated with students' advanced e-skills.

Mots clés: Higher education; Information technologies use; E-skills; New organizational practices; Collaborative learning

Domaines: Economies et finances

Adel Ben Youssef, Mounir Dahmani, Nessrine Omrani. Information technologies, students'e-skills and diversity of learning process. Education and Information Technologies, 2013, pp.1-19. ⟨10.1007/s10639-013-9272-x⟩. ⟨halshs-00937145⟩