Towards Digital Literacy: Exploring Teacher Candidates' Challenges in Digital Content Creation

This study examines the challenges encountered by English Education Program students in creating digital educational content for their teaching. As teacher candidates to design more effective, individualized, and engaging learning experiences and to prepare their students for a digital future, digital literacy is crucially needed. Students must be able to provide captivating and practical content, as the demand for digital learning resources is expected to grow significantly. However, many students need help with this process. This study aims to offer detailed insights into these issues, to direct the development of more effective training materials and programs for education technology. This qualitative study was carried out at the English Education Department at UNIMED. Forty students all completed questionnaires addressing the difficulties they encounter when producing digital educational content concerning the difficulties they encounter when developing digital instructional content. According to the research, students face challenges in editing, time limitations, location limitations, and equipment limitations. The findings contribute to the wider discussion on enhancing digital literacy and teacher training