Horizon - The New Media Consortium The NMC Horizon Project is a global ongoing research initiative that explores the trends, challenges, and technology developments likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Founded in 2002, it uniquely provides a cross-sector view of disruptors in higher education, K-12, academic & research libraries, and museums, with NMC Horizon Report editions that focus on each. Subsequent virtual events in the NMC Beyond the Horizon series delve deeper into the subject matter, offering opportunities for participants to collaborate on devising strategies that solve pressing challenges and create better experiences for learners. Anyone with a stake in making teaching and learning more engaging, inclusive, and relevant can improve their knowledge and enhance their leadership via NMC Horizon Project resources. Each publication is published with an open license to promote sharing, remixing, and adapting. Get Involved:
H of Lords report on digital skills Recommendations The report, entitled "Make or Break: The UK's Digital Future", urges the incoming Government to seize the opportunity to secure the UK’s place as a global digital leader by, among other things: making digital literacy a core subject at school, alongside English and Maths; viewing the internet as important as a utility, accessible to all; andputting a single ‘Digital Agenda’ at the heart of Government. The report also noted that there are certain sectors of society, and UK regions, falling behind at great cost to the economy; and that industry has a vital role to play in developing the right skills in the workplace, in further and higher education, and in schools. The report also found that there is a distinct lack of Government coordination on digital initiatives – the current digital 'activity' within Government includes four Government Ministers, a Taskforce, a Committee, and a Unit. Committee Chairman Call for action The economy -millions of jobs are at risk of automation.
Nine Elements Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Respect, Educate and Protect (REPs) These elements have also been organized under the principles of respect, educate and protect. Respect Your Self/Respect Others - Etiquette - Access - Law Educate Your Self/Connect with Others - Literacy - Communication - Commerce Protect Your Self/Protect Others -Rights and Responsibility - Safety (Security) - Health and Welfare If this was to be taught beginning at the kindergarten level it would follow this pattern: Repetition 1 (kindergarten to second grade) Respect Your Self/Respect Others Digital Etiquette Educate Your Self/Connect with OthersDigital Literacy Protect Your Self/Protect Others Digital Rights and Responsibility Repetition 2 (third to fifth grade) Respect Your Self/Respect Others Digital Access
LaBuonaScuola in 12 points 1. No more fixed-term contracts An extraordinary recruitment plan to hire 150 thousand teachers by September 2015, putting an immediate stop to the current .waiting list. system. 2. From 2016, only qualified teachers 40 thousand qualified young new teachers will be hired between 2016 and 2019. 3. The extraordinary recruitment plan will provide schools with a stable staff of teacher to cover vacant positions and leaves, ensuring the continuity in teaching that students deserve, and extending teaching hours to full-time. 4. Career shifts: from automatic pay rises connected to the length of service to quality. 5. Professional development schemes, mandatory and based on peer collaboration. 6. From 2015, each school will publish its budget, a Self-Evaluation Report and all funded projects in details in open-data. 7. We will identify the 100 most burdensome rules for schools together with principals, teachers, administrative staff and students. 8. 9. 10. 11. .School-at-work. 12.
UK Digital Skills Taskforce Tiempo de empoderamiento digital >> Traspasando la línea Montse Guitert es profesora de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, coordinadora del grupo de investigación Edul@b, y Directora del Máster Universitario de Potenciación Digital (“Digital Empowerment”). Es autora de diversas publicaciones sobre aprendizaje colaborativo en red, y coordinadora de una Red Temática en este ámbito. Fuente: La evolución de las TIC y el incremento de los medios digitales está cambiando nuestra vida diaria, nuestras formas de comunicarnos y relacionarnos y, como no, nuestra manera de trabajar y producir: vivimos en un mundo digitalizado. Las empresas y las instituciones no son ajenas al fenómeno de la digitalización. Un ejemplo de ello lo tenemos en un reciente estudio realizado por el MIT Sloan Management Review y Capgemini Consulting, que refleja que las empresas se enfrentan ahora a un imperativo digital: adoptar las nuevas tecnologías de forma eficaz para poder transformar las organizaciones. Fuente: universidadkennedyonline.ning.com
Education and Training Monitor What is it? The Education and Training Monitor is an annual series that captures the evolution of Europe's education and training systems by bringing together a wide array of evidence in one digestible report. The Education and Training Monitor 2015 puts the spotlight on education priorities most in need of investment and identifies policies that help improve the inclusiveness, quality and relevance of Europe's education and training systems. Why is it needed? Since 2012 the Education and Training Monitor has grown into an indispensable reference tool for the European education community, keeping track of priorities under the ET 2020 cooperation framework , and contributing to the broader Europe 2020 strategy with its headline target for education The report will be one of the main sources underpinning the Commission's analysis of education challenges and policy developments in the 2016 European Semester. What has been done so far? (3.91 Mb) . (251 kB) (3.75 Mb) (CRELL).
Go ON UK | Basic Digital Skills Definition In the UK, 1 in 5 adults lack the following Basic Digital Skills. Want to know why? Take a look at what the common barriers to digital exclusion are. The Basic Digital Skills definition has been adopted to focus partner support and celebrate success. These ‘Basic Digital Skills’ are used as a basic standard of literacy for all Go ON UK partners. To learn more about why, read our rationale behind the change. You are welcome to use our Basic Digital Skills definition and can download a static version of the table as a PDF or image (JPEG).
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