Digital literacy of Latin American university students

Abstract

This research is a first approach to the study of the self-perceived digital competence of Latin American students with a broad sample of 5 countries in the region. For the collection of data we have used INCOTIC instrument adapted to the Latin American context, obtaining data by age and sex on Information Literac (DAI). technological literacy (DAT), multimedia literacy (DAM) and communicative literacy (DAC). Specifically, the highest DAI is in the age range between 24-31 years, and the DAT, DAM and DAC is in the range of 28-31 years. In the case of women, the highest DAI is in the age range between 20-27 years, and DAT, DAM and DAC are in the range of 28-31 years. To sum up, the country with the lowest score obtained in the analyzed literacies is Ecuador, with Chile and Colombia being the countries with the highest score. In addition, interesting differences are observed when deepening by gender and age in each literacy. It is expected to design the guidelines of a Digital Literacy Plan for university students with proposals for earch university that will be the input for researchers from each country.