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Article

Technological Devices and Digital Competences: A Look into the Digital Divides for University Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic

by
Elmis Jonatan García Zare
1,*,
Segundo Eloy Soto Abanto
1,
Noelia Patricia Rodriguez Paredes
1,
Teresita del Rosario Merino Salazar
2,
Sandra Elizabeth Pagador Flores
3,
Jorge Luis Baldárrago Baldárrago
4,
Jorge Adrian Salas-Ruiz
5 and
Patricia Isabel Mejía Pardo
1
1
Jefatura de Investigación—SUBE, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo 13001, Peru
2
Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo 13001, Peru
3
Instituto de Investigación en Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo 13001, Peru
4
Jefatura de Investigación—Lima Norte, Universidad César Vallejo, Lima 15314, Peru
5
Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo 13001, Peru
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2023, 15(11), 8494; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118494
Submission received: 25 March 2023 / Revised: 17 May 2023 / Accepted: 18 May 2023 / Published: 23 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Opportunities of Higher Education in a Post-COVID-19 World: Headed for Sustainable Development)
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Abstract

Virtual education has gained great relevance in recent years, due to the pandemic. The access to electronic devices and services represents an urgent necessity and thus the concern for acquiring digital competences, which allow a proper interaction within the teaching–learning process. Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of having digital resources and the adaptability of their use from the university students’ homes during the pandemic crisis. This research intends to identify the relevant challenges regarding the accessibility to technological devices and digital competences that university students had to face to obtain suitable learning during the lockdown, due to the pandemic. The sample information consisted of 9326 Peruvian university students. The data was obtained from the National Homes Survey from the Statistics and Information National Institute, and it was distributed in twenty-five regions (in groups of five macro-regions) over a period of three years (2019–2021). The results showed significant differences in the number of students with internet access from home: between 40% and 60% access classes with a desktop or laptop, and digital competences have improved in the last year. This is evidence that digital divides set limits on the opportunities for a quality education.
Keywords: education resources; digital divides; information technology; online learning education resources; digital divides; information technology; online learning

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García Zare, E.J.; Soto Abanto, S.E.; Rodriguez Paredes, N.P.; Merino Salazar, T.d.R.; Pagador Flores, S.E.; Baldárrago Baldárrago, J.L.; Salas-Ruiz, J.A.; Mejía Pardo, P.I. Technological Devices and Digital Competences: A Look into the Digital Divides for University Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability 2023, 15, 8494. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118494

AMA Style

García Zare EJ, Soto Abanto SE, Rodriguez Paredes NP, Merino Salazar TdR, Pagador Flores SE, Baldárrago Baldárrago JL, Salas-Ruiz JA, Mejía Pardo PI. Technological Devices and Digital Competences: A Look into the Digital Divides for University Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability. 2023; 15(11):8494. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118494

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García Zare, Elmis Jonatan, Segundo Eloy Soto Abanto, Noelia Patricia Rodriguez Paredes, Teresita del Rosario Merino Salazar, Sandra Elizabeth Pagador Flores, Jorge Luis Baldárrago Baldárrago, Jorge Adrian Salas-Ruiz, and Patricia Isabel Mejía Pardo. 2023. "Technological Devices and Digital Competences: A Look into the Digital Divides for University Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic" Sustainability 15, no. 11: 8494. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118494

APA Style

García Zare, E. J., Soto Abanto, S. E., Rodriguez Paredes, N. P., Merino Salazar, T. d. R., Pagador Flores, S. E., Baldárrago Baldárrago, J. L., Salas-Ruiz, J. A., & Mejía Pardo, P. I. (2023). Technological Devices and Digital Competences: A Look into the Digital Divides for University Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability, 15(11), 8494. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15118494

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