Developing the Digital Culture among the Students of Educational Faculties in Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

Abstract

The study was aimed to show the reality of practicing digital culture among students of the Education Faculties at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University from their point of view, and to explain the obstacles and problems facing its implementation, and to monitor the university’s efforts in developing digital culture among its students. To achieve these aims, a descriptive method was used, and the researchers designed a questionnaire consisting of (32) items. It was distributed on three domains, and the sample was chosen randomly from the students of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University (180), and the results revealed that the approval of the students of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University on the reality of the university’s development of digital culture came with a medium degree. As for the university’s efforts to develop a digital culture among students came with a high degree, and the results showed that there are statistically significant differences in the viewpoint of the sample members towards the reality of digital culture among the students of the education faculties at the university according to the gender variable in favor of females, and specialization (in favor of kindergartens), and according to the academic year variable (in favor of the fourth year), the study recommends setting a strategic plan to promote digital culture and digital transformation in the education faculties and to invest modern communication technologies in supporting and developing educational technologies at the university.