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Basic Education Students’ Digital Competence in the Area of Communication: The Influence of Online Communication and the Use of Social Networks
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Materia
Digital competence
ICT
Basic education
Digital communication
Online communication
Social networks
Fecha de publicación
2021
Editor
MDPI
Citación
Cabezas-González,M., Casillas-Martín,S. & García-Valcárcel Muñoz-Repiso, A. (2021). Basic Education Students’Digital Competence in the Area of Communication: The Influence of Online Communication and the Use of Social Networks. Sustainability,13(8), 4442. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su13084442
Resumen
[EN] The global public health crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that
digital competence in education is no longer an option, but a necessity. Online communication with
friends using social networks is an activity in which young people very frequently and at increasingly
early ages engage. This article presents the results of a study analyses digital-competence levels in
the area of communication of Spanish basic-education students (aged 12–16) and establishes whether
online communication with friends and the use of social media impact it. A quantitative methodology
with a descriptive and cross-sectional design was used. The sample comprised 807 students, and
data collection was based on a problem-solving test. Findings show that students who use online
communication with their friends very often and that those who use social networks a lot have lower
levels of digital competence. Education centres should reflect on this in order to implement curricular
programs that may strengthen this type of competence.
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10.3390/su13084442
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