The Role of Digital Empowerment in Developing Self-Efficacy Among Lecturers at The Intensive Language Center at The Algerian University: Structural Equations Modeling Analysis

This study aims to identify the impact of digital empowerment on self-efficacy among English teachers at the Language Teaching Center. The digital empowerment and self-efficacy scale was applied to a sample of 201 teachers working at the Intensive Language Center, which specializes in improving students' English at the Algerian university. The questionnaire was distributed in paper form to the centers and electronically via official pages and e-mail. SPSS v27 was used to analyze the characteristics of the study sample, and Smart-PLS (4) was used to test the hypotheses using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The study found a weak effect of digital empowerment on self-efficacy among English teachers, and the main hypothesis was accepted with reservations. This is due to the small effect size (F2 value=0.062). Based on these results, the study concludes with a set of recommendations to enhance digital empowerment by providing teachers with the necessary technological tools to support the educational process.