Las competencias digitales en estudiantes del posgrado en educación
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2015-09-04
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. This research work describes the
difficulties faced by students who are coursing
the education masters program, in terms of
digital competencies. Objectives. Determine the
development level of the digital competencies in
students from the education masters program, as a
tool for their academic performance. Materials and
methods. This is a quantitative empirical study,
located at a comparative-descriptive level, in which
a census to the 15 education masters program´s
students at Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala,
Mexico, was performed. The questionnaire was
built with 23 items, divided into three categories:
sociodemographic data, accessibility and digital
competencies. The collection and the codification
of the data were made by the use of the SPSS
program and the questionnaire had a 0.801 reliability,
according to the internal consistency (Cronbach
alpha) of the ítems. Results. The data analysis was
first performed per gender, demonstrating that both
genders have a high accessibility level to devices and
Internet. Also, women spend more time in the network
following academic objectives, while men combine
the consultation of academic topics with the reading
of news in the mass media sites. In general, the level
of digital competence of the students is medium but,
for working with images, video conferences, wikis or
webquest, the habilitation levels are low. Conclusion.
The results reveal scarce differences between men
and women. It is, nevertheless, necessary that
the masters program includes learning and digital
competencies development in its study plan, thus
benefitting the profesional formation of students.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Competencias informacionales, Educación superior, Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC), Educación - Tecnología