Digital Transformation in the Universities: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date
2021-02-24
Authors
García-Peñalvo, F. J.
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Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Abstract
Looking back, the year 2020 has not been at all what we would have imagined. The COVID-
19 pandemic has marked everything. We have lived through unimaginable experiences.
Scenarios of confinement and social distance have required incorporating technologies as
an essential means of continuing professional, educational and social activities. On a social
level, the advance in the digital competencies of the population has increased exponentially.
However, this need to use technology does not mean that, in general, institutions and
individuals were prepared to face digital processes, which reveals deficits in their digital
transformation strategies. This has been very evident in the universities, which, although
thanks to technologies they have been able to fulfil their missions, especially in teaching,
the maturity of their digital transformation processes has been compromised. In terms of
the journal Education in the Knowledge Society (EKS), as for the rest of the scientific publications,
in 2020 the review processes have been a little longer, but they have been fulfilled, and
volume 21 has had 30 contributions of proven quality. Besides, 2020 has given EKS its first
CiteScore index (Scopus) of 0.25, with a 27% percentile that places it in the third quartile.
This editorial article opens volume 22 of this journal for 2021. This editorial is available in
both English and Spanish languages.
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Keywords
Education in the Knowledge Society, Digital transformation, University, COVID-19
Citation
García-Peñalvo, F. J. (2021). Digital Transformation in the Universities: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Education in the Knowledge Society, 22, Article e25465. https://doi.org/10.14201/eks.25465