Domingo 08 de diciembre de 2024
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Welcome to the latest edition of the ’ECDL
Foundation Newsletter’. All
articles featured in this HTML version
can be read in full in a downloadable PDF
version of the newsletter.
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e-Citizen
Programme for the National Police
in Colombia Receives Prestigious
Award
This
programme, which has developed the
essential ICT skills of more than
110,000 Colombian police officers,
has recently been awarded the
prestigious pan-Latin America FRIDA
prize for its contribution to the
development of the information
society in Colombia. Read more.
International
Study Highlights ECDL’s
Contribution to the ICT Sector
The
European Centre for the Development
of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
recently published a new study on
international qualifications, which
highlights ECDL’s valuable
contribution to the ICT sector -
specifically its credibility and
value for the labour market, both
for individuals and employers. Read more.
Students
Benchmark Their ICT Skills to an
International Standard – Anyang
University, South Korea
As a
consequence of the South Korean
Government’s ICT-centric education
policies, this university had
already been considering offering
internationally recognised
certification programmes for their
students prior to the ICDL National
Operator in South Korea introducing
them to the ICDL programme. Read more.
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Mobile
Technology Even Changes How we
Formally Acquire Knowledge
For
many, mobile technology is
indispensable – to the point that
they feel a serious degree of
separation anxiety when their
smartphone is not within arm’s
reach. As more and more services are
moving online, the providers of
those services are also required to
make them available for mobile
platforms. Read more.
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ECDL
Foundation Forum Attracts
Ministerial Delegation – Oslo
The
ECDL Foundation Annual Forum brings
delegates and a variety of
policymakers and government
officials together to share
knowledge and best practices around
ICT skills development. In her
keynote address to delegates, the
Norwegian Minister for Education and
Research affirmed the important role
of ECDL in developing workplace
skills. Read more.
ECDL
Foundation Presents at Global ICT
Forum on Human Capacity Development,
Cape Town
The
‘Global ICT Forum on Human Capacity
Development’ took place in Cape
Town, 22 - 25 October. Daniel
Palmer, General Manager, ECDL
Foundation – Dubai Office, presented
at the event at the ‘Building the
e-Skills capacity to respond to the
country’s national strategic
development strategies and policies’
session. Read more.
Global
Digital Literacy Initiatives Awarded
at ECDL Foundation Best Practice
Awards 2012
ECDL
Foundation Best Practice Awards
credit initiatives that are
considered as exceptional examples
of the implementation of ECDL
Foundation programmes that help to
raise levels of digital literacy,
and promote ECDL / ICDL in local
markets. The winners and runners-up
were decided through a vote at the
ECDL Foundation Annual Forum. Read more.
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Report
- ’Delivering the Digital Agenda
for Europe’ - ECDL Foundation -
September 2012
This
report examines how the Digital
Agenda for Europe will only fully
deliver if we rethink the role of
digital skills education in the new
European economy. Read more.
Report
– ‘Information Society Progress
Update in EU Enlargement
Countries’ – Cullen International
– September 2012
According
to this report, the electronic
communications market continues to
develop steadily, but varies
greatly, in the nine enlargement
countries of the EU. Read more.
‘"This
Is for Everyone” The Case for
Universal Digitisation’ - Booz
& Company Report (UK) -
November 2012
The
key findings of this report, which
was commissioned by the UK
government’s ‘Digital Champion’,
Martha Fox, shows that 16 million
people in Britain lack the online
skills to benefit fully from the
Internet – including 4.5 million who
are currently in the workplace. Read more.
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