How to turn students’ smartphone confidence into academic digital literacy: Confidence using apps and social media doesn’t always indicate that first-year students can use university systems. Here are four ways how to make sure their practical computing habits are up to scratch

Nassir Ibrahim; Jameson Tucker; Imran Maqbool Khan

How to turn students’ smartphone confidence into academic digital literacy: Confidence using apps and social media doesn’t always indicate that first-year students can use university systems. Here are four ways how to make sure their practical computing habits are up to scratch

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Confidence using apps and social media doesn’t always indicate that first-year students can use university systems. Here are four ways how to make sure their practical computing habits are up to scratch

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Times Higher Education
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 26 Sept 2026

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Ibrahim, N., Tucker, J., & Khan, I. M. (2026). How to turn students’ smartphone confidence into academic digital literacy: Confidence using apps and social media doesn’t always indicate that first-year students can use university systems. Here are four ways how to make sure their practical computing habits are up to scratch. Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-turn-students-smartphone-confidence-academic-digital-literacy?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Ibrahim, Nassir ; Tucker, Jameson ; Khan, Imran Maqbool. / How to turn students’ smartphone confidence into academic digital literacy : Confidence using apps and social media doesn’t always indicate that first-year students can use university systems. Here are four ways how to make sure their practical computing habits are up to scratch. In: Times Higher Education. 2026.

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How to turn students’ smartphone confidence into academic digital literacy: Confidence using apps and social media doesn’t always indicate that first-year students can use university systems. Here are four ways how to make sure their practical computing habits are up to scratch. / Ibrahim, Nassir; Tucker, Jameson; Khan, Imran Maqbool.
In: Times Higher Education, 26.09.2026.

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