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  • Higher Education Pedagogy
  • Digital Literacy Assessment

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  • The shift to blended and remote education necessitates evaluating students' digital competence.
  • Existing digital competence scales often lack comprehensiveness or fail to incorporate new socio-technological advancements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and validate a comprehensive digital competence scale for higher education students.
  • To provide an instrument for assessing digital skills relevant to contemporary learning environments.

Main Methods:

  • Development and validation of a new digital competence scale.
  • Evaluation of the scale on 156 undergraduate and postgraduate students before and during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Analysis of model fit, factor loadings, internal validity, and reliability.

Main Results:

  • The final scale consists of 28 items across six digital competence components.
  • The scale demonstrated valid results regarding model fit, factor loadings, internal validity, and reliability.
  • Student's field of study, computer experience, and age were significantly associated with digital competence components; gender showed no significant differences.

Conclusions:

  • The validated comprehensive digital competence scale is a valuable tool for higher education.
  • The scale can inform the design of educational programs and policies to enhance digital skills for remote and blended learning.
  • It supports the development of digital skills among adult learners in evolving educational landscapes.