Female university student’s ICT learning strategies and their influence on digital competence

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Autore principale: Rocío Jiménez-Cortés
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author Rocío Jiménez-Cortés
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contents Female university student’s ICT learning strategies and their influence on digital competence Rocío Jiménez-Cortés Alba Vico-Bosch Angeles Rebollo-Catalán Educación Internet Women ’ sstudies Digital competence Learning strategies University students Emerging technologies are leading to a ret hink informal education and giving rise to new educational models, especially at university level. This paper looks into the strategies used by female university students to learn ICT and how this influences their level of digital competence. To do this, we surveyed 368 Spanish university women aged 20 to 34, using two scales measuring their learning strategies and digital skills. The findings showed that university students used a variety of strategies to learn about ICT, with strategies based on independent and collaborative learning prevailing. Results also showed that those women who used a wider variety of strategies to learn ICT attained more advanced digital skills. These results suggest the need to incorporate these forms of learning used by women with advanced digital skills into university teaching. 2017 artículo científico 2365-9440 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=501550295035 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5015 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education application/pdf Universitat Oberta de Catalunya International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (España) Num.1 Vol.14
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spellingShingle Female university student’s ICT learning strategies and their influence on digital competence
Rocío Jiménez-Cortés
Educación
Internet
Women ’ sstudies
Digital competence
Learning strategies
University students
Female university student’s ICT learning strategies and their influence on digital competence Rocío Jiménez-Cortés Alba Vico-Bosch Angeles Rebollo-Catalán Educación Internet Women ’ sstudies Digital competence Learning strategies University students Emerging technologies are leading to a ret hink informal education and giving rise to new educational models, especially at university level. This paper looks into the strategies used by female university students to learn ICT and how this influences their level of digital competence. To do this, we surveyed 368 Spanish university women aged 20 to 34, using two scales measuring their learning strategies and digital skills. The findings showed that university students used a variety of strategies to learn about ICT, with strategies based on independent and collaborative learning prevailing. Results also showed that those women who used a wider variety of strategies to learn ICT attained more advanced digital skills. These results suggest the need to incorporate these forms of learning used by women with advanced digital skills into university teaching. 2017 artículo científico 2365-9440 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=501550295035 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5015 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education application/pdf Universitat Oberta de Catalunya International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (España) Num.1 Vol.14
title Female university student’s ICT learning strategies and their influence on digital competence
topic Educación
Internet
Women ’ sstudies
Digital competence
Learning strategies
University students
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=501550295035