Students’ perceptions of information and communication technology (ICT)-based literacy learning needs in higher education

This paper presents a needs analysis with regard to ICT-based literacy development. This needs analysis consists of three aspects: ICT readiness, target needs, and learning needs, which are related to literacy acquisition. This paper discusses how advanced student readiness in using ICT, target needs, and learning needs in higher education is using student teachers as subjects. Data were collected using a survey, which was administered to 140 students at the primary school teacher education programme of two universities of Pekanbaru in Indonesia. During the process of learning activities, students used the Indonesian language as their communicative language. Based on the result of the need analysis of the ICT, students need access to the internet facilitated by the campus. In addition, not only is the lecturer required to provide tasks that encourage the use of ICT as a learning resource frequently but students also need to develop their interests such as participating in training programs. In the target needs, it was found that literacy skill is needed by students as it is an essential competence, but in the learning implementation, they expect to use varied learning, learning media, and appropriate strategies to read comprehensively. In the learning needs, the result indicates that students need to determine the objective of increasing advanced literacy skills, the lecturer as a role model, and the lecturer as a learning resource so that the students can learn based on the instruction and teaching and learning contract.