EU Common digital competence framework

Lieve Van den Brande, European Commission, DG EMPL-C4 Skills & Qualifications

LLLweek, 3 December 2015

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Transversal Skills ('soft skills') such as entrepreneurship, problem solving; collaboration; digital competence are much in demand by employment , and essential for inclusive citizenship

But …- What is meant under e.g.'being digital savyy' ? - What are the composing descriptors ?- What may be the proficiency levels ?

Evidence tells us that too many people in the EU still do not have the skills required.

• 40% of the EU population had an insufficient level of digital skills. 22% has none at all, as they did not use the internet..

• 32% of the EU labour force had an insufficient level of digital skills.13% had no digital skills at all, as they did not use the

internet. In 2012 the figures were 39% and 14%, respectively.

Individuals need basic skills and transversal skills

EU competence frameworks for (i)digital competence &

(ii)entrepreneurship + self-assessment tools

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EU Common Conceptual definition ۷• Based on Key Competences Framework (2006) • Digital competences for ALL citizens & LLL• Complementary to Competence framework for professionals

EU Common Referencing framework ۷• Descriptors of the competences into sets of learning outcomes and relative

levels of progress• Compliant with others (ESCO; ECDL; etc.)

(Self-)assessment tools ۷• For individuals ; for E&T providers; for Employment Services; for guidance

centres; for employers; etc.

WHAT ? EU Digital Competence framework

European Digital Competence Framework Online available

•Free and open use

•Endorsed by EU Member States representatives in the E&T2020 Thematic Working groups on 'ICT and Education' (May 2013) and on 'Transversal Skills'

•Endorsed by ICT-related users and demand industry and ngo's

•Continuously updated and validated by stakeholders

Self-assessment tool of digital competences for citizens e.g. EUROPASS available in 21 languages

•Will become part of an online Citizens tool for skills

Impact on measurement:

•Eurostat 2015 Survey on digital skills; Digital Scoreboard

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• Intensive collaboration and validation involving more than 120 experts and stakeholders across Europe and policies

• Led and validated bu EU MS representatives (WG TS)

• Research by DG JRC IPTS on behalf of the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.

www.ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomp

HOW?

You are an EU citizen with low abilities to use ICT in daily life: better identify the most essential skills you need to improve to live and work as an active citizen in this digital society.

You are unemployed and looking for a job : help to identify the various digital skills you already have and their level so that you can add that information in your CV. When looking at job vacancies, to identify which skills you are missing and to search for further learning opportunities.

You are an employer searching for new employees with specific skills : support to define exactly the set of skills, competences and qualifications your vacancy requires when you are developing a job description.

You are active at an employment service : use it to exchange relevant labour market information (CVs and vacancies) in a meaningful way and offer adequate career guidance to job seekers.

You are a teacher at an education and training institution : You can use it for the didactic development of courses linked to the curriculum and learning outcomes as well as developing assessment.

What can DIGCOMP do for me as an individual?

• Developing digital competence strategies for education and training as policy support. Education Departments are using DIGCOMP as an input to curricula review and to development of adult education courses, such as in Belgium (Flanders).

• Updating / reforming curricula and content

• Teachers and educators professional development and guidance. A number of other EU countries are using DIGCOMP, to design or improve Professional Development programmes for teachers.

• Individual assessment of job seekers and/or job changers

• Provision of training courses and validation of informal and non-formal learning. Telecenters for SME's and individuals across Europe offer informal training to up-skill one's digital competence. Public employment centres in Basque are providing assessment, guidance, training courses and certification to unemployed.

WHAT can DIGCOMP do for institutions?

DIGCOMP V1.0Dimension 1

Competence areas (5)Dimension 2

Competences (21)

1. Information

1.1 Browsing, searching, & filtering information1.2 Evaluating Information1.3 Storing and retrieving information

2. Communication

2.1 Interacting through technologies2.2 Sharing information and content2.3 Engaging in online citizenship2.4 Collaborating through digital channels 2.5 Netiquette2.6 Managing digital identity

3. Content creation

3.1 Developing content 3.2 Integrating and re-elaborating3.3 Copyright and Licences3.4 Programming

4. Safety

4.1 Protecting devices 4.2 Protecting data and digital identity4.3 Protecting health4.4 Protecting the environment

5. Problem solving

5.1 Solving technical problems 5.2 Expressing needs & identifying technological responses5.3 Innovating, creating and solving using digital tools5.4 Identifying digital competence gaps

http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/DIGCOMP.html

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

E & T CONTENT /STUDENT

ASSESSMENT

ASSESMENT FOR EMPLOYABILITY

POLICY SUPPORT, FRAMEWORK

IMPLEMENTATION

Member State implementations

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

E & T CONTENT /STUDENT

ASSESSMENT

ASSESMENT FOR EMPLOYABILITY

POLICY SUPPORT, FRAMEWORK

IMPLEMENTATION

BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN

Ikanos projectDeveloped by the Basque

Government to deploy the Digital Agenda.

Free online testing tool based on DIGCOMP.

FLANDERS, BELGIUM

Used by Dept. of Education as an input to curricula review and to development of adult education

courses.

SPAIN

The Ministry of Education Dept institute INTEF has

created teacher digital competence

framework.

LITHUANIA

Translation of the DIGCOMP framework by the

Education Development Centre

.

UNITED KINGDOM

GO ON UK definition of Basic Digital Skills now aligns with

DIGCOMP.Works closely with Cabinet Office

and the Governments Digital Service.

ESTONIA

Translation of the DIGCOMP by the Ministry of Education

and Research. Used for teacher PD and students

digital competence.

SLOVENIA

Translated by National Education Institute.

DIGCOMP is used for the assessment of students' digital

competence.

NAVARRA, SPAIN

Navarra Department of Education uses DIGCOMP

as a key reference for strategic planning.

MALTA

Use of DIGCOMP framework by the Ministry for Education

and Employment in "Green Paper: Digital Literacy".

CROATIA

e-Schools project by Croatian Academic and Research Network will use

DIGCOMP to support teachers .

EXRTREMADURA, SPAIN

Extremadura implements Teachers Digital

Competence Portfolio based on DIGCOMP.

ITALY

Italian Digital Agenda Is evaluating the official adoption of DIGCOMP as

end user competence.

Member State implementations

DG JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS

Development on-going of the Consumers' Digital Competence

Framework based on DIGCOMP

DG EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Development starting on the Teacher Digital Competence Framework for based on DIGCOMP.

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Implementations by educational and training providers/ employment services (regional, national, EU)

Further development and research for particular target groups teachers (initial and secondary education) consumers carers unemployed, etc.

Being part of policy work around transversal skills Similar development on entrepreneurship Online Citizen's tool for transversal skills Upcoming Skills Agenda (2016)

WHAT NEXT?

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EU Common Conceptual definition (done WG TS)• Based on Key Competences Framework (2006) • Entrepreneurship competences for ALL citizens & LLL• Complementary to Competence frameworks for professionals

EU Common Referencing framework• Descriptors of the competences into sets of learning outcomes and relative

levels of progress• Compliant with ESCO

(Self-)assessment tools• For individuals ; for E&T providers; for Employment Services; for guidance

centres; for employers; etc.

WHAT ? EU Entreprenurship Competence framework

Thank you for your attention!