The relation between in-service teachers' digital competence and personal and contextual factors: What matters most?

Lucas, Margarida; Bem-Haja, Pedro; Siddiq, Fazilat; Moreira, António Carrizo; Redecker, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2020.104052

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“…It can be said that the group of teachers aged in this range have a positive attitude towards the use of ICT and a greater interest in their training in these competencies. This fact may be related, as suggested by other related investigations [ 44 ], to the fact that, in the initial training plans of these teachers, the development of digital competence was more visible and latent. Similarly, it is pointed out that they have had access to digital technologies before their older colleagues, a fact that has enabled them to integrate them into their teaching profession.…”

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The Teaching Digital Competence of Health Sciences Teachers. A Study at Andalusian Universities (Spain)

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The impact and benefit that information and communication technologies (ICT) have in the educational field require new teaching skills. This fact has been increased by the recent crisis caused by COVID-19. This study tries to investigate the level of digital teaching competence (DTC) of Higher Education teachers of Health Sciences, and its relationship with several variables. For this, it has the participation of 300 teachers from the 9 universities of Andalusia (Spain). The research is structured through a descriptive (RQ1) and inferential (RQ2) design. The answers given to the DigCompEdu Check-In questionnaire adapted to the Spanish context are analyzed. The results, which show high levels of reliability of the questionnaire (Cronbach and McDonald) and validity (CFA), indicate that the level of competence is basic-intermediate. In addition, the area in which teachers excel is digital resources. For this reason, it is proposed to structure personalized training plans and continue expanding the characteristics of this study at an international level.

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“…At the other extreme, teachers with more experience, and therefore older, tend to make a more conservative use of technology. However, what has been said does not mean that they are not critical or do not show better judgment regarding the use of technology with their students [ 44 ].…”

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The Teaching Digital Competence of Health Sciences Teachers. A Study at Andalusian Universities (Spain)

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Castillo

et al. 2021

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“…For example, Hinojo-Lucena et al [59] found that the low level of digital competence of teachers was negatively related to both age and years of teaching experience. However, more recent studies such as that of Lucas et al [60] showed that not only the age of the teaching staff affected their digital competence with higher levels in the younger teaching staff, but that gender also influenced, in favour of the male teaching staff.…”

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Incidence of Gender in the Digital Competence of Higher Education Teachers in Research Work: Analysis with Descriptive and Comparative Methods

2021

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The purpose of this study is to analyse and compare the level of digital competence of higher education teaching staff in research work through the use of ICT resources. For this purpose, an ex post facto design was employed together with an instrument composed of 30 items classified into seven dimensions: digital skills, digital ethics, digital flow, anxiety towards ICT, quality of ICT resources, intention to use ICT, and ICT integration. The sample consisted of a total of 1704 higher education teachers from all over Spain. The results showed that, overall, there were no significant differences in the level of digital competence of teaching staff between the two genders. However, significant differences were found in the following dimensions: digital skills, digital ethics, ICT anxiety, quality of ICT resources, and intention to use ICT. These findings highlight the urgent need for university institutions to propose training plans to improve the digital competences of their teaching and research staff in those dimensions that have been found to be deficient.

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“…In recent years, different studies analysed the digital competence of teachers and students taking the European Digital Competence Framework as a basis (DigComp), and almost always focusing on more than one or all of the competence areas [61][62][63][64][65][66][67]. Research was also conducted on the influence of social and personal variables such as gender, age, digital-device ownership, and activities performed using technology on the level of digital competence [68][69][70][71][72]. However, there are no studies on the impact of online communication and the use of social networks on the level of digital competence in the area of communication of students aged 12-16.…”

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Basic Education Students’ Digital Competence in the Area of Communication: The Influence of Online Communication and the Use of Social Networks

2021

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The global public health crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that digital competence in education is no longer an option, but a necessity. Online communication with friends using social networks is an activity in which young people very frequently and at increasingly early ages engage. This article presents the results of a study analyses digital-competence levels in the area of communication of Spanish basic-education students (aged 12–16) and establishes whether online communication with friends and the use of social media impact it. A quantitative methodology with a descriptive and cross-sectional design was used. The sample comprised 807 students, and data collection was based on a problem-solving test. Findings show that students who use online communication with their friends very often and that those who use social networks a lot have lower levels of digital competence. Education centres should reflect on this in order to implement curricular programs that may strengthen this type of competence.

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The relation between in-service teachers' digital competence and personal and contextual factors: What matters most?

Cited by 158 publications

References 39 publications

The Teaching Digital Competence of Health Sciences Teachers. A Study at Andalusian Universities (Spain)

The Teaching Digital Competence of Health Sciences Teachers. A Study at Andalusian Universities (Spain)

Incidence of Gender in the Digital Competence of Higher Education Teachers in Research Work: Analysis with Descriptive and Comparative Methods

Basic Education Students’ Digital Competence in the Area of Communication: The Influence of Online Communication and the Use of Social Networks

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