Indicator Development of Digital Citizenship in 21st Century For Mahamakut Buddhist University Students (Northeastern)

Abstract

The purposes of the research were: 1) to develop a digital citizenship in 21^st century indicators for Mahamakut Buddhist University Students (Northeastern), and 2) to examine the consistency of the model of digital citizenship indicators in the 21^st century for Mahamakut Buddhist University Students (Northeastern) with empirical data. The research samples consisted of 500 students who have been studying under Mahamakut Buddhist University (Northeastern), The samples were selected by multi-stage Sampling. The data were collected by 5 level scale questionnaires with 30 items with 0.976 of reliability.  The data were analyzed by using a computer software program. The research findings revealed that: 1. The results of the development of digital citizenship indicators in the 21^st century for Mahamakut Buddhist University Students (Northeastern). Were found that the development consisted of 3 components, 9 factors and 30 indicators which were: 1) digital used, 10 indicators; 2) digital ethics, 9 indicators; 3) digital literacy, 11 indicators; 2. The examination of consistency of the model showed that the model fitted to the empirical data by given the Chi-square goodness to fit the test was 14.866, df = 14, P = 0.387, GFI = 0.994, AGFI = 0.980, RMSEA = 0.011. The model was able to account for digital citizenship indicators in the 21^st century for Mahamakut Buddhist University Students (Northeastern).