Digital teaching competence (DTC) is a complex skill as it comprises four literacy skills: informational, communicative, multimedia and technological. DTC can be worked on from technological or methodological aspects. The general tendency is to do so from a technological perspective, which makes it impossible to achieve complete competence. Hence, a large proportion of teaching staff does not finish developing their DTC professionally.

The analysis of DTC by educational levels reveals that, on the one hand, there is little research evidence regarding the university teaching staff sector. Also, this evidence shows a rather low level of digital competence among this group. For this reason, universities must design programmes and strategies to promote and develop it from different perspectives: university policy (research, teaching and management), lifelong learning programmes, innovation projects in the application of digital technology in the classroom, and so on. In this way, a good level of DTC can be achieved by teachers and students, aimed at training not just professionals but also digital citizens.

   Wednesday, 22 May 2024

   from 11.00 am to 13.00 pm

  classroom 51,100(La Nau building) of the Poblenou campus 

  Activity aimed at teaching and research staff (PDI) of Pompeu Fabra University, open to other teachers and professionals in the field of education, students, as well as technical, management, and administrative and services staff (PTGAS) of UPF who are interested.

  A certificate of attendance will be given as a teaching activity.

Conference programme

11.00 to 11.10 am: welcome and presentation by Eduard Gil Carbó, deputy manager of the Technology and Information Resources Area at Pompeu Fabra University
11.10 to 12.10 pm: conference "Strategies to develop the digital teaching competence of university teachers", given by Mercè Gisbert Cervera, a specialist in technologies applied to education at Rovira i Virgili University
De 12.10 to 12.55 pm: open discussion with the public
De 12.55 to 13.00 pm: closing by Eduard Gil Carbó

Mercè Gisbert Cervera holds a PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Barcelona; she is a full professor of Educational Technology at the Department of Pedagogy of Rovira i Virgili University and a specialist in technologies applied to education. As the principal investigator of the research group ARGET: Applied Research Group in Education and Technology, she leads both national and international research and transfer projects focusing on educational technology.  As a university professor and from the different management positions she has held, she has promoted the interrelation between teaching, innovation and research to define and design projects and models that allow the institution to evolve, placing people and their needs at the centre.