DEVELOPING ISNTRUMENTS AND SOFTWARE FOR MEASURING THE LECTURES’ AND STUDENTS’ DIGITAL SKILLS

Abstract

The government expects higher education in Indonesia to play an important role in developing competent, professional and skilled human resources to meet the needs of industry and society in the 21st century. E-learning is considered the most appropriate solution for the government's future efforts. However, the benefits of e-learning can only be obtained if lecturers (as course developers) and students (as users) have the necessary digital skills (KD) and use them appropriately. Currently, in the world, including in Indonesia of course, there is no standard instrument that can be used to determine digital skills indicators according to UNESCO's Digital Literacy Global Framework (UNESCO, 2019). According to UNESCO, the two constructs that need to be measured to determine a person's KD are Collecting and Managing Information and Producing and Exchanging Information with three and four aspects respectively. In addition, so that the results are valid and reliable, it is recommended that measurements should be administered in three different ways on the same individual, namely Performance Assessment, Knowledge-Based Assessment, and Self-Assessment. This research focuses on creating a KD instrument to measure the KD of lecturers and students using three different methods for the same individual. From the results of research using the unpaired t test or its alternative and profile analysis, it is known that the KD of lecturers and students is significantly different in Knowledge Based Assessment but not for the others. From the results of this research, it is also known that differences in KD are largely determined by the demographic factors involved in this research.