@misc{10481/70284,
year = {2021},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70284},
abstract = {The Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, located in northwest Africa, has one of the highest
academic failure and abandonment rates in Europe. An effective way to improve this
situation would be to improve students’ digital competence. In order to do so, teachers
must have competent digital skills themselves and also be able to teach them. To determine
teachers’ level of digital competence, the Spanish adaptation of the European Framework
for Digital Competence of Educators was used to analyse the self-assessment responses
of teachers in training at the Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences in Melilla, Spain.
Several quantitative techniques were used to analyse data collected from a questionnaire
based on the items in the framework. Indicators were given to each competence using a
factor analysis to contrast differences between undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Correlations between some of the students’ characteristics and the competences were estimated
using OLS. The results show students’ self-assessment level of digital competence
in different areas and differences between the bachelor’s and master’s programmes. Digital
competence gaps were also detected in teacher training, especially in security. The conclusions
highlight the need to improve digital security and facilitate a higher level of digital
skills in line with the framework. Indeed, more hours of training in digital competence are
required while taking into account the educational context and the technological, pedagogical
and content knowledge needed to teach. Equally, the same skills must be developed by
educators in order for them to transmit digital competence to their students and support
them in educational centres.},
organization = {autonomous city of Melilla, Spain, through PROMESA},
organization = {UGR-Enterprise Foundation},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Educational technology},
keywords = {Educational innovation},
keywords = {Training},
keywords = {Learning processes},
keywords = {Teacher education},
keywords = {Teaching skills},
title = {Analysis of digital competence of educators (DigCompEdu) in teacher trainees: the context of Melilla, Spain},
doi = {10.1007/s10758-021-09546-x},
author = {García-Vandewalle García, José Manuel and García Carmona, Marina and Trujillo Torres, Juan Manuel and Moya Fernández, Pablo José},
}