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Journal of e-Learning and Higher Education
https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/ JELHE/2021/234285/
Vol. 2021 (2021), Article ID 234285, 19 pages, ISSN: 2169-0359
DOI: 10.5171/2021.234285
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Cite this Article as: Regina E. SITOY, Pascal NDINGA, Michel PLAISENT, Bernard PROSPER and Emerson D.
PETEROS (2021)," Intelligence Style and Digital Literacy", Journal of e-Learning and Higher Education,
Vol. 2021 (2021), Article ID 234285, DOI: 10.5171/2021.234285
Research Article
Intelligence Style and Digital Literacy
Regina E. SITOY
1
, Pascal NDINGA
2
, Michel PLAISENT
3
, Bernard PROSPER
4
and
Emerson D. PETEROS
5
1,5
Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
2,3,4
University du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ndinga.pascal@uqam.ca
Correspondence should be addressed to: Michel PLAISENT; plaisent.michel@uqam.ca
Received date: 2 September 2020; Accepted date: 11 March 2021; Published date: 3 August 2021
Academic Editor: Nasrine Shah Abushakra
Copyright © 2021. Regina E. SITOY, Pascal NDINGA, Michel PLAISENT, Bernard PROSPER and
Emerson D. PETEROS. Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC-BY 4.0
Abstract
The last decade has been the theater of the rapidly growing introduction of information
technology (IT) into the classroom, prompting teachers to embrace this change in their
routine. Unfortunately, university training and school administrations are slow adherents.
Although all teachers use a mobile phone for their personal needs, some may still be reluctant
to use IT at large in the classroom. The digital literacy (DL) has been reported to be related to
five capacities: information processing, communication, content creation, safety, and
problem solving. It is thus important to have a better understanding of the extent of DL of the
teachers, among these dimensions. Among the potential explanation for differences observed
in the degree of mastering of IT, some research points on the possible impact of dominant
style of intelligence. This paper reports on an exploratory survey to determine the actual
level of DL of teachers, measured with different approaches, and to verify whether there is a
relationship between DL and intelligence style. It also studies the relationship between the
different components of literacy, digital skills and whether there is an important link between
different types of intelligence. Findings show that respondents are moderately digital
literate/competent, strong in Existential and Intrapersonal Intelligences. In addition, results
show the correlations between Intrapersonal Intelligence and Safety, Content Creation, and
Communication, while Musical Intelligence is significantly correlated with Problem Solving.
Keywords: Digital Literacy, Digital Competency, Multiple Intelligence, Education