Educational Innovation Project for the Development of ICT Competence for Education (CIE) among Higher Education Teachers

The purpose of this paper is to describe the construction of the educational project "the development of ICT competence among teachers at Universidad de La Sabana" in Colombia. ICT Competence for Education (CIE) is defined as the ability of teachers to appropriate, integrate and innovate teaching practices and enhance students' learning through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In turn, the project responds to two essential aspects in the ongoing training of teachers: The integration of ICTs into the institutional curriculum on the one hand, and the role of ICTs in the improvement of the quality of education, on the other. In this regard, the construction of the project is part of the culture of innovation that the University aims to achieve through the integration of ICTs. As part of the process, an instrument was designed in order to assess ICT competence for education. In addition, the corresponding institutional regulations were obtained. The design of the instrument considered four standards: the use of technologies and the development of ICT competence, the integration of ICTs in the teaching process, the promotion of students in order to favor ICT-mediated learning and innovation in the teaching practice through the use of ICTs.