Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students

Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students

The perception and level of digital skills of university students is a topic of current interest, as it has been documented that a gender digital divide exists. The aim of this paper was to determine the existence of a digital divide among university students, according to their perception, by gende...

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Main Authors: Ríos-Rodríguez, Leticia del Carmen, Hernández-Leyva, Zenona Jezabel, Martínez-Alarcón, Leocadio Guadalupe, Ruvalcaba-Arredondo, Leonel
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Published: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2024
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spelling oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-18822024-07-20T01:00:24Z Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students El género y su relación en las competencias digitales de los estudiantes universitarios Ríos-Rodríguez, Leticia del Carmen Hernández-Leyva, Zenona Jezabel Martínez-Alarcón, Leocadio Guadalupe Ruvalcaba-Arredondo, Leonel género competencias digitales estudiantes gender digital competencies students The perception and level of digital skills of university students is a topic of current interest, as it has been documented that a gender digital divide exists. The aim of this paper was to determine the existence of a digital divide among university students, according to their perception, by gender. A quantitative, cross-sec­tional research was carried out during February 2021, to know the self-perception of digital competences of the students of Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), segmenting it by gender: male, female and member of the LGBTI community. The dimensions of In­formation, Communication, and Content Creation of the DIGCOMP 1.0 instrument were considered. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov norma­lity test indicated that the data were not nor­mally distributed, and the data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis H-hypothesis non-parametric statistical test. Men and members of the LGBTI community self-perceived themsel­ves as having better digital skills than women in the use of computers. It is convenient to de­termine whether this was just self-perception or if there is a gender digital divide. Intervention programs are needed to improve digital skills across the entire university student population. La percepción y nivel de competencias digitales de los estudiantes universitarios suscitan un tema de interés actual, debido a que se ha documentado que existe una brecha digital de género. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue de­terminar la existencia de una brecha digital entre alumnos universitarios, de acuerdo a su per­cepción, por género. Se llevó a cabo una investigación cuantitativa, de corte transversal, durante febrero de 2021, para conocer la autopercepción sobre las competencias digitales que tenían los estudiantes de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ), segmentándola por género: hombre, mujer y miembro de la comunidad LGBTI. Se consideraron las dimensiones Información, Comunicación y Creación de Contenidos del instrumento DIGCOMP 1.0. La prueba de normalidad Kolmogórov-Smirnov indicó que no se tenía distribución normal en los datos y estos se analizaron mediante la prue­ba estadística no paramétrica hipótesis H de Kruskal-Wallis. Los hombres y los miembros de la comunidad LGBTI se autopercibieron con mejores competencias digitales que las muje­res en el uso de odenadores, así como en el uso de editores de video y de audio. Es conveniente determinar si esta autopercepción está asociada con una brecha digital de género en la práctica. Los resultados sugieren la necesidad de programas de intervención que mejoren las competencias digitales de la población estudiantil universitaria, con mayor énfasis en las mujeres. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2024-07-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/1882 10.29059/cienciauat.v19i1.1882 CienciaUAT; Vol. 19, No. 1. July-December 2024; 157-169 CienciaUAT; Vol. 19, No. 1: julio-diciembre 2024; 157-169 2007-7858 2007-7521 spa https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/1882/1241 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/1882/1242 Derechos de autor 2024 Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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author Ríos-Rodríguez, Leticia del Carmen
Hernández-Leyva, Zenona Jezabel
Martínez-Alarcón, Leocadio Guadalupe
Ruvalcaba-Arredondo, Leonel
spellingShingle Ríos-Rodríguez, Leticia del Carmen
Hernández-Leyva, Zenona Jezabel
Martínez-Alarcón, Leocadio Guadalupe
Ruvalcaba-Arredondo, Leonel
Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students
author_facet Ríos-Rodríguez, Leticia del Carmen
Hernández-Leyva, Zenona Jezabel
Martínez-Alarcón, Leocadio Guadalupe
Ruvalcaba-Arredondo, Leonel
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title Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students
title_short Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students
title_full Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students
title_fullStr Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students
title_full_unstemmed Gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students
title_sort gender and its relationship to digital skills among university students
description The perception and level of digital skills of university students is a topic of current interest, as it has been documented that a gender digital divide exists. The aim of this paper was to determine the existence of a digital divide among university students, according to their perception, by gender. A quantitative, cross-sec­tional research was carried out during February 2021, to know the self-perception of digital competences of the students of Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), segmenting it by gender: male, female and member of the LGBTI community. The dimensions of In­formation, Communication, and Content Creation of the DIGCOMP 1.0 instrument were considered. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov norma­lity test indicated that the data were not nor­mally distributed, and the data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis H-hypothesis non-parametric statistical test. Men and members of the LGBTI community self-perceived themsel­ves as having better digital skills than women in the use of computers. It is convenient to de­termine whether this was just self-perception or if there is a gender digital divide. Intervention programs are needed to improve digital skills across the entire university student population.
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