Digital Competences of Polish and Slovak Students—Comparative Analysis in the Light of Empirical Research

Zuzana Hajduová,Lucia Bednárová,Klaudia Smoląg,Marek Szajt

doi:10.3390/su12187739

Abstract

Skills in using information and communication technology solutions in the modern world determine the quality of professional and social life for everyone. The last decade has shown that digital competences are an important group of key competences for every employee and every organization. The purpose of this study is to present results of surveys on digital competences of Polish and Slovak students. Generally, results show that assessment of the level of digital competence of Polish students is not only higher but also less diverse. The rationale for addressing the subject of digital competences is its significance, constant changes resulting from development of ICT and the need to improve quality of life of individuals and organizations in the modern digital world. In this questionnaire, the students were asked to evaluate their level of understanding both existing and non-existing terms from the ICT area. The results have shown that there are significant differences between the questioned groups of students especially in case of IT competences.

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Digital competence is an important factor shaping the quality of life of both individual and entire organizations
Teaching digital competences is a result of a combination of technological knowledge and skills, knowledge of the methodological possibilities offered by technological resources, and approach towards the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to transform and improve education [10]
A similar division in their digital competence research of Spanish undergraduate students was used by Guzman-Simon et al An important element of our research is to indicate how students evaluate their digital competences, for whom the digital world is somewhat a natural world, since from the beginning of their lives this world has been well integrated into their reality

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Digital competence is an important factor shaping the quality of life of both individual and entire organizations. Their importance is constantly growing, which results from dynamics of development of information and communication technologies (ICT) and progressing digital transformation [1]. Digital competences obviously depend on the age, professional activity or education of a given person [3]. These competences are important because they enable functioning in a world dominated by ICT and are part of lifelong learning process [4,5]. Teaching digital competences is a result of a combination of technological knowledge and skills, knowledge of the methodological possibilities offered by technological resources, and approach towards the use of ICT to transform and improve education [10]

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