Assessment of university teachers on their digital competences

IF 0.4 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS Qwerty Pub Date : 2020-05-22 DOI:10.30557/qw000025

Sara Dias-Trindade, J. Moreira, A. G. Ferreira

引用次数: 17

Abstract

The potential of DTIC has brought new challenges to teachers, making it essential to acquire digital competences. The aim of this research is to assess Portuguese university teachers' digital competence level. The quantitative methodological approach emphasises the teachers’ perception of their digital competences in three dimensions: teachers´ professional and pedagogic competences and learners´ competences and involved 118 Portuguese University teachers. The main findings show that the digital competence level of teachers is moderate, and that subdimensions “Guidance”, “Analysing Evidence” and “Responsible Use”, are the weakest. On the other hand, the subdimension in which teachers perceive to have more competence is “Organisational Communication”. The results show the need for teachers to increase their digital competence level through specific training, especially as regards the pedagogical use of technology, in particular more practical, experimental training.

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大学教师数字化能力评估

DTIC的潜力给教师带来了新的挑战，使他们必须获得数字能力。本研究的目的是评估葡萄牙大学教师的数字能力水平。定量方法方法强调教师在三个方面对其数字能力的感知:教师的专业和教学能力以及学习者的能力，涉及118名葡萄牙大学教师。研究发现，教师的数字能力水平一般，其中“指导”、“分析证据”和“负责任使用”三个子维度最弱。另一方面，教师认为更有能力的子维度是“组织沟通”。结果表明，教师需要通过特定的培训来提高他们的数字能力水平，特别是在技术的教学使用方面，特别是更实用的实验培训。

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Qwerty COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS-

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2.40

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15.40%

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