Virtual camps in Andalusian universities: typologies of educational use, teaching competences and institutional support

Abstract

This paper is inspired on the Research Project for Excellence «E-learning platforms for virtualization of subjects». The main aim of this work is to depict the general use of virtual education in universities in western Andalusia and to identify current teaching uses of e-learning platforms in higher education. By means of a specific questionnaire, variables of the digital resources used were identified, as well as functionalities, technological competences of teachers and institutional measures. The use of Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) technique made possible the identification of four types of associated educational uses: a) a majority group of teachers using e-learning platforms mainly for informative purposes and with low competence; b) a group of teachers with high competence using e-learning platforms frequently; c) a group of teachers occasionally using e-learning platforms in contexts with scarce boosting measures and without technological training; d) a minority group of teachers widely using e-learning platforms, with high technological competence and in a favourable enviroment for the use of ICT.

Keywords

• plataformas educativas
• teleformación
• competencia tecnológica
• competencia docente
• tecnologías de la comunicación (tic)
• uso educativo
• educación universitaria