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I was at a posh event in London last week, hosted by the Open University (I even wore a tie, people!). It was launching an OU report “Bridging the Digital Divide” which looks at some of the skills gaps in employment and how education can address these. It’s a good report, which avoids the trite “60% of jobs haven’t been invented yet” type statement and builds on some solid evidence. 
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The report, released today, highlights the emergence of a new global skills gap where gender, class, geography and age can have a huge impact on whether a person is able to harness new technologies or not. It also presents strategies for ensuring all groups of people can develop these skills. Via Nik Peachey
Alejandro Rodríguez's curator insight,
October 10, 2017 2:27 PM
Certainly, all the world around, everybody relies on technology more than they imagine or want. This is an interesting report to explore the challenges of this new reality.
Willem Kuypers's curator insight,
October 10, 2017 4:15 PM
Quelques exemples de l'apprentissage à l'aide du numérique partout dans le monde.
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I was once at a conference where a delegate started chatting to me about iPads in schools. He’d been in charge of the rollout of more than 500 tablets to staff and students in his school and I sensed frustration and a little dejection when he described what obviously had turned into a head-aching predicament. I won’t bore you with his story, but essentially he had ordered a load of tablets and assumed that everything else would be all right.
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College and work readiness is embedded in many district mission statements and at the forefront of many educators’ minds.
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Welcome to the new staff development toolkit for Newcastle University Library staff.
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This benchmarking tool is the latest in a series of resources Jisc has produced to help you improve the student experience at your institution. It was produced in collaboration with the National Union of Students (NUS) and TSEP as part of the Jisc Digital Student Project and the Jisc Change agents’ network.
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ANN ARBOR—A new report on how teachers use video games in classrooms identifies features they find most useful to track student learning, as well as gaps where better tools could help link games mor
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Research shows that college freshmen face a real challenge when they first conduct research at the college level. Despite their high levels of confidence, th...
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All too often in many countries, students do not get the education they must have to prosper in the twenty-first century, and countries are not finding adequate numbers of the skilled workers they need to compete. But innovative education technologies are beginning to show potential in helping close the twenty-first-century skill gap. Via Nik Peachey
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In 2014, only around half (52%) of students in Year 10 achieved the minimum standard of digital competence. Examples of where students struggled include: searching for relevant resources on the internet; using a web browser history; creating tables and charts; sorting data in a spreadsheet; displaying hidden toolbars; inserting images; changing font formats and colours; and using animations and page transitions effectively. Via Nik Peachey
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You will be expected to research information to write assignments. Knowledge of how to do this efficiently is essential.
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This report provides new evidence on the effects of digital technologies on the demand for skills and discusses key policies for skills development adapted to the digital economy. Workers across an increasing range of occupations need generic and/or advanced ICT skills to use such technologies effectively. More fundamentally, the diffusion of digital technologies is changing how work is done, raising demand for complementary skills such as information processing, self-direction, problem solving and communication. This report discusses measures that can help to ensure that the diffusion of digital technologies is accompanied by the development of the skills needed for their effective use, an increase in the responsiveness of national skills development systems to changes in skills demand and of new learning opportunities created by digital technologies.
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The quality of service provided to the public by library and information science institutions depends on the expertise of their staff. Constant flux in the needs of societies, changing technologies, and growth in professional knowledge demand that information workers must expand their understanding and update their skills on an ongoing basis. As stated in the IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 1994:
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How should institutions respond to students' changing expectations of their digital environment? What experiences at university prepare students to flourish in a digital world? What are institutions doing to engage students in dialogue about their learning environment and to gather intelligence about their changing needs?
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Today’s students may be skilled at texting and social media, but many are unable to perform online research and distinguish accurate information on the web, according to a new study.
Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
Yes 'digital natives' DO need information/digital literacy training to provide the skills that they lack.
Full study available here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rrq.85/pdf
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The education system is failing to provide young people with the digital skills they need to succeed in the world of work, according to 18 to 30-year-olds. The research, compiled by Tata Consultancy Services and ThinkYoung, found 63% of the 500 young people surveyed in 28 EU countries don't believe education prepared them for the digital demands of work. In addition, 70% said they would need to acquire further digital skills post-education. - See more at: http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hro/news/1143641/education-failing-people-digital-skills#sthash.M2F7VW3k.dpuf
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