BRECHA DIGITAL DESDE EL ESTUDIO DE LAS COMPETENCIAS DIGITALES: CASO UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MANABÍ

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the (SDM) Minimum Digital Knowledge that students must attend higher education to perform in their academic tasks, as well as to estimate the digital divide between students whose ages are in the range of 17 to 30 years, versus students over 30 years of age. The research is developed through the explanatory method. The design contemplates two stages: In the first one a documentary analysis was carried out, to base with theories the present study. In the second phase, the form of digital knowledge schemes was applied based on the coincidences between reference frameworks proposed by Ramírez and Casillas (2015), considering only the indicators proposed by UNESCO, to identify SDMs and to establish the digital divide between students that go to the Central Library of the Technical University of Manabí, separating them by the ranges of indicated ages. The study allowed to identify the levels of minimum digital competences, to establish and analyze the digital divide, to finally propose alternatives that will reduce this gap between the so-called natives and digital emigrants.