ICDL FOUNDATION AND SPECTO MEET JORDANIAN TEST CENTRES
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rudy
June 5, 2019
Specto, the ICDL operator in Jordan, held a meeting with test centres from around the country, attended by Damien O’Sullivan, CEO of ICDL Foundation, in March this year. The meeting gave representatives of test centres an opportunity to introduce themselves and share their experience with...
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ICDL LEBANON SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH MARITIME ACADEMY
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rudy
June 5, 2019
ICDL Lebanon signed an agreement with the International Maritime Academy of Lebanon on 15 January. Under the agreement, students at the academy will have the opportunity to take ICDL certification tests. The International Maritime Academy of Lebanon is the first academy in the Middle East...
CCS AND ECDL CYPRUS ORGANISE ‘TRAIN-THE-TRAINER’ WORKSHOPS
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rudy
June 5, 2019
Cyprus Computer Society and ECDL Cyprus have successfully organised ‘train-the-trainer’ workshops on the ECDL Computing module during the Easter school holidays. The ECDL Computing module will be introduced in Cyprus in September. Trainers from ECDL test centres all over Cyprus participated in the seminars. The...
WORLD BANK FUNDING SUPPORTS TRAINING FOR USING ICT IN SCHOOLS IN KOSOVO
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rudy
June 5, 2019
Seven schools in Kosovo are using ECDL certification to improve the use of ICT in teaching thanks to an ECDL Kosova project funded by the World Bank’s Education System Improvement Project (ESIP). ESIP is an initiative to improve education in the Republic of Kosovo. It...
ICDL LAUNCHED IN EUROPE AT EVENT IN BRUSSELS
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rudy
May 6, 2019
The ICDL brand was launched in Brussels on 10 May at an event, co-organised with CEPIS. The refreshed digital skills certification and brand identity will help meet the digital skills needs of students, workers and professionals across Europe at a time when technologies are developing...
REPORT ON ESCO HIGHLIGHTS ECDL QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES
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rudy
May 6, 2019
ECDL has been referenced in a new report from the European Commission as an example of quality assurance in skills certification. The report, ‘Support to the development of the ESCO qualifications pillar’, was commissioned to help develop the qualifications element of the European Skills/Competences, Qualifications...
NEW EU STUDY LOOKS AT ICT IN EDUCATION
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rudy
May 6, 2019
A new study from the European Commission on digital technology in education has highlighted that there is a gender gap in digital skills development between boys and girls. The study also found that teachers often have to use their own time to learn the skills...
IT FOR ALL INITIATIVE STARTED IN DENMARK
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rudy
May 6, 2019
On October 3, DANSK IT, the ECDL National Operator in Denmark, had a call for action meeting for a national open learning platform for digital competences for a wide range of key stakeholders in Denmark (trade unions, business organisations and public authorities). The platform is...
DANSK IT INITIATIVE SEES DIGITAL SKILLS & JOBS COALITION DENMARK FORMED
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rudy
May 6, 2019
DSJC Denmark, the Danish national coalition affiliated to the EU’s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition was launched in February 2019. The coalition aims to improve digital competences in the country. In 2018, DANSK IT was approved as the official Danish partner of the Digital Skills...
COMBATTING DISINFORMATION ONLINE ON THE AGENDA AT FIRST EUROPEAN MEDIA LITERACY WEEK
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rudy
May 6, 2019
Media literacy was in the spotlight last week as the EU marked its first European Media Literacy Week. A series of events, including a high-level conference brought together organisations from the public and private sectors that are working to tackle issues around disinformation online and...
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