Basic digital competences of university students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Education

Education

Carmen Burgos¹  Verónica Aliaga²  Eloy López³  Ricardo Jorquera⁴ 

[1] Departamento de Educación Básica, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales y Educación Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile;Departamento de Educación Parvularia, Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile;Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain;Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile;

关键词: digital basic skills;    COBADI;    collaborative learning;    information search;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/feduc.2023.1201680

 received in 2023-04-06, accepted in 2023-08-14,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to compare the digital competences of university students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to determine the impact of internet use on these competences, specifically those related to social communication, collaborative learning, as well as information searching and processing. The sample comprised 415 Spanish students who began university studies between 2019 and 2022. The instrument used was the COBADI. The results indicate an increase in internet use to talk with friends in social networks and work with classmates, such as in collaborative homework. In terms of digital competences during the pandemic, there was an increase in competences related to social communication, collaborative learning, and information searching and processing. The study also found that academic and recreational internet use predicted basic digital competences, as determined by a MANCOVA analysis. The role of the pandemic context in increasing basic digital competences in university students is discussed.

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