The Effect of an E-course interactive on Developing Digital Security Skills among the Faculty of Education Students at Ibb University

Abstract

The study aims to measure the impact of an e-course using Moodle platform on the development of digital security skills among students at the Faculty of Education, Ibb University. Adopting a quasi-experimental design, the study involved a purposive sample of 35 students who were trained using an e-course interactive designed to enhance their digital security skills. The study was adopted Hassan Al-Bata’a’s instructional design model(2007), which includes analysis, design, production, presentation, experimentation, and evaluation. To collect data, the researchers employed two instruments: a cognitive achievement test to assess knowledge-based digital security skills, and an observation checklist for performance evaluation the digital security skills. The findings revealed statistically significant differences at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) between the pre-test and post-test results for both instruments, in favor of the post-test, across the three dimensions of digital security: personal, technological, and social. The effect size ranged between 0.86 and 0.88, indicating a strong positive impact of the e-course on developing digital security skills. Based on these results, the study recommends integrating interactive electronic courses into teacher education programs to foster digital security skills, embedding digital security concepts into academic curricula, and providing faculty professional development in the effective design of e-learning environments.