DIGITAL LITERACY IN HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSORS: CONSTRUCTION AND EMPIRICAL TEST OF AN ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT

Digital literacy (DL) of higher education professors has been assessed and results are presented, based on the construction and application of an assessment instrument, which structure was built based on a competency profile, organized in three dimensions: technological, informational and pedagogic. Results showed that professors have a medium level of DL, correlated to age and time of ICT use in their teaching. There are differences in the DL level between professors, in the three academic divisions assessed, and while participants showed a high level of competence in the technological and informational dimensions, the educational dimension is at lower levels.