Digital competencies of Latin American teachers in the context of higher education

Abstract

The research shows the results of an extensive study on the main findings of works related to digital competencies of teachers in Latin American higher education. The purpose of the text is to analyze the main characteristics of the publications registered in Scopus database during the period 2016-2021 in Latin American countries. The information provided by said platform was organized by means of tables and figures categorizing the information by year of publication, country of origin, area of knowledge and type of publication. The methodological approach corresponds to a quantitative-descriptive study using the horizontal content analysis method. Among the main findings it can be highlighted that Mexico is one of the main countries with significant knowledge advances in this field and high impact scientific articles are the most relevant form of publication in this country.