ICDL LAUNCHED IN EUROPE AT EVENT IN BRUSSELS
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
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
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
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
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
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...
STUDENTS AT COLLEGE IN SUZHOU OFFERED OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN ICDL AND COURSE CREDIT
Students at Silicon Lake Vocational and Technical College, in the Chinese city of Suzhou, will have the opportunity to gain ICDL certification. The College is the first in Suzhou to answer Jiangsu Provincial Education Department’s call to encourage vocational students to actively take up international...
SPECTO SIGNS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ISLAMIC CHARITY CENTER SOCIETY
ICDL is being introduced to schools run by the Islamic Charity Center Society (ICCS) in Jordan under a new agreement between ICCS and Specto, the ICDL National Operator in the country. Under the agreement, which was signed in the presence of the General Manager of...
ICDL THAILAND COMMITS TO BUILD ‘SMART DIGITAL PRE-CADETS 4.0
1,300 students and 200 faculty at the Thai Royal Military Academy Preparatory School will have the opportunity to develop their digital skills with ICDL. The initiative forms part of a larger effort in Thailand to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution and improve the country’s...
WEF WHITE PAPER HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF SKILLS IN FUTURE ECONOMY
A new report from the World Economic Forum looks at 10 strategies to create a labour market based on skills. The report seeks to address issues that arise from outdated concepts of a job for life, or as the report puts it, the model of...