What shapes students’ AI literacy? Investigating digital competence, student background, and GenAI use in higher education
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- Authors
- Shomotova, A., ElSayary, A., & Husain, S.
- Affiliations
- Zayed University (AE)
- Corresponding author
- Shomotova, Aizhan
- Venue
- Education and Information Technologies
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 387-418
- ISSN
- 1360-2357 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7608
- OpenAlex
- W4415791715
- Semantic Scholar
- 4dea23e54862c02d0939c61ca8cbb694659ccf0c
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 2
- FWCI
- 19.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Education and Information Technologies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital literacy in education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
- Keywords
- AI literacy, digital skills, generative AI use, undergraduate students, student background, academic performance, parental education, artificial intelligence in higher education, AI ethics education, digital literacy curriculum, United Arab Emirates
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