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Table 3 Self-reported ratings of students for the technical use of computers and their information literacy, with a particular focus on the internet

From: Attitudes and awareness of regional Pacific Island students towards e-learning

Activity (no. of respondents)

Fair

Good

Excellent

Technical use of computers

 Turning on a computer (n = 288)

1.7%

11.5%

86.8%

 Customising desktop environment (n = 276)

10.5%

25.7%

63.8%

 Opening a file (n = 288)

2.8%

14.6%

82.6%

 Copying and deleting a file (n = 288)

1.7%

11.5%

86.8%

 Organising and managing files (n = 281)

6.8%

23.5%

69.8%

 Connecting to Internet (n = 288)

3.5%

20.8%

75.7%

 Installing a program (n = 254)

16.5%

28.7%

54.7%

 Printing a document (n = 266)

10.9%

25.2%

63.9%

 Placing an image on a document (n = 270)

10.7%

20.4%

68.9%

 Using MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint (n = 268)

12.7%

28.4%

59.0%

Information literacy

 Downloading files (n = 274)

5.5%

19.7%

74.8%

 Saving image from web (n = 279)

6.8%

16.8%

76.3%

 Emailing (n = 282)

7.4%

21.3%

71.3%

 Creating web pages (n = 207)

37.2%

36.2%

26.6%

 Sending attachments (n = 263)

10.6%

26.2%

63.1%

 Able to use search engines (n = 265)

8.7%

20.0%

71.3%

 Using keywords to find information (n = 268)

11.2%

29.5%

59.3%

 Using given URL to look for information (n = 273)

15.0%

25.6%

59.3%

 Using bookmark (n = 252)

23.4%

30.2%

46.4%

 Using advanced search (n = 248)

22.6%

33.5%

44.0%

 Navigating through web pages (n = 264)

14.8%

32.2%

53.0%

 Internet browsing (n = 282)

4.6%

25.2%

70.2%

 Presentation tools (n = 253)

22.9%

37.5%

39.5%

 Participating in social networks (n = 269)

20.4%

30.9%

48.7%

 Using the Internet safely (n = 270)

16.3%

30.7%

53.0%

 Using information from the Internet without plagiarising (n = 267)

23.2%

33.3%

43.4%

 Judging the reliability of information on the Internet (n = 258)

21.3%

40.7%

38.0%