Digital Literacy and Moral Values in the Digital Environments: Secondary Students’ Perceptions

However, the literature also provides much research showing how cyberbullying that ignores many important moral values in the digital environment is common in schools (Cantone et al., 2015). These contradictory results lead us to think that perceptions of MVDE are context-specific, just as moral values in real life cannot be universalized completel... See more

s there a relationship between secondary school students’ perceptions of digital literacy and moral values in digital environments?

esponsibility, commitment, and respect were the moral values inherent in virtual education

the number of studies investigating students’ moral values in digital environments seems scarce

Ethics encompass norms, rules, and values that are external to the individual, such as the norms of a social community (Fransson, 2017). As can be understood from the definitions, morals are personal and prone to change depending on the society and culture, while ethics are a universal and systematic set of guidelines prescribing moral human behavi... See more

important as digital literacy or competence in today’s digital world to be able to operate safely and benefit effectively

In this sense, it could be argued that moral and ethical issues are as

espite the increasing significance of digital literacy as a key competency for becoming a digital citizen or learner in the 21st century, technological developments have brought about various moral and ethical concerns (Buchanan, 2019; Dennis & Harrison, 2021; Reamer, 2017), and traditional norms and moral values have been considered invalid in... See more

the growing demand for virtual learning environments has brought about various challenges, and education institutions have been constrained to meet the demand in terms of quality and quantity, which entails digital literacy