The digital teaching competence of university professors is of vital importance to improving the quality of higher education, and for the strategic positioning of public universities in our country. The purpose of this study is to find out the level of digital competence of Galician university professors, as well as to identify whether there are significant variable-based differences. To this end, a non-experimental design with a descriptive approach and hypothesis contrast is proposed. The sample studied is made up of a total of 610 teachers from the three public universities of Galicia (Spain), who responded to the DigCompEdu Check-In instrument adapted to the Spanish context (Cabero-Almenara & Palacios-Rodríguez, 2020). In general terms, the results show a medium-low level and the existence of significant differences depending on the age, recruitment profile and area of knowledge of the teaching staff. Specifically, the younger teaching and research staff, together with Social and Legal Sciences, have a higher level of competence, whereas tenured teaching and research staff have a lower level of competence with respect to contracted workers. Therefore, training plans should be developed which focus on teaching. Expert advice and personalized methodological support should shift the focus of the intervention radically from technology to teaching.
RESUMENEn un contexto europeo en el que las políticas educativas evolucionan hacia la cogestión y la colaboración multinivel, el presente estudio analiza la situación de los Departamentos Municipales de Educación en Galicia (España), considerándolos una pieza clave para el desarrollo de proyectos educativos de territorio que vertebren el futuro de las políticas educativas locales. El estudio, que combina técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas de recogida de datos, analiza el trabajo realizado en los trece departamentos identificados en Galicia en el año 2007-2011. Los resultados demuestran las diferencias existentes entre la oferta educativa al alcance de los ciudadanos residentes en los distintos municipios, lo que lleva a plantearse la necesidad de trabajar de un modo colaborativo y organizado en pro de una mayor optimización de recursos e igualdad de oportunidades que garanticen el derecho a la educación.
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