A Study on the Information Literacy of the Faculty Members of IAU Region One

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Said Ahmad  Hashemi ¹ (استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد لامرد)
Abuzar  Hemmati ² (عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد لامرد)
Abolfazl  Abbasi ³ (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه شیراز)

Received: 2012-12-21 Accepted : 2012-12-21 Published : 2013-02-01

Keywords: Information literacy, faculty members, ICT, Islamic Azad University Region One,

Abstract :

The present research aimed at studying the degree of faculty members’ information literacy in Islamic Azad Universities of region 1. It was conducted to find a solution to improve this skill. Faculty members’ skills in using ICT were evaluated using ICCS and ICDL indexes. It was a descriptive-survey research. The statistical population included all the faculty members (2131 people) in 2011-2012 academic year. Based on Morgan table, 325 instructors were selected through random cluster sampling method. A researcher-made questionnaire was used for data gathering. Its validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was estimated 0/834 using Cronbach Alpha coefficient. Data analysis was done through SPSS software. In addition, both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data, such as, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-sample t test and one-way ANOVA. The findings showed that faculty members’ information literacy based on ICCS index was average and that of ICDL index was above average level. Also, their skill in using E-Journals was below average.