Digital Competence of the University Teachers: A Quantitative Study

In the context of education digital competence has gained strong bulge and necessary competencies that teachers have to learn in today’s world. The present study aims to know the views of university teachers and influence of gender, training, salary and experience on digital competence. In this study, a descriptive method and under this survey approach was used to collect the necessary data by using digital competence scale constructed and validated by investigator as a data collection tool. The sample of the study was 340 university teachers who were teaching in different universities of Kashmir valley. From the self-reported data, it can be said that teachers possess moderate digital competence and varies with regard to gender and training. The reported results will guide the investigators as they unveil the needs of the teachers and subdue information about what should be focused on the training or activities to be organized to meet these needs. #CSOC1120