ICDL has long understood the importance of computational skills in education. ICDL believes that computing skills and digital literacy skills are essential elements of digital competence. Coding, computing, and computational thinking are terms that currently dominate the debate on digital skills development in Europe and worldwide. This is influenced by the rising demand of ICT …
ICDL formed part of Azerbaijan’s competitive national Yüksəliş (Yukselish) career development contest in July 2022. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət İmtahan Mərkəzi, the State Examination Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan, managed the provision of the ICDL Computer and Online Essentials certification exam for the 332 candidates who had made it to the semi-finals of the Yüksəliş …
ICDL Europe has joined DigiSkills Belgium, the Belgian national digital skills coalition, which brings together organisations working on digital skills from across the country. DigiSkills Belgium provides an opportunity for members to share their activities, initiatives and best practices, as well as serving as a forum to discuss the future of digital skills. At the …
The European Commission has released the DESI report for 2022. DESI is the index that the European Commission produces to monitor member states’ digital progress on an annual basis. DESI includes individual country profiles, showing analysis of progress against the key indicators as well as areas requiring priority action by member countries. The Key Indicators …
Last month, ICDL Italy welcomed a large delegation from ICDL Vietnam on a visit to see how ICDL is implemented in Italy. The delegation included team members from ICDL Vietnam, teachers, government representatives and Vietnamese school leaders. The delegation visited an Italian ICDL school, IIS Giovanni Falcone – Augusto Righi in Corsico on the outskirts …
An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, witnessed the signing of new agreements between ICDL Asia and two leading Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) during his official visit to Singapore from 19 to 22 July 2022. The purpose of the Taoiseach’s visit was to reinforce important bilateral relationships between Singapore and Ireland, and support Irish based organisations like …
The European Commission has published DigComp 2.2, incorporating key new areas such as AI, the internet of things, and teleworking.
March and April saw a focus on digital skills during All Digital Weeks, a series of events organized or coordinated by All Digital, an organization representing digital competence centres.
ICDL is closely aligned to DigCompEdu. The EU framework, which builds on the work done to create the more general DigComp digital competence framework, is designed to define digital competence for educators.
Schools in the German state of Baden-Würtemberg will be able to continue to access ICDL thanks to an extension of the agreement between the state’s Ministry of Education and DLGI, the ICDL operator in the country.
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