Formación en competencias digitales: diagnóstico a docentes de bachillerato en Instituciones Educativas del Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: Nowadays, the teachers require vocation, knowledge, and permanent training to perform their teaching role integrally, being digital competence a significant part of their daily work. Due to the pandemic, technology was the most widely used medium for teaching synchronous and asynchronous classes. Consequently, there were identified several achievements and some failures concerning their training in digital competencies. Because of that reason, a diagnosis of the competence level teachers was carried out on ten teachers who teach Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Basic General Education (BGE) and Unified General Baccalaureate (UGB) levels of Educational Institutions in the Coast and Highland regions of Ecuador. The process was based on the Common Framework for Digital Competence in Teaching. The method used was Action Research, where the bibliographic and field technique with the application of the digitalized survey in Google Forms were applied. Various responses were obtained, which were recorded in the SPSS Statistics system to analyze graphically and analytically the data of the sample. In conclusion, teachers are located at the Basic level of each competence level, demanding theoretical and practical training for their improvement.