Un diagnóstico para desarrollar competencias digitales para la investigación en la virtualidad - [A diagnosis to develop digital skills for research in virtuality]

Abstract

This work presents the advances of an Educational Intervention Project in its diagnostic phase that led to the determination of digital competences for research in university students; It is based on the Research-Action methodology and is based on constructivism, focused on the focus of competencies. The group for the study were students of the fourth semester of a public university. The following instruments were applied: Learning styles test, Study conditions test and an instrument made up of 43 questions that revealed the level of mastery over digital skills that students require to improve in research. Given that 83% of the students do not use indexed databases to search for reliable sources of information, 66% do not consider themselves suitable to consult virtual libraries and 67% do not consult articles and scientific journals when researching; From these results, the competences to be developed were determined: search and selection of scientific texts. Derived from the qualitative evaluation, it was determined that Project-Based Learning, using virtual learning environments, would be the guideline to design the implementation in the Intervention Project.