Digital+Literacy,+ICT+Skills+&+Training+Packages


 * [[image:issues.jpg width="384" height="54"]] || === Background and Links ===

Recommendations for eLearning Strategy
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 * == Background and Links == || Many of the current vocational education policy documents point to the need for
 * digital literacy required to participate effectively in contemporary society,
 * generic ICT skills required for the workplace and
 * specific industry based ICT skills.

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 * [[image:employ2.JPG align="center" link="@http://www.training.com.au/documents/Employability%20Skills_From%20Framework%20to%20Practices.pdf"]] || **Employability Skills PDF**

"The inclusion of **technology as an Employability Skill** recognises the importance that technology plays not just as a task skill, but in a range of functions performed in the workplace. This Employability Skill includes the more traditional forms of information technology and the skills needed to work with other equipment and machinery." ||
 * [[image:employ.JPG align="center" link="@http://employabilityskills.training.com.au/"]] || **Employability Skills Summaries for Training Packages**

This website provides quick access to Employability Skills Summaries that have been developed for national Training Package qualifications.

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 * [[image:acma.JPG align="center" link="@http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311470"]] || **Digital Media Literacy, The Australian Communications and Media Authority**

"Digital media literacy is often understood as the **ability to access, understand and participate or create content using digital media.** Developments in digital technology have had significant effects on the way individuals interact with communications and media services. An increasingly wide range of sources of information, ways of doing business, services (including government services) and entertainment are now commonly made available and accessed online and/or through digital media."

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 * [[image:iste-nets-student.JPG link="@http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students.aspx"]]

These standards identify several higher-order thinking skills and digital citizenship as critical for students to learn effectively for a lifetime and live productively in our emerging global society. ||
 * == Opportunities == ||  ||
 * == Recommendations for eLearning Strategy == ||  ||