Welcome to the Digital Literacy Skills module! Here, you’ll grasp fundamental digital skills and explore EU frameworks and initiatives promoting digital literacy. Identify barriers to inclusion, understand the importance of basic digital skills in the 21st century, and assess your proficiency through a digital skills test. Recognize the ongoing need to upskill for personal and professional growth. By the module’s end, you’ll be equipped to enhance your digital literacy and confidently shape your digital future. Join us in navigating the digital landscape and securing your place in the evolving digital era.
In this module, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the basic skills necessary in the digital world. You will also explore EU frameworks, policies, and initiatives targeted at promoting digital literacy in Europe. Additionally, you will learn how to identify barriers to digital inclusion and understand the importance of having a basic level of digital skills in the 21st century. To assess your current digital skills level, you will complete a digital skills test and review your strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, you will recognise the importance of continuously upskilling your digital skills for personal and professional growth. By the end of this module, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to improve your digital literacy and take charge of your digital future.
This activity aims to sharpen participants’ digital proficiency by challenging them to seamlessly integrate research, document creation, and email into a cohesive exercise.
Participants will need 1-2 hours to complete this task.
The participant should think of a conflict they have faced before, or might face in the future, linked to their own qualities or life context; and address it as if they were analysing it for a third person to whom they are giving a coaching session.
On a laptop/personal computer, search on your chosen web browser relevant information regarding how one can improve their digital skills. Please refrain from using blogs that do not cite trustworthy sources.
To help you complete this task, please use the following links, or research some of your own that are related to the task:
What are Digital Capabilities?
The Importance of Digital Skills
After you have finished researching, you are now able to get started with creating your tip sheet on improving digital skills on Canva. Make a list of 3-5 tips from your research in Step 1, as to how individuals can improve their basic digital literacy skills.
Using your web browser, search https://www.canva.com/. This will lead you straight to the Canva website, where you will be asked to create a free account using your email address.
To help you set up your Canva account, please use the following link to guide you: Canva Free Account (How To Create A Free Canva Account)
Once Step 3 is completed, open up Canva and search for “Poster” to start creating your tip sheet.
Next you will be provided with many templates to choose from. Click on your preferred template to start creating.
Begin playing around with your template. Adjust the layout, and change the colours, fonts, and elements on the page that you want your tip sheet to look like.
To help you gain an understanding of how Canva functions and here is an example of someone creating an infographic on Canva: How to Create Infographics in Minutes (Canva)
Using Canva, prepare a tip sheet with the 3-5 relevant tips on improving digital skills, that you prepared in Step 2. Ensure that your tip-sheet poster is engaging and attracts others to read on why and how they can improve their basic digital skills.
Once you have completed your tip sheet, you can download this to your device and then save it.
For the final step, open your email account and attach your tipsheet to your email to send to at least 3 of your contacts to inform them about how they can improve their digital skills.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. Project Number: 2021-1-NO01-KA220-ADU-000029476
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