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

  1. Rocío Jiménez-Cortés 1
  2. Alba Vico-Bosch
  3. Angeles Rebollo-Catalán
  1. 1 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

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Revista:
International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

ISSN: 2365-9440

Ano de publicación: 2017

Número: 14

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.1186/S41239-017-0040-7 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

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Emerging technologies are leading to a rethink 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.

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