Safer Internet Day 2023 today celebrates it’s 20th anniversary of the landmark event in the online safety calendar. Safer Internet Day aims to raise awareness of emerging online issues and current concerns, from online bullying to social media usage, healthy use of the internet to digital identity. Funded by the European Commission, the initiative puts …
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 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 …
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 …
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.
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