Digital competences in university students and teachers in the area of Physical Education and Sports

Abstract

Just a few decades ago, the use of digital tools in the teaching of Physical Education and Sports was a matter of little interest. However, the expedited incursion of information and communication technologies (ICT) in today’s society has made the acquisition of the so-called digital skills an imperative. This study was carried out with the cooperation of four professional programs in the field of Physical Education and Sports in Bogota, with the aim of determining whether there are significant differences between the perception of students and teachers about the development of their digital skills in dependence on variables such as study modality, academic approach, gender, age, and in the case of teachers, also professional experience and academic training. From the results found through the Kruskall Wallis non-parametric tests, with a significance level of .05, it was determined that both students and teachers perceive the development of their ICT skills at a medium-high level, and differences in relation to gender and age were ruled out. On the other hand, it was concluded that students who are part of distance learning programs, and from pedagogical line, have a better perception of these skills, as well as those teachers with more experience and a higher level of training.