New digital skills qualifications
An update on the progress of Essential Digital Skills Qualifications and Digital Functional Skills Qualifications through Ofqual’s technical evaluation process.
Main Tag: Digital Skills
Focus on the #StudyGood Programme Community of Practice
The Community of Practice was an innovative element of the #StudyGood programme, and was based on the experience of its sister project, #APConnect.
Engaging learners using augmented reality
This online CPD module, from the Enhance Digital Teaching Platform, will help you learn about the benefits and ways of using augmented reality (AR) with your learners.
FE teachers need more time to develop their digital skills
A survey by Jisc shows that most FE Teachers feel they don’t have enough opportunities to develop their digital skills, and less than 15 per cent say they have time and support to innovate using digital technologies.
PD North
PD North is the home of the Northern Professional Exchange, a project managed by ccConsultancy on behalf of the Education and Training Foundation. Joining PD North will enable you to share and develop your practice within your subject specialist area.
T Levels Update
The latest update from the Department for Education on the development and launch of T Levels from 2020, and information on CPD to help you support the development of maths, English and digital skills in different learning contexts.Â
Essential Digital Skills CPD programme
The new Essential Digital Skills entitlement will enable adults aged 19+ with no or low digital skills to undertake ‘essential digital skills’ qualifications free of charge from 2020. The Education and Training Foundation has been commissioned by the Department for Education to develop a significant CPD programme to support teachers and trainers in delivering the new entitlement, recognising that elements of the new provision will be very different to the current basic ICT skills curriculum.
Digital Wellbeing
This free, online course aims to help you develop strategies for dealing with information overload, devising a positive digital identity, and for positive online participation.
Digital Functional Skills: Ofqual podcast
This podcast explains more about the differences between the ICT Functional Skills and the new Digital Functional Skills qualifications.
Current and future demand for digital skills – a call to action
Two pieces of research examining current demand for digital skills in the UK job market, and looking at the digital skills needed to succeed now and in the next 10 years.
Adult Learning Technology Innovation Fund
The Government is investing £5 million to encourage technology companies to develop cutting-edge solutions, utilising AI and automation, to improve the quality of online learning for adults.
Plans launched to boost digital skills for adults
New essential digital skills qualifications will be available from 2020, and digital Functional Skills qualifications from 2021. The new qualifications will be fully funded up to Level 1 for anyone over the age of 19.