Comparison of the ICT literacy level of the Mexican and Hungarian students in the higher education

Communication and technology have an important role in life and especially in education. Nowadays, students generally use technology for communication. When using technology in education, there may be some communication barriers. In this research, it is studied about communication barriers that prevent teachers' candidates to use technology. The aim of this research is to find the communication barriers which teachers' candidates face when they utilize technology. First of all we have to see the ICT knowledge level of the students to make decision about the application and retraining methods. It is important to know can we find any difference in ICT literacy between the Hungarian and the Mexican students. We measured the ICT literacy level with a tool consisting of 15 items (Likert scaled. We worked with 720 students. The data analysis was performed with SPSS software using descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney test. ICT literacy comparison has showed significant differences by countries, the Mexican students ICT literacy was on higher level (self-report) except by using learning platforms. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.