Abstract

Digital literacy (DL) is a set of competencies required to fit into relevant knowledge society measured through technical literacy, cognitive literacy, and socio-emotional literacy, while self-regulated learning (SRL) helps students organize their academic activities measured under the domains of cognitive engagement, metacognitive knowledge, resource management, and motivational beliefs. The purpose of the study was to study the relationship of DL with SRL among university undergraduates. The study also measured the dimension-wise competencies of DL of 240 final-year university undergraduates from streams of social sciences and humanities (SSH) and management from a private university in India with international students. This descriptive study was conducted using the purposive sampling technique followed by data collection on DL and SRL scales from the participants of the study. The data was analyzed through Jamovi and SPSS statistical software using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), Karl Pearson’s product–moment correlation, and independent t test for validating the DL Scale, for testing the null hypothesis of the relationship between DL and SRL, and for studying the mean scores of DL and SRL among the streams of undergraduates. The findings of the study claimed a modified DL Scale validated using a survey on university undergraduates studying in India and also that there exists a positive relationship between DL and SRL among university undergraduates.