Mediating role of self-efficacy to use ict on the relationship between digital profile and competence

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the digital competence of senior high school students and teachers in the Division of Batangas City. The study used the descriptive quantitative research design. The samples of 590 students and 165 teachers from different private and public senior high schools of the Division of Batangas City were selected through stratified random sampling. Guided by the Digital Competence Framework (Digicomp 2.0), the digital profile, self-efficacy, and self-assessment report on the five (5) digital competence areas and 21 descriptors were examined and analyzed using weighted mean, standard deviation, frequency count, and relative frequency. The results revealed that the senior high school students and teachers were equipped with the necessary information communications technology (ICT) experience and possessed the potentials to develop the digital competence. The senior high school students and teachers were intermediate or independent and proficient or advanced in their digital competence, respectively. They have high ratings in the areas of safety, communication and collaboration, and problem solving. Furthermore, the relationship between senior high school teachers’ ICT experience, potentials to develop digital competence, and the level of digital competence was mediated by self-efficacy to use ICT. This implies that self-efficacy to use ICT increases the likelihood of developing the digital competence.