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Taoufik Alaoui Hichami

Sana Sakale

Rachid Bendraou

Faculty of Languages, Letters and Arts, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco

 

Abstract

In the light of the progress in research and innovation in higher education in Morocco, integrating brand new concepts in the Moroccan universities such as Digital Citizenship can enhance university professors and university students’ awareness towards their digital experiences and find ways to bridge the digital divide. This being the case, an implementation of Digital Citizenship can provide space for social change and progress in higher education in Morocco. This exploratory study investigates the impact of Digital Citizenship on TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) higher education in Morocco by addressing with some Digital Citizenship elements such as Digital Access, Digital Fluency and Digital Rights and Responsibilities to sensitize to the need for social change and to bridge the gap between university professors as Digital Immigrants and their university students as Digital Natives. The results of this paper show that Digital Citizenship is a prerequisite for higher education in Morocco to keep up with the technological progress, to call for social change and to forge stronger links between Moroccan universities and their peers worldwide.

 

Keywords

Digital citizenship, TEFL, higher education, social sciences, Morocco