Research Article

Competencies in Digitalization: An Experiment in an International Course

Table 3

Results of developed and not developed skills.

Digital skillsDevelopedUndeveloped

Indicators:(i) Adaptability.(i) Ability to interact with peers.
(i) Interaction(ii) Decision-making capacity.
Communication between us has been fluid and continuous, although we were not all present.
(ii) Capacity for empathy.
(ii) Communication(iii) We believed that we could do a good job as a group.(iii) Motivational ability to carry out the activities.
(iii) Empathy(iv) We have quickly agreed on working rules.
In general we have been very satisfied with the work done in this group.
(iv) Collaboration capacity.
(iv) Motivation(v) We have been an effective group.(v) Ability to communicate with colleagues.
(v) Collaboration(vi) The group has worked in a coordinated way.
(vii) As a group, we have made very few mistakes about what needed to be done.
Indicators:(i) Ability to understand the content (cognitive).(i) I have information about a part of the job that no other person in the group has.
(i) Cognitive development(ii) Content synthesis capacity.(ii) The specific knowledge of each of the group members has been necessary to do the group work.
(ii) Content mastery(iii) Each of the group members has sufficient information on the aspects of the work.(iii) I know which member of the group has knowledge of a specific aspect of group work.
(iv) Each of the members of the group has sufficient prior knowledge to carry out the work.(iv) When other colleagues provide information, I need to contrast or verify it.
(v) I feel good accepting suggestions from other people in the group about how to carry out the group task.(v) I do not have much confidence in the knowledge and information of the rest of the people in the group.
(vi) I trust the information provided by the other people in the group.
(vii) I take into account and act on the information that other members of the group contribute to the group debate.
(viii) We have exceeded the objectives of the entrusted work.
Indicators:(i) Ability to navigate the virtual platform.(i) Ability to master the English language.
(i) Use of the platform(ii) Ability to search for information.(ii) Ability to use teaching resources.
(ii) Use of language
Indicators:(i) We have done the job smoothly and efficiently(i) We have needed to return to aspects already discussed or redo some things.
Decision-making(ii) We have agreed very quickly on what our objectives were.(ii) We have had quite a lot of confusion and doubts about how to carry out group work
(iii) We have agreed on the assessment of our skills and knowledge(iii) The fact that the members of the group were not present has clearly influenced the results of the group.
(iv) We have quickly agreed on how to work, although one of the people in the group was not present.
(v) We have approached the case in a very similar way and we have agreed very quickly on the analysis of the situation.
When different points of view have appeared, we have listened to each other, understood them, and acted accordingly as a group.
(vi) We have immediately agreed on what we could do given the allotted time frame.
(vii) We have finished the task in the allotted time.
(viii) We have reacted quickly and efficiently when problems have arisen.