Presentation by Deirdre Hodson, Policy Officer, European Commission DG Education and Culture for the European Distance Learning Week's final day webinar on "Digital skills in teaching and learning – are we on the right track?" - 11 November 2016
Recording of the discussion is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p80lg2b5akr/
The recording of Deirdre Hodson's presentation is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p9bqnf9swq2/
7. • 45% of citizens have no or low digital skills
• 37% of the labour force have no or only low levels of
• digital skills
• 90% of jobs will require some level of digital skills whatever
the sector; all jobs will change and many will disappear
• 40% of business trying to recruit ICT professionals have
difficulty doing so
Digital skills gap
12. Skills agenda for Europe - June 2016
"Europe faces a basic skills challenge. People
need a minimum level of basic skills, including
numeracy, literacy and basic digital skills, to
access good jobs and participate fully in
society."