relationship between computer literacy and e- readiness among students in the covid-19 pandemic

Background: in the wake of the pandemic, many parts of the world have shifted entirely to e-learning. accordingly, universities refused to offer in-person sessions and launched virtual classes instead. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between computer literacy and e-readiness among students. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 100 eligible female students at yazd university in iran were selected by means of convenience sampling. they were in the 19-21 age group and received a physical education course in the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. the classes were held in a virtual setting. data collection tools were a standard computer literacy questionnaire focusing on seven icdl standard skills, and watkins standard questionnaire for evaluating students’ e-readiness. spss-23 was used to analyze the data. descriptive statistics and the spearman correlation coefficient were used, and the acquired p-value<0.05 was considered as the significance level. results: there is a significant and strong relationship between computer literacy and e-readiness only in the subscale of skills and communication (0.04), but there is no significant relationship between computer literacy and other subscales of e- readiness, such as motivation (0.96), access to technology (0.68), learning ability (0.86), internet group chat (0.96), and important issues for successful learning (0.6). conclusion: the findings of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between computer literacy and e-readiness only in the subscales of skills and communication. there is no significant relationship between computer literacy and other subscales of e-readiness. having these skills helps the learner to acquire information and knowledge. university policymakers and planners need to pay special attention to improving computer literacy skills and increasing students’ e-readiness.