Digital competencies: knowledge needed to develop research skills in university students

Digital competencies have become one of the fundamental skills to achieve high standards in student learning, since they promote the development of research skills that allow access to knowledge.Thus, the objective of this research was to determine the influence of digital competencies on research skills in a sample of university students from a private university in Lima, Peru.The method used was descriptive, with a quantitative approach, with a basic research type and a non-experimental and cross-sectional design.The sample consisted of 250 students, to whom two questionnaires were administered.The data were analyzed using a structural equation model, through which the incidence was tested.In addition, the correlations between the dimensions proved to be positive and significant.These results made it possible to establish the importance of digital competencies in the development of research skills, so universities should consider as one of their main objectives to develop programs aimed at improving these competencies and skills.