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Self-Perceived Digital Competencies In Educational Online Migration Due To Covid-19 Confinement, Rocio E. Duarte, Leticia Rodríguez Jun 2021

Self-Perceived Digital Competencies In Educational Online Migration Due To Covid-19 Confinement, Rocio E. Duarte, Leticia Rodríguez

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to validate a measurement scale to assess self-perceived digital competencies of Mexican university students who have migrated from a mixed school-digital system to a fully digitalized educational environment because of COVID-19 confinement. The instrument was based on the European Union Digital Competence Framework.

Method: 1,118 participants aged between 18 and 47 years completed the assessment. This included 677 females (60.6%) and 429 males (38.4%). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess scale structure.

Results: Results of the CFA showed an excellent fit to the data, C2/df = 3.27, p …