Digital Intelligence Development Model for Children and Youth in the Lower Northern Region

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to study the digital intelligence of children and youth; 2) to develop a digital intelligence development model for children and youth; 3) to try out; and 4) to evaluate a digital intelligence development model for children and youth. This was the research and development. The sample consisted of 400 children and youth enrolled in secondary school level. Key informants for the development and evaluation of digital intelligence development models included school administrators, teachers, educational administrators, academics, and experts in model development and child and youth media. The research instruments included a questionnaire with a consistency index of 0.60–0.80 and an alpha coefficient of 0.93, a learning process manual, a knowledge test, an awareness test, and a model evaluation form. Data were collected through expert-led seminars. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, and content analysis. The research results revealed that 1) the overall digital intelligence of children and youth was at a moderate level. When considering the aspect with a lower average value than other aspects, it was found that digital bullying was at a moderate level, followed by digital communication and digital expression, which were at a moderate level; 2) the digital intelligence development model for children and youth had 8 components, namely principles of the development model, objectives of the development model, input factors, digital intelligence development process, outputs, results, success factors in digital intelligence development, and conditions for implementing the model; 3) the results of the trial found that the experimental group had increased knowledge and awareness of digital impacts; and 4) the results of the evaluation of the digital intelligence development model for children and youth by experts found that the model was most appropriate, accurate and comprehensive, and useful.