Competencia digital del alumnado universitario y rendimiento académico en tiempos de COVID-19.

Digital competence of university students and academic performance in times of COVID-19.

COLLEGE students; COVID-19 pandemic; HIGHER education; CLASSROOM environment; LEARNING

La situación de pandemia mundial provocada por la COVID-19 ha tenido consecuencias en las diferentes esferas de la sociedad. La educación superior ha tenido que adaptar las metodologías de enseñanza hacia unos entornos de aprendizaje virtuales o semipresenciales, mientras que los estudiantes también han visto condicionado su proceso de aprendizaje por la necesidad de disponer de recursos digitales con los que sustituir a las herramientas y procesos tradicionalmente utilizados. Este estudio pretende analizar la incidencia que tiene la competencia digital del alumnado universitario sobre su rendimiento académico en tiempos de COVID-19. A través de una metodología cuantitativa descriptiva-inferencial, se aplicó una escala validada a una muestra de 603 estudiantes de grado y posgrado durante el curso 2020/2021. Los resultados obtenidos reflejan, por una parte, altos valores en las dimensiones relativas al manejo de la información y la comunicación digital, así como en los aspectos de organización para los que utilizan las herramientas digitales y, por otra parte, valores bajos en lo que se refiere a habilidades relativas al manejo técnico de la tecnología. Las conclusiones confirman la hipótesis que sostiene que el alumnado con mayores niveles de competencia digital es aquel que obtiene un mejor rendimiento académico en la enseñanza universitaria. Los hallazgos alcanzados coinciden con trabajos previos realizados. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The global pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 has had consequences in different spheres of society. Higher education has had to adapt teaching methodologies towards virtual or blended learning environments, while students have also seen their learning process conditioned by the need to have digital resources with which to replace traditional tools and processes used. This study aims to analyze the impact that the digital competence of university students has on their academic performance in times of COVID-19. Through a descriptive-inferential quantitative methodology, a validated scale was applied to a sample of 603 undergraduate and graduate students during the 2020/2021 academic year. The results obtained reflect, on the one hand, high values in the dimensions related to information management and digital communication, as well as in the organizational aspects for those who use digital tools and, on the other hand, low values in what refers to skills related to the technical management of technology. The conclusions confirm the hypothesis that the student body with the highest levels of digital competence is the one who obtains the best academic performance in university education. The findings reached coincide with previous works carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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