Using data from the International Computer Driver's License (ICDL)—the leading ICT skills certification, this session looks at a global standard of digital literacy and its role in education and workforce development.

Examples from around the world and the use of ICDL in the US will be discussed.

Digital literacy (DL) is becoming regarded as an essential skill in developed economies, where many national and international skills bodies are classifying basic digital skills as being foundational enabling skills, which exist parallel to literacy, numeracy and second level educational skills. This session will look at DL and its role in education and workforce development using data from ICDL--the leading international computer skills certificate program. The presenter will discuss how Departments of Education and Workforce Development groups prepare their teachers and students to a global standard of DL using examples from Singapore, Ireland and Egypt among others. From a Business College in Ohio to State Correctional Institutions in Pennsylvania—learn about US organizations in pilot states that have adopted this standard and how it is implemented.. A demonstration will be given of the LMS used to deliver the program and how this resource can be used by educators to improve the career prospects of all learners.

Cora Landy, International Computer Driver's License, ECDL Foundation