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PS1 - Digital Literacy: The EU Digital Literacy Review

Date: 01/12/2008 (09:00-10:15)

Learn about the key findings and recommendations from the digital literacy review that is going to be officially presented by the European Commission at the conference.

Who's doing what? What are the key dimensions? Hear from the report's authors, members of the expert group and practitioners in the field about the implications and the necessary next steps in this cornerstone of e-Inclusion.

Links and Documents

• Digital Literacy Review
• Summary of the session (324 KB)
• Transcript of the session (text captioning) (84 KB)

EC coordinator: Anna-Maria SANSONI (European Commission, DG INFSO - Unit C1, Belgium)

Austrian coordinator: Susanne KRUCSAY (Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, Austria)

Chairperson: Christa PRETS (Member of the European Parliament, PSE, Austria)

Featuring

Jim DEVINE (President, IADT: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland), Seniors' e-Inclusion: recommendations in context (joint presentation with Carmen Stadelhofer)

As an outcome to the Digital Literacy Review, recommendations have been formulated under a number of headings addressed to the various actors. To be successful, digital literacy and e-inclusion initiatives should be embedded in an appropriate motivating social/educational contexts. Content, services and usability must be designed to a high standard and users' critical skills must in turn be developed. Evaluation and benchmarking of e-inclusion and digital literacy training initiatives is essential to the continuous improvement of services and to raising participation levels among under-represented groups. In terms of funding, both public and private organisations must share responsibility and must achieve synergy through collaboration. The Review recommendations are discussed in context by profiling the particular challenges facing the 'seniors' and how these are being addressed.

Hanne SHAPIRO (Danish Technological Institute, Denmark), Digital literacy. A best practice study for the European Commission

• Presentation (1 MB)

Carmen STADELHOFER (Ulm University, Zentrum für Allgemeine Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (ZAWiW), Germany), Seniors' e-Inclusion: Recommendations in Context (joint presentation with Jim Devine)

As an outcome to the Digital Literacy Review, recommendations have been formulated under a number of headings addressed to the various actors. To be successful, digital literacy and e-inclusion initiatives should be embedded in appropriate motivating social/educational contexts. Content, services and usability must be designed to a high standard and users' critical skills must in turn be developed. Evaluation and benchmarking of e-inclusion and digital literacy training initiatives is essential to the continuous improvement of services and to raising participation levels among under-represented groups. In terms of funding, both public and private organisations must share responsibility and must achieve synergy through collaboration. The Review recommendations are discussed in context by profiling the particular challenges facing 'seniors' e-Inclusion' and how these are being addressed in a target group specific way.

• Presentation (2 MB)

Frank MATHER (European Commission, Directorate General for Information Society and Media, Belgium), A review on Digital Literacy

• Presentation (807 KB)

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