How Important Teacher’s Digital Competency in Facing Digitalization: Bibliometric Analysis

The rapid development of technology required the education to digitize by integrating ICT into learning process. However, there was a gap between the use of ICT and teacher's digital competency, despite teacher's digital ability was determinant of how well technology was adopted in education, especially in learning process. This study used bibliometric analysis method. This study aimed to analyzed the development of publications related to teachers' digital competency from 2012-2022; articles, journals, authors, and countries that eligible for consideration in future research; reviewing how important teacher's digital competency and further research opportunities. The study results showed that trend of publications regarding "teacher's digital competency" was fluctuating increase. Then co-authorship analysis indicated a relationship between scientific concepts in six domain clusters. Furthermore, from the results of content analysis, it was found that teachers' digital competency was essential for educators in the digitalization era because education in digitalization era will use Educational for Sustainable Development (ESD) concept, where teachers' digital competence was needed not only to support students to be able in utilize digital resources more effectively but it should also help them understand and develop an awareness of the broader considerations around technology use and its impact.