Use of informal knowledge sources and net generation

Pupils have always had access to different types of skills but nowadays, pupils are rapidly becoming powerful Internet users. If knowledge is also acquired outside the formal education system, most frequently on the Internet, then pupils will have access to a broad scale of educational locations, digital libraries, digital books, various educational portals, cyber cafes and similar places. In short, pupils have numerous possibilities for using informal sources of learning. For all these reasons it was necessary to research in detail whether pupils from Serbia (N=930) outside the formal education system, via informal learning (by using informal knowledge sources), acquire the knowledge and skills relevant for using modern IT technologies and also to determine the factors which influence the level of pupils' information literacy. On the basis of the research results it can be firmly claimed that the respondents confirmed, that their knowledge of using computers, software, the Internet, mobile phones and new digital technologies was acquired by using informal knowledge sources.