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6 of 10 Millennials Have 'Low' Technology Skills

6 of 10 Millennials Have 'Low' Technology Skills | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Dian Shaffhause writes: "American millennials may be the first generation that grew up with computers and Internet access, but all that time spent glued to a small screen hasn't translated to technology competence, according to a research project that analyzed data from an assessment of adult competencies that tests cognitive and workplace skills."


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Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight, June 16, 2015 12:08 PM

This statistic floored me: "91 percent of millennials consider a lack of computer skills irrelevant to their job prospects..." How are we sending students off to college, let alone into the workforce, with such a lack of understanding of the world? 

Pamela Huff's curator insight, June 18, 2015 4:30 PM

So nice to see that I'm not the only one who's noticed this change, and that we have the data to prove it. How we change this is the Big Question of the day.

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A Leading Digital Nation by 2020...


The non-profit bodies this week launched a report entitled A Digital Nation by 2020, in which they called for industry, government and other charities to continue investing in digital literacy-related initiatives over the next six years.

On average, the cost of teaching someone basic online skills ranges from just £49 to £319, the publication claimed.

Latest Office for National Statistics figures show that in the last two years, more than 1.5 million adults began using the internet for the first time.

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