Opinions, training and requirements regarding ICT of educators in Florence and Granada for students with functional diversity Gallardo Montes, Carmen del Pilar Caurcel Cara, María Jesús Rodríguez Fuentes, Antonio Capperucci, Davide Gallardo Montes, Carmen del Pilar Special needs education Improving classroom teaching Teacher professional development Educational technology Teacher training Information and communication technology (ICT) is a means of learning for people with functional diversity (FD), in the context of both formal and non-formal education. These digital options favor their inclusion, participation and motivation, so having competent professionals in the field of educational technology is crucial for the full development of this population. Within this framework, the opinion, training and requirements regarding ICT of 809 educators in Florence (Italy) and Granada (Spain) were analyzed, following a quantitative study, with a non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional and comparative design. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and mode) and frequencies were used. After checking the normality of the data (Kolmogórov–Smirnov test), inferential analyses were performed, applying Student's t- test and one-factor ANOVA, calculating the effect size (Cohen’s d and eta squared). Statistically significant differences were found according to city of origin, gender, and years of experience with students with FD. The results point to the need for different educators to have sufficient technological training, as despite being aware of the functionalities of ICT and having a favorable opinion of them, resources and knowledge about their use fall short of what is desirable. 2023-02-27T08:47:50Z 2023-02-27T08:47:50Z 2023-02-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Gallardo, C... [et al.] (2023). Opinions, training and requirements regarding ICT of educators in Florence and Granada for students with functional diversity. Universal Access in the Information Society. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-023-00977-0] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80258 10.1007/s10209-023-00977-0 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Springer