Demographic and school factors associated with digital competences in higher education students
Abstract: Nowadays, digital competencies encompass skills and attitudes with technical, informational, content, media, and communication aspects that are crucial for students and future professionals. Hence, there is a need to investigate the possible correlations between demographic and contextu...
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Bastas Publications
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/18345 |
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| Sumario: | Abstract: Nowadays, digital competencies encompass skills and attitudes with technical, informational,
content, media, and communication aspects that are crucial for students and future
professionals. Hence, there is a need to investigate the possible correlations between
demographic and contextual variables and the development of digital competencies in higher
education. This paper reports on several university-student demographic factors associated with
digital competencies. The work used a quantitative approach with descriptive statistical
techniques such as a means test and Pearson correlation analysis. The findings identified that
(a) there are statistically significant differences between the mean obtained in the previous
semester in digital competencies and the gender of the students, (b) there are no statistically
significant differences in the final mean for digital competencies and the students’ institution of
origin, and (c) the variables included in the study are statistically significant. They also found that
the mean attained by the university students in the previous semester had a strong predictive
power of student performance; in contrast, the student’s high school institution of origin variable
was a weak predictor of their digital competency. This paper presents the findings and
implications for practice and research. |
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