Necessary or unnecessary digital literacy in university teacher training caused by COVID-19: Experiences of CESCIJUC teachers

Abstract

The distance modality was the only way to continue with the educational cycle, due to the health contingency, I rethink whether university teachers should also know and manage the new digital applications, to turn them into teaching tools and environments that favor the learning process, a This process is called digital literacy; For this, a quantitative-qualitative research was carried out with an analytical and descriptive approach at Centro de Estudios Superiores en Ciencias Jurídicas y Criminológicas (Cescijuc), to teachers who study the Master in Pedagogy of the Niños Héroes campus in Mexico City, Only those who taught at a higher level were selected, being 152, the objectives of this research work are to know if they have a level of digital literacy and how the situation of continuing classes at a distance affected them; As a result, the educational institution does not require any knowledge in digital applications and tools from its teachers, it was found that an important factor is the older the teacher, the less is its use and knowledge, coupled with the little interest in learning them because they do not see the need to use them in a face-to-face modality, now it must be considered as part of the teaching profile.