Competencia digital y su relación con la innovación docente en unidades educativas de la provincia de Loja y Guayas

Abstract

Abstract: The present research called digital competence and its relationship with teacher innovation in educational units in the province of Loja and Guayas, aims to analyze the relationship between digital competence and teacher innovation in basic education in Ecuador. To meet this objective, research methods of interpretivist philosophy were used, which follows an inductive approach and a qualitative methodological route, the tool used was the semi-structured interview to four teachers of fiscal and fiscal-commissioned educational units of face-to-face modality. Data necessary for the study were obtained from this interview, using the technique of thematic analysis, with the identification of units, open codes, subcategories and blocks, allowing to make a diagram and establish the relationship between innovation and digital competence. Finally, with the results obtained in the study, conclusions and recommendations are presented, emphasizing the importance that teachers continue with the constant training process that allows them to acquire digital and technological competencies, which in turn generate a transformation in the teaching-learning process by supporting their innovative practice.