According to the European Commission’s Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI)1 report from 2020, 42% of individuals in the European Union (EU) lacked basic digital skills. The digital skills gap was more pronounced among older adults, low-income households, and those with lower levels of education. These statistics suggest that a significant proportion of adults in Read More …
In today’s digital age, having digital competencies is essential for adults to thrive in both personal and professional settings. Digital competencies refer to a person’s ability to use digital technologies effectively and efficiently. In this essay, we will discuss the most important digital competencies that adults must have today. First and foremost, digital literacy is Read More …
The DISK-Project Partners created their own group in the OER-Commons Platform. Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. Unlike copyrighted resources, OER have been authored or created by an individual or organization that chooses to retain few, Read More …
Richard E. Mayer (2002): Cognitive Theory and the Design of Multimedia Instruction: An Example of the Two-Way Street Between Cognition and Instruction The multimedia-based approach uses visual learning (pictures, written text, animations, and videos) and verbal learning (spoken narration) as discrete channels for delivering content. This way to teach differs completely from the traditional frontal Read More …
DISK- Strumenti di sopravvivenza per immigrati digitali Seconda newsletter Giugno 2022 Per i partner del progetto DISK – Digital Immigrant Survival Kit, questi ultimi due anni sono serviti per finalizzare i 15 moduli di formazione pensati per sviluppare le competenze digitali di chi ha scarsa familiarità con le tecnologie e Internet. I moduli seguono lo Read More …
The generation 65+ and digital competencies This generation has undoubtedly not grown up with digitization. Nevertheless, the generation 65+ has to face the modern world with digital technology. Filling up with a debit card at a fuel terminal is now taken for granted, as is communication with smartphones. All these technological achievements of recent years Read More …
In the DISK training course, we partners tried to offer different interactive elements to stimulate and optimize the learning process of course participants. Among the H5p applications, interactive presentations allow educators to add many useful involving learning elements and insights. The same is valid for H5P interactive video. In several DISK modules, interactive presentations were Read More …
If you create a new course, it is crucial how to design. All preparation work should have been done: You know the expected learning outcomes; you know the target group and all other necessary parameters. Some months ago, I had an interesting conversation with a schoolteacher about the planning and implementation of lessons. Case study Read More …
We live in an increasingly digitised world. Tasks that used to be done on paper are now mostly done digitally and online. For example, contact with authorities, tax returns, travel and booking systems, shopping and other tasks, and last but not least, social contacts and networking with families, friends and work colleagues. In order to Read More …
On Thursday, April 14th, 2022, the presentation day of the Erasmus+ project “Digital Immigrants Survival Kit” performed by the Greek project partner EDRASE took place. The meeting took place in the amphitheatre of EKFE Egaleo. 35 students of the public Institute of Vocational Training (IEK) Egaleo (of the department “IT Application Technicians“) attended the event. Read More …
