Abstract

LUCAS, Margarida; MOREIRA, António  and  COSTA, Nilza. The European digital competence framework: contribution for its comprehension and development. OBS* [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.4, pp.181lpage=198-. ISSN 1646-5954.

The level of European citizens' digital competence remains far from desirable for the needs of a highly digitized economy and society and the need for the EU to establish a comprehensive response to the digital skills deficit is rising. The creation of a common framework for the development and understanding of digital competence in 2013 was a step in the right direction, but the efforts towards its application continue to prove slow in its realization in Portugal. This article has a double objective. The first is to present the European framework for the development and understanding of digital competence. The second is to map initiatives that have emerged as a consequence of its existence. These, as well as the deficit of others, can help develop actions that value a relevance of the digital competence of any citizen and suggest areas of work to be developed, particularly in the Portuguese context. The importance of the framework is to clarify the main components of digital competence, as well as to establish a solid and shared language on the same. However, its main objective is to promote the development of initiatives in the areas of education, training and employment that can improve the digital competence of European citizens.

Keywords : DigComp; digital technologies; digital society; education; training; employment; certification.

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