Student's level of ICT literacy by study groups on Faculty of Philosophy, University of Mostar

The past decade has brought an increasing rate of ICT use for learning, teaching, research and communication and has led to significant changes in student characteristics, needs and expectations. Development in these areas changes student profile everyday, which have prompted many universities to reconsider the quality of ICT literacy they provide to students. For this purpose, a study was conducted among students, which was used to determine level of ICT literacy of some study groups. The study involved 807 students. Since there are great combinations of two-subject study groups we considered only those that include more than 80% of students attended some type of ICT courses, groups that include 40% to 60%, and groups with less than 20% of students attended such courses. Respondents anonymously accessed the questionnaire, which consisted of 15 questions. Correct answers on a test were treated as total score, i.e. simple linear combination. Therefore, the differences among the 7 analysed groups were tested according to their overall result on the test. The results are interpreted in the context of the level of presence of ICT courses during the education. There was a statistically significant difference in the level of ICT literacy among the different study groups.