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Self-assesment of digital competences of higher education professors

Contemporary technologies (ICT) are becoming more and more of an important source of knowledge for governing human resources, especially in the area of the role of education and the acquirement of competences for higher education institution professors. As a long- term goal in the economic and social advancement, there are initiatives regarding the insurance of multiple IT education. Given the fact that Croatia lacks research with the goal of assessing the initial knowledge of IT literacy within higher education institutions, the goal of this research was to pinpoint the level of knowledge and digital competences of professors and associates of the university level in Croatia. The goal was also to determine the frequency of the implementation of contemporary technologies in class and to explain the necessity of implementing the program of Multimedia Training and E-learning at the university level for professors. This research has been done on a representative sample (N=1800) of professors and associates of universities in Croatia, among different faculties and departments in Osijek, Split, and Zagreb. The results show that the professors and associates of higher education institutions of technical sciences and IT are the most digitally competent ones in scientific research and apply contemporary technologies significantly more (statistically speaking) than the professors and associates dealing with social studies and humanities. The results show that over 70% of professors and associates are deemed to be digitally competent in the usage of computers and new technologies and that over 60% of them regularly use media in class. The examinees are mostly unanimous on the assessment of key digital competences of professors for using new technologies, as well as on the purpose of using new technologies in the teaching process.

digital competence ; higher education institutions in Croatia ; the application of contemporary technology in class ; the purpose of applying new technologies.

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