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A Post-Covid Comparative Analysis of Digital Skills in Vocational Education Teachers for 4 Latin American Countries

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The irruption of COVID-19 pushed educators’ need for digital skills to the forefront of the learning debate as authorities closed schools and universities, in some cases for months, leaving virtual education as one of the few alternatives to knowledge dissemination

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Martín-Llaguno, M., Fernández-González, E.M., Sainz, J. (2023). A Post-Covid Comparative Analysis of Digital Skills in Vocational Education Teachers for 4 Latin American Countries. In: Sainz, J., Sanz, I. (eds) Addressing Inequities in Modern Educational Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45802-6_1

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