Romero Martínez, Sonia JanethOrdoñez Camacho, Xavier GiovanniGuillén Gámez, Francisco DavidBravo-Agapito, Javier2024-09-132024-09-132020Romero, S.J., Ordóñez, X.C., Guillén-Gamez, F.D., Bravo-Agapito, J. (2020). Attitudes towards technology among distance education students: validation of an explanatory model. Online Learning, 24, 2, 59-75. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v24i2.20282472-5730, 2472-5749https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v24i2.2028https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/23735Attitudes toward technology are preconceived notions that affect the teaching-learning process and the academic-professional performance of students, in particular those who use technology. This investigation has two objectives: to test the measuring properties (reliability, factorial structure) of an instrument that measures attitudes and to propose and validate a model that hypothesizes digital competence and frequency of use of technologies have a positive impact on attitudes. The sample included 1,251 students of the Madrid Open University in a nonexperimental, explanatory study using structural equation methodology. The results indicated adequate psychometric properties for the test and good adjustment of the proposed model (χ² = 163.91, df = 37, p < .001) allowing for further exploration of the relationship between use, skill, and attitudes in the distance education context and improving the properties of measuring instruments proposed in Spanish.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess61 Psicologíaartículoattitudes toward technologiesdistance educationstructural equation modelsdigital competenceuse of technology