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Milena Ivanuš Grmek, Monika Mithans, and Sabina Ograjšek

Table 4 Students’ Self-Assessments of Their Abilities in Communicating, Collaborating,
and Sharing Using Digital Tools
I can … N M SD MIN MAX U p
… collaborate with people using various 356 4.1 .69 . 5. 1311.5 .7
smart devices, platforms, and digital
tools.
… teach an e-course or an e-seminar, 356 3.8 .81 . 5. 11893.5 .
give a lecture or make a presentation
using various digital tools.
… upload and share software or app 356 3.74 .9 1. 5. 1697.5 .8
that I have developed on various social
media.

digital tools. Teaching an e-course or e-seminar, giving lectures, or making
presentations using digital tools has a slightly lower average rating. The abil-
ity to upload and share software or apps they have developed on various
social media platforms has the lowest average rating. This suggests that stu-
dents feel least confident in this area, possibly due to the technical skills in-
volved in software development and the specific knowledge needed to share
such content effectively on social media.
We further compared the abilities to collaborate and share digital content be-
tween elementary and preschool education students. The Mann-Whitney test
revealed significant differences in all three abilities between the two groups.
Elementary education students generally ranked higher in all three abilities.

Store, Manage, Delete
The responses in this section provide insights into students’ self-assessed
abilities in storing, managing, and deleting digital content. Students feel
most confident in copying and saving screenshots from various smart devic-
es. The ability to delete connections or friends on social networks also ranks
highly. Students are also confident in their ability to manage downloaded
content efficiently. Additionally, students feel confident in organising files on
their computers into a hierarchical folder structure. Taking photos or videos
and saving them in various formats using smart devices and digital tools has
the lowest average rating among the listed tasks. Although still high, this sug-
gests that while students are proficient in this area, it is perceived as slightly
more challenging than the other tasks.
We further compared the abilities to store, manage, and delete digi-
tal content between elementary and preschool education students. The
Mann-Whitney test revealed significant differences in two abilities between
the two groups. Elementary education students demonstrated greater pro-

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