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The JRC DES Team held a workshop on 7-8 March to discuss the digital transformation of vocational education and training (VET), where participants examined various aspects of this transformation to inform future policies and ensure EU VET systems stay competitive and provide the best training to citizens. This report summarises the key topics and main conclusions discussed throughout the workshop.

The JRC is currently working on the next development phase of DigComp, which entails the development of learning outcomes and incorporation of recent and emerging trends into the framework. The update to the framework is expected towards the end of 2025. On 25 June, the JRC had its first of two DigComp expert review meetings.

On 4 June, the DES team (JRC) presented the work on digital transformation of the VET sector with a special focus on artificial intelligence at the Advisory Committee on Vocational training (ACVT), organised by DG EMPL in Brussels.

On 27 May, we participated on an event organised by the European Training Foundation (ETF) on VET Recommendation and Osnabrück Declaration peer learning. There, Directors-General and members of the Advisory Council for VET from 5 candidate countries -Türkiye, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia- were invited to reflect on modernising VET for and through digitalisation.

Currently, we are working on a major development for SELFIE for work-based learning (WBL). Companies will be able to access a specific dashboard with functionalities such as accessing their own reports, issuing digital badges, among others. To get access, companies will need to register in the tool via EU Login.

Earlier this year, we organised a webinar on digital education, as part of the JRC LET seminar series. It served as a platform to introduce and discuss the book ‘The New Digital Education Policy Landscape: From Education Systems to Platforms’ (Routledge, 2023), which examines the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICT) with education, providing insights into how these technologies are reshaping education systems and the policy implications of this transformation.

Some good news to share! After some collaboration with UNESCO-UNEVOC, SELFIE for work-based learning (WBL), our online tool that helps VET institutions and companies to become fit for the digital age, has been recognised as an 'Innovative and Promising Practices in TVET'.

On 7-8 March, we organised a workshop at JRC premises in Seville with the objective of discussing the work being done in the last 16 months on topics related to support the Digital Transformation of the Vocational Educational and Training (VET) sector. It reunited 35 experts, key stakeholders, educators, and policymakers, who discussed the findings, explored possible synergies and planned the next steps.

On 18 March we presented our work on digital transformation of the VET sector to the Directors General in Vocational Education and Training, in a meeting organised by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union.

This brief contributes to policy on provision of digital skills. It uses data from Cedefop’s second European skills and jobs survey (ESJS2) and provides new evidence by describing the characteristics of the digitally-underskilled in the EU workforce and identifying characteristics of EU workers undertaking digital skills education and training.

The ‘next internet’, data, and AI and learning analytics will potentially redefine both education and society at large in fundamental ways. How could they influence pedagogical practices and the delivery of education at large?

This report builds on the findings of a workshop organised on July 2022, with the objective of compiling research related to self-reflection tools and frameworks, to evaluate their potential to influence policies related to the Digital Transformation in Education.

In this science for policy brief we present findings from an evaluation study on the role of the SELFIE tool in the digital transformation of schools, which showed that SELFIE can be a useful tool to support the digital transformation in schools assisting them in organizational and strategic decisions.

While EU policy recognises the importance of digital technologies in enabling quality and inclusive education, robust evidence on the impact of these technologies is limited especially due to its dependency from the context of use. To address this challenge, this literature review analyses the focus, methodologies, and results of 92 papers on the impact of digital technologies in compulsory education.

On 22-23 February we met with 40 experts (policy makers, academics/researchers, teacher trainers) to share experiences on how SELFIEforTEACHERS can be used in different education settings. Discover our main findings.

In February 2024 we reached a new goal: SELFIE is now being used by over 6 million people. Thank you to all that has been part of our tool's history since 2018. Let's keep on growing!

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With the aim of strenghtening the cooperation between the JRC and the Basque Government, a JRC delegation (including members of the DES team) visited San Sebastian and met the ViceMinister and Director General of the Vocational Education and Training system and team.

This Science for Policy report aims to map emerging technologies and trends with high potential to influence the future of education, including new connectivity infrastructures such as 5G and 6G, immersive reality technologies, digital credentials or generative Artificial Intelligence.

This Science for Policy report explores the role of European Commission's frameworks and self-reflection tools in the development of regional educational political approaches in Spain aiming to develop further Digital Competences for teachers and schools.