University teachers' training: the Digital Competence/Formacion del profesorado Universitario en la Competencia Digital

• Published in: Pixel-Bit, Revista de Medios y Educacion Revista de Medios y Educacion, 2020-05 (58), p.181
• Main Authors: Cabea s, Adíela Ruiz, Domínguez, Ma del Castañar Medina, Navio, Eufrasio Pérez, Rivilla, Antonio Medina
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Analysis; College faculty; College students; Education; Educational technology; Professional development; Teachers; Universities and colleges
• ISSN: 1133-8482
• DOI: 10.12795/pixelbit.74676

Teachers' training in digital competencies implies achieving special qualifications in the knowledge, use, transfer and evaluation of the digital resources to provide students with some specific knowledge and adaptation techniques to respond the formative needs of the diversity of learning. The objective of the present work is to present results gathered, during the research carried during teachers' training at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador, on the digital competence knowledge, command and projection to help in their own professional development and in the improvement of teaching-learning processes, especially for first-year university students. The methodology used was mixed, as we used the design and application of a questionnaire presented to 30 teachers and set up two discussion groups. The emerged data were analyzed using complementarity and rigorous assessment methods, to conclude with the fulfilment of the general objective marked and of some more specific ones too; these evidenced the interest of the teaching staff in understanding and integrating digital competences, as well as the importance and meaning of improving the teaching-learning processes to generate a culture of professional development among teachers, all this after a rigorous analysis of practices and of mini videos used to observe deferred actions within the class. We underline the most innovative significance of these ICT didactics on teaching performance levels achieved and on the generation of a pioneer culture in universities.