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Graduation Term
Spring 2025
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations: Educational Administration
Committee Chair
Lydia Kyei-Blankson
Committee Member
John Rugutt
Committee Member
Christina Hild
Abstract
This quantitative research study examined the effect of digital citizenship training on middle school students’ proper handling of their school-issued devices, online behavior and technology use.
The research questions were:
- What effect does the digital citizenship training have on students’ understanding of how to take care of their school-issued device?
- What effect does the digital citizenship training have on students’ online behavior?
- What effect does the digital citizenship training have on the number of technology incidents?
Data was collected from 156 sixth-grade students from April 15, 2024, to May 13, 2024, through surveys. Students’ technology incidents were also gathered from One2One, the school’s device management system, and Skyward, the school’s student information system. In addition, information about student access to technology was collected through student self-reported surveys. The data collected for this study were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-tests in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 29 software. Finding from the study show that explicit digital citizenship training does have an effect students device care, online behaviors, and technology use. This study has implications for school leaders and educators as it shows explicit digital citizenship instruction can have an impact on students, helping them become better digital citizens, in turn having greater access to technology and therefore greater equity to curriculum.
KEYWORDS: technology, digital citizenship, digital equity
Access Type
Dissertation-ISU Access Only
Recommended Citation
Gibson, Amanda, "Improving Device Care, Online Behavior and Technology Use: The Impact of Digital Citizenship Training on Students in a Midwestern Middle School" (2025). Theses and Dissertations. 2119.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/2119
