Digital literacy and higher education during COVID-19 lockdown : Spain, Italy and Ecuador
Tejedor, Santiago (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Periodisme i de Ciències de la Comunicació)
Tusa, Fernanda (University of Machala. Faculty of Social Sciences)
Cervi, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Periodisme i de Ciències de la Comunicació)
Pérez-Escoda, Ana (Universidad Antonio de Nebrija. Departamento de Comunicación)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Digital literacy constitutes the basis for citizenship in order to be effective and efficient in the 21st Century in professional and personal lives. The set of skills and competences integrating digital literacy are expected to be guaranteed in higher education. During the lockdown globally imposed for the COVID-19 pandemic, educational systems worldwide had to face many disruptive changes. The aim of this research is to present a comparative study of three countries' higher education institutions (Spain, Italy, and Ecuador), analyzing how they have faced the global lockdown situation, focusing on the development of digital literacy. The methodological approach followed in this study was quantitative with an exploratory-correlational scope using a questionnaire designed ad hoc and applied in a sample of 376 students. Results point the necessity of enhancing the main aspects such as the teacher's digital skills, sources for learning that may be adapted, communication between universities and students, and teaching methodologies that should be appropriate to the current context. Conclusions may suggest rethinking higher education learning and reinforcing main issues for this transformation, mainly: communication, teaching, and digital competences. Otherwise, digital literacy is not being guaranteed, which means higher education is not accomplishing one of its main objectives.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca
Subject:	Digital literacy ; COVID-19 ; Generation Z ; Students ; Lockdown ; Higher education ; Communication
Published in:	Publications, Vol. 8 Núm. 4 (2020) , p. 48, ISSN 2304-6775

DOI: 10.3390/publications8040048

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