Title: Efficacy of e-content designing and development training programme on digital competence of prospective teacher educators

Authors: Seema Rani Thappa; Deep Shikha; J.N. Baliya; Sourabh Sharma; Neha Mehra

Addresses: Department of Teacher Education, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India ' Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu, J&K, India ' Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu, J&K, India ' Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu, J&K, India ' Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu, J&K, India

Abstract: The majority of researchers recommended that teachers to possess the necessary skills to integrate digital technology in the classroom, but there has not been much effort put forward to provide a training component for teachers to acquire these skills. The researchers did the experimental work by providing intervention based on technological pedagogical and content knowledge framework by adopting quasi-experimental design to investigate the efficacy of e-content designing and development training programme on the digital competence of prospective teacher educators. For this, 30 MEd and BEd students as a sample in an experimental group through purposive sampling technique. Two-week intervention has been provided and collected data has been analysed by using t-test on three aspects of digital competence. The research findings revealed that considerable difference in before and after scores in digital competence among preservice teachers and educators along with three dimensions that is technological competence, professional competence and pedagogical competence.

Keywords: e-content; design and development; technology; pedagogy; digital competence; technology knowledge; pedagogical knowledge; professional knowledge.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2026.150521

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2026 Vol.18 No.1, pp.104 - 124

Received: 03 Jun 2024
Accepted: 06 Oct 2024
Published online: 16 Dec 2025 *

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