The Condition of Digital Competences Over the COVID-19 Pandemic, an Expanded Vision

  • Filiberto Candia García Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Abstract

This case study argues for the use of online distance education as an emerging alternative to face the educational confinement generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced academics from Higher Education Institutions in face-to-face mode to transit the digital world, without the relevant digital skills. Recognize if teachers have the UNESCO recommendations on digital skills?, establishes as an objective to carry out the self-assessment of a group of postgraduate students on the mastery of digital skills and the pedagogical dimension with which they have before the challenge of academic confinement. The methodology is qualitative, the population is a group of ten master's level students in the area of Educational Innovation. Heuristics are used as a means of direct participation to know the experiences of the students and it is conducted through the pedagogy of the question. The results are represented in a percentage that defines the behavior of the degree of mastery of the digital skills recommended in 2008 and of the ICT Skills and standards from the pedagogical dimension of 2016. It is concluded that the mastery of digital skills and the pedagogical dimension is unknown by the study group until the moment of the application of the evaluation instrument. Likewise, that the use of this diagnosis improves the educational quality in the emergent design of the courses in online distance mode.

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Published
2023-06-29
How to Cite
Candia García, F. (2023). The Condition of Digital Competences Over the COVID-19 Pandemic, an Expanded Vision. RIDE Revista Iberoamericana Para La Investigación Y El Desarrollo Educativo, 14(27). https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v14i27.1538
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