Yarmouk University Students’ Awareness of Their Digital Practice and its Relationship to Their Citizenship Values

Abstract

The present study aimed at identifying Yarmouk university students’ awareness of their digital practices and its  relationship to students’ citizenship values. To achieve the aims of the study, a qualitative approach was employed.  To collect the needed data, this study relied on a semi-structured interview, an available sample of digital Yarmouk University students’ community who used the digital social media tools, and access to various sources of digital information and knowledge. Interviews were conducted during the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017. The obtained data were analyzed using qualitative research procedures that are mentioned by Oliver (2000). A number of main categories and sub-categories characterized students’ awareness of their digital practices and their impact on students’ citizenship values were generated. Based on the study’s results and diccussion, some remarkable conclusions and suggestions were presented. These concclusions might represent edu-cational indicators that lead to enhance the universities students’ digital practices