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Recently, traditional education is experiencing a digital transformation shift, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This process generates in students the need to strengthen digital competences through the practice of collaborative learning. The objective of the research was to determine the impact of digital competences on the collaborative learning ofstudents at a public university in Lima. The study was a basic, causal correlational, non-experimental, cross-sectional design. The population was 1,150 undergraduate students from the School of Education of a public university in Lima and the sample consisted of 289 students. The descriptive results showed that digital competences are at a middle level (44.3%) while cooperative learning is at a regular level (36.3%). Finally, it is concluded that digital competences have a significant influence on collaborative learning, with Nagelkerke 's R2 value (0.704) demonstrating that the proposed model explains this influence.
Keywords: digital competences, collaborative learning, online learning, higher education
INTRODUCTION
The world's population is currently undergoing a lifestyle change brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Although this event is accelerating the digital transformation (Bogdandy et al., 2020), it is not occurring homogeneously around the world and is creating digital and educational gaps, especially in developing countries, affecting digital competences and student learning (Mhlanga et al., 2022). In Peru, in order to ensure the continuity of university studies, universities have established criteria to monitor the teaching of subjects through virtual education platforms (Estrada et al., 2022). Regarding this change, it has been observed that undergraduate students of the School of Education of a Public University of Lima presented deficiencies in the management of digital competences, due to the sudden change of the study modality. This situation affected the work methodology that had already been established prior to the outbreak of the pandemic. Likewise, it was noted that, as students are at home, the need to develop collaborative learning, which is manifested through efficient teamwork, has increased (Johnson and Johnson, 2014). In view of this, the following research question has been formulated: How do digital competences influence collaborative learning among students at a public university in Lima?
This research filled a gap in knowledge related to digital competences and collaborative learning of higher education students during the pandemic. The results obtained will provide support for future research,...