Search results for "Digital competence"
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Digital competence in teacher education: comparing national policies in Norway, Ireland and Spain
2021
This paper explores the development of policies dealing with teachers' digital competence in Norway, Ireland and Spain. Using a documentary research approach, the study analysed relevant policy documents from each country over a thirty-year period to the present day. Analysis of the documents highlights historical differences and similarities in how technology in education policies developed during that period and differences in how teacher education was addressed. Despite these differences, the analysis indicates a convergence in recent years towards a common understanding and the importance of teachers' digital competence influenced by supranational frameworks. The paper discusses the pot…
Digital Competence for the improvement of Special Education Teaching
2016
The increasing digitization and globalization of the media, the broad diversification of media products, with the value-and ethical issues that it raises, proposes and confirms the reasons why media education is to be considered as an indispensable task for anyone involved in education. Thanks to specific educational interventions and appropriate evaluation tools for self-assessment, future educators should be helped to acquire the appropriate media skills necessary to develop the capacity to responsibly and autonomously choose proper media to design their media education courses. The media competence enhances teachers’ ability to creatively modify learning spaces and to design a variety of…
Consumer attitude toward using smart shopping carts: a comparative analysis of Italian and Croatian consumer attitudes
2016
This paper aims to explore consumer attitudes toward using smart shopping cart, considering country of origin, gender, age, and intentions to use smart shopping carts while purchasing. Moreover, it investigates the influence of extracted factors on consumers' attitudes toward using smart shopping carts and the users' levels of digital competence. The data was collected through survey questionnaires using a purposive sample of 313 Croatian and Italian respondents. To this end, we applied statistical methodologies such as binary logistic regression, factor analysis, and analysis of variance. We found that, compared with Croatians, Italian respondents have a more positive attitude toward using…
La competenza digitale dei futuri insegnanti della scuola primaria e dell’infanzia
2017
La sfida proveniente dall'identificazione della competenza digitale come una delle competenze-chiave di cittadinanza (EU, 2006), e in Italia, dal Piano Nazionale per la Scuola Digitale (2015), esige l’implementazione di percorsi educativo-didattici corredati da adeguati sistemi di valutazione; diventa pertanto imprescindibile promuovere interventi formativi specifici e fornire adeguati strumenti di valutazione e di autovalutazione ai futuri insegnanti di scuola primaria e dell’infanzia che li aiutino ad acquisire le competenze digitali necessarie per progettare percorsi di media education in ambito educativo. Il presente contributo mostra le fasi fondamentali del percorso di ricerca per lo …
Conceptualization of Digital Competence
2021
The aim of the present research is to study the essence, structure, implementation, and indicators of the concept of the digital transversal competence of university students for its improvement in the study process. This article includes the relevance of transversal competences and the essence of the concept of digital competence. This concept is then developed, the methodology of digital competence assessment and measurement is adapted, and the content analysis method was used to classify and analyze the expression of digital competence in eight professional areas.
Delphi study for the design and validation of a questionnaire about digital competences in higher education
2016
The study of digital competence remains an issue of interest for both the scientific community and the supranational political agenda. This study uses the Delphi method to validate the design of a questionnaire to determine the perceived importance of digital competence in higher education. The questionnaire was constructed from different framework documents in digital competence standards (NETS, ACLR, UNESCO). The triangulation of non-parametric techniques made it possible to consolidate the results obtained through the Delphi panel, the suitability of which was highlighted through the expert competence index (K). The resulting questionnaire emerges as a good tool for undertaking future na…
La competencia TIC en el nuevo currículo peruano desde la perspectiva de la educación mediática
2017
El 2017 empieza a implementarse en el Perú un nuevo currículo para la edu-cación obligatoria. Entre otras novedades, esta norma desarrolla una com-petencia específica sobre las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunica-ción (TIC). Para abrir el debate e introducir otros marcos de referencia que enriquezcan el análisis, este artículopresenta y analiza la denominada com-petencia TIC desde la perspectiva de la educación mediática. Concluimos que, aunque no se enuncie una competencia mediáticacomo tal, algunas de sus propuestas conceptuales están presentes de forma diseminada, lo que presenta una oportunidad para el desarrolloinicialde la educación me-diática en el contexto peruano. In 2017, …
Digital competence rating and economic development in the EU
2019
Diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) in different areas has accelerated the growth of the global economy. It has large impact to the business by transforming processes, creating new services, industries. ICT development requires new technologies and new approaches to innovate and integrate. The European Commission stated: "The Internet and digital technologies are transforming the lives we lead, the way we work – as individuals, in business, and in our communities as they become more integrated across all sectors of our economy and society". The access to high-speed digital infrastructures, skills of the effective usage of highly developed digital technologies repre…
Analysis of digital competence in future teachers through a mixed design
2022
Digital competence is not only a desirable skill for any citizen, but also a responsibility for the training of future teachers. Using a mixed methodology combining a questionnaire based on the Common Framework for Digital Competence in Teaching and open items, this paper aims to analyse the level of digital competence of 230 future teachers (Primary and Secondary Education), as well as to explore possible differences based on some basic variables. A study is also carried out on the perceived level of digital competence and the true level of digital competence, exploring, finally, the perceptions of the uses of technology in the educational environment. The results show that the level of di…
Student teachers’ responsible use of ICT: Examining two samples in Spain and Norway
2020
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become an important component of initial teacher education (ITE) in Europe and in the continuous professional development of practising teachers. The development of professional digital competence (PDC) is emerging as an essential part of teacher education. Due to the increasing use of ICT and the growing number of online teaching and learning resources, the responsible use of ICT has become one of the key aspects of PDC. For the purpose of this paper, the responsible use of ICT includes privacy issues, cyberbullying and the ability to evaluate digital content. We examine Spanish and Norwegian student teachers' perceived competence in priva…