ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Comput. Sci.
Sec. Human-Media Interaction
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2025.1552695
Mapping Open Source Tools to Digital Competences
Provisionally accepted
- 1Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
- 2Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain
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Nowadays, the acquisition of digital competence is essential with the ongoing digital transformation.These digital competences can be gained with the help of various dedicated tools in a direct or indirect way. In this paper, we map open-source tools with the five competence areas defined by the Digital Competence Framework (DigComp) to facilitate the development of digital skills among citizens and resources for enhancing digital competence. By proposing quantitative and qualitative studies, the paper categorizes tools based on competences and contributes to the identification of areas where tools may be lacking. Furthermore, this research aims to bridge the gap between digital competence frameworks and available open-source tools. Results show a lack in open-source tools that help citizens to gain different skills, in particular the ones related to digital safety and digital problem-solving. In addition, the study highlights the need for the development of open-source tools that target specifically towards lacking digital skills among citizens.
Keywords: Digital competences, DigComp, software tools, information technologies, open source
Received: 10 Apr 2025; Accepted: 18 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Kanso, Gueye and Roig. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Pedro Juan Roig, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain
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