Digital Competence in Spanish University Education and Its Use by Students

Abstract

Technologies have massively burst into all fields, including Higher Education. The current students have grown up surrounded by technologies, which is reflected in their behavior. For this reason, universities have adapted by integrating digital competence into their training offer, improving learning processes and adjusting to the university profile. The objective of this work is to ascertain how digital skills are used by Spanish higher education (bachelor’s and master’s degree) students, thus verifying whether so-called digital competence is being actively used in higher education. A survey was applied to 324 individuals, highlighting among its results that the university panorama is in a situation where digital tools are very useful for its improvement. These data were collected before the global pandemic, after which the use of online tools intensified. However, the students are still not aware of all of them, or they do not use them.

Perception of Selected Aspects of Online Learning by Czech Higher Education Students

“…Master degree students are more critical of online learning aspects compared to students of bachelor study programmes. As to its characteristics this finding appears to be similar to research [20] on generational differences in terms of online teaching. The authors have found that Generation Z interacts more intensively online, but does not demonstrate a better understanding of technology tools to support learning than Millennials.…”

“…They tend to consider the tasks put in front of them more as challenges than as threats, thus being more positive and resilient to stressors. According to a Spanish study [20], a positive transfer of previous digital experiences and habits from the personal sphere (social networks, video chatting, networking) to the academic environment when studying has been demonstrated, but more advanced forms and methods of using online resources for learning, such as advanced structured searching via search engines, MOOC courses, etc. are not known.…”

Nativos e inmigrantes digitales en el contexto de la COVID-19: las contradicciones de una diversidad de mitos

“…También se concluye que los estudiantes están mal preparados para varias competencias de e-learning y competencias de tipo académico. Por su lado, Araújo-Vila et al (2020) observan poco conocimiento del alumnado universitario respecto a las herramientas en línea, que son completamente necesarias para la formación virtual.…”

El desarrollo de competencias digitales en docentes universitarios frente al auge de la educación virtual

“…Esto demuestra que la utilización de las TIC y las competencias digitales en el sistema universitario es una realidad, y se espera que se siga innovando con la aplicación de nuevas herramientas (Araújo-Vila et al, 2020). Asimismo, diversos estudios confirman la influencia que ejercen las TIC en la educación, siempre y cuando sean implementadas de manera correcta, para mejorar la formación estudiantil y la calidad educativa, dado que su importancia radica en la adquisición de competencias digitales a nivel superior, las cuales deben ser concebidas a través de la utilización de las plataformas interactivas (Ocaña-Fernández et al, 2020;Sánchez-Caballé et al, 2021).…”

“…Por otro lado, la educación superior posee la necesidad imperiosa de fortalecerse en estrategias tecno pedagógicas que permitan administrar, distribuir, monitorear y evaluar las actividades académicas (Basantes et al, 2018). Considerando ello, cada universidad posee sus plataformas interactivas donde el alumno tiene acceso a información, videos y actividades evaluativas online (Araújo-Vila et al, 2020). Bajo esta perspectiva, en las universidades se prioriza y requiere profesionales que estén acorde a los cambios tecnológicos del presente siglo, que busquen la innovación y apertura a nuevos paradigmas (Ordóñez-Olmedo et al, 2021).…”