Assessment of Digital Competencies of University Faculty and Their Conditioning Factors: Case Study in a Technological Adoption Context

Education Sciences

Sergio Luis Náñez Alonso¹  Javier Jorge-Vázquez¹  Washington Raúl Fierro Saltos²  Silvia Pacheco Mendoza³ 

[1] DEKIS Research Group, Department of Economics, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Avila, Spain;Faculty of Administrative Sciences, State University of Bolivar, Guaranda 020101, Ecuador;Faculty of Education Sciences, State University of Bolivar, Guaranda 020101, Ecuador;

关键词: digital competences;    higher education;    technology adoption;    digital literacy;    teacher training;    digital skills;   

DOI  :  10.3390/educsci11100637

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The rise of digital technologies and their educational applications increasingly require the development of digital skills among university faculty. This study focuses on examining the level of digital competencies of university faculty and identifying their conditioning factors. To achieve this objective, an ex post facto methodological design with surveys is used. A sample of 216 university teachers from different regions of Ecuador was used. The non-parametric Chi-square test was used to validate the hypothesis of independence of the variables. The results obtained show that university faculty have a mostly intermediate level of digital skills, which is independent of gender, but dependent on the generational cohort. In particular, it is found that younger teachers (millennials) have a more advanced level of digital skills, although this relationship is not very strong. On the other hand, we observe the positive influence of the university’s strategic leadership in terms of technological adoption on the development of teachers’ digital skills. Universities with better technological resources and with training plans focused on the pedagogical application of technology have teachers with a more advanced level of digital skills. All of this leads to the recommendation that education policies should prioritise actions that promote the development of digital competencies among university faculty

【 授权许可】

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