Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors

[EN] University students are expected to have the appropriate digital competence to face the demands of the changing educational model and to meet the challenges of the future work. This paper describes university students’ perceptions of digital competence and analyzes the impact of personal factor...

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Autores: Zhao, Yu, Sánchez-Gómez, María Cruz, Pinto Llorente, Ana María, Zhao, Liping
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
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Students
Higher education
ICT
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spelling Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factorsZhao, YuSánchez-Gómez, María CruzPinto Llorente, Ana MaríaZhao, LipingDigital competenceStudentsHigher educationICT[EN] University students are expected to have the appropriate digital competence to face the demands of the changing educational model and to meet the challenges of the future work. This paper describes university students’ perceptions of digital competence and analyzes the impact of personal factors on digital competence in a sample of 5164 students from all majors in the first and fourth year of their studies at Gansu Agricultural University (China). A quantitative methodology was followed, employing a non-experimental method and the survey technique to collect data. The results obtained show that students’ perceptions of digital competencies in terms of information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, and safety were positive. Furthermore, there were significant differences in students’ self-perceptions of digital competence related to gender, grade level, area of residence, and prior relevant training in the DigComp framework-based instrument. The development of key competency areas for digital competence, such as the creation of digital content, should be promoted, along with helping students to gain knowledge when dealing with everyday technological issues. The need for training related to the use of ICT and digital competencies was also highlighted, as well as supporting the promotion of female students in selected areas of digital competence and assisting lower grade students and students from rural areas in digital competence development.MDPI202420242021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/160924reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1609242026-06-07T06:28:51Z
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title Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors
spellingShingle Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors
Zhao, Yu
Digital competence
Students
Higher education
ICT
title_short Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors
title_full Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors
title_fullStr Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors
title_full_unstemmed Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors
title_sort Digital competence in higher education: students’ perception and personal factors
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zhao, Yu
Sánchez-Gómez, María Cruz
Pinto Llorente, Ana María
Zhao, Liping
author Zhao, Yu
author_facet Zhao, Yu
Sánchez-Gómez, María Cruz
Pinto Llorente, Ana María
Zhao, Liping
author_role author
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Pinto Llorente, Ana María
Zhao, Liping
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Digital competence
Students
Higher education
ICT
topic Digital competence
Students
Higher education
ICT
description [EN] University students are expected to have the appropriate digital competence to face the demands of the changing educational model and to meet the challenges of the future work. This paper describes university students’ perceptions of digital competence and analyzes the impact of personal factors on digital competence in a sample of 5164 students from all majors in the first and fourth year of their studies at Gansu Agricultural University (China). A quantitative methodology was followed, employing a non-experimental method and the survey technique to collect data. The results obtained show that students’ perceptions of digital competencies in terms of information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, and safety were positive. Furthermore, there were significant differences in students’ self-perceptions of digital competence related to gender, grade level, area of residence, and prior relevant training in the DigComp framework-based instrument. The development of key competency areas for digital competence, such as the creation of digital content, should be promoted, along with helping students to gain knowledge when dealing with everyday technological issues. The need for training related to the use of ICT and digital competencies was also highlighted, as well as supporting the promotion of female students in selected areas of digital competence and assisting lower grade students and students from rural areas in digital competence development.
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