RT Journal Article
T1 Exploring digital competencies: validation and reliability of an instrument for the educational community and for all educational stages
A1 Soriano-Alcántara, Jesús Manuel
A1 Guillén-Gámez, Francisco David
A1 Ruiz-Palmero, Julio
K1 Educación en medios de comunicación social
K1 Alfabetización informacional
AB Digital competencies are very significant in terms of integrating digital resources intoeducational processes. This study presents the validity and reliability of an instrument cre-ated by Carrera et al. (2011), in order to evaluate the basic digital competence of the threemain educational agents of the educational community (teachers, students, and parents) forall educational stages (Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Secondary Educa-tion and Higher Education), making use of digital resources to (1) Skills in managementand transfer of technological data, (2) Software and hardware skills, (3) Web navigationskills, (4) Skills in using word processors, (5) Data processing and management skills, y(6) Multimedia presentation design skills. The application of the instrument was carriedout with a sample of 1,149 participants from all educational stages, coming from theentire territory of the Dominican Republic. Reliability was assessed using various mea-sures, including Cronbach’s Alpha, Spearman-Brown Coefficient, Guttman’s Two Halves,McDonald’s Omega, and composite reliability. To validate the instrument, exploratoryfactor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were carried out with thepurpose of understanding the validity and dimensionality of the scale (comprehensionvalidity, construct validity, convergent, discriminant and invariance validity). The resultsdemonstrated highly satisfactory reliability, and in terms of construct validity, a good fitof the model was observed, valid for any educational agent and for any educational stage.The final version of the instrument consists of 20 items classified into six latent factors
PB Spinger
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31267
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31267
LA eng
NO Soriano-Alcantara, J.M., Guillén-Gámez, F.D. & Ruiz-Palmero, J. Exploring Digital Competencies: Validation and Reliability of an Instrument for the Educational Community and for all Educational Stages. Tech Know Learn (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-024-09741-6
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026