The mediating role of digital informal learning in the relationship between students' digital competence and their academic performance

Abstract

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The role of digital informal learning in the relationship between students' digital competence and academic engagement during the COVID‐19 pandemic

“…Finally, the data were analyzed using SEM to determine the relationship between the research variables. It should be noted that the data for this article is part of a larger data set—a part of it was used in this paper, and the other part was used in another paper by Mehrvarz et al (2021). [Corrections made on 23 June 2021, after first online publication: The preceding statement and reference details for Mehrvarz et al (2021) have been added in this version.…”

Relationships between ICT competencies related to work, self-esteem, and self-regulated learning with engineering competencies

“…Previous studies have shown a positive relationship between ICT skills and academic competence in different contexts. For example, in higher education institutes, Mehrvarz, et al [ 121 ] pointed out that digital competence could affect academic performance. Yazon, et al [ 122 ] found that faculty’s digital literacy had a strong relationship with research output.…”

Escritura académica digital: análisis de las percepciones de profesores, estudiantes y bibliotecarios en contexto COVID-19.

“…Los estudiantes, aunque están preparados tecnológicamente, presentan dificultades en la transferencia de las competencias digitales (ej. escritura en RS) a las competencias de escritura académica para integrar en los escritos que se les solicitan en sus asignaturas académicas o en sus productos de titulación como tesis o artículos académicos (Mehrvarz, et al, 2021). Más aún, diversos autores señalan una relación directamente positiva entre el éxito profesional-académico y las competencias de escritura académica (Katila, et al, 2020;Kiriakos & Tienari, 2018).…”

“…En este sentido, la escritura académica digital se ha impulsado aún más en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19, algunas de las investigaciones a nivel internacional señalan que el uso de softwares o plataformas digitales son herramientas de andamiaje valiosas para el desarrollo de competencia de escritura académica (Strobl et al, 2019). Otros estudios señalan la posibilidad de transferencia entre las composiciones escritas en Redes Sociales (RS) al ámbito de la escritura académica (Shepherd, 2018;Mehrvarz, et al, 2021).…”