University libraries and open digital education: A space for the development of instruments of web implementation, information competencies and indicators for evaluation

Abstract

Education, as a principle of comprehensive education, acquires a relevance and a primary role in cyberspace. This is why the pedagogical models for learning in web environments and the implications of open access in education are analyzed. Likewise, it is argued the decisive function that play and can play the university library, which has become centers of learning and research resources (CRAI), to be a decisive factor in the new educational model. Information competencies for learning and research become the digital competencies that higher education students should acquire for the development of successful learning experiences in new learning environments. For this reason, librarians and teachers need indicators that show, from the competency model, the learning outcomes that must be developed to be considered competent in the use of information.