Introduction to ICDL

Tina WuGeneral Manager, ICDL AsiaJuly 2015

About Us

Our mission

to enable proficient use of ICT that empowers

individuals, organisations and society,

through the development, promotion and delivery of

quality certification programmes …

throughout the world.

Digital Skills

Certification

Global

Bhutan e-Government Masterplan

“An ICT-Enabled, Knowledge-Based Society as

a Foundation for Gross National Happiness”

ICT Vision

Good Governance

Bhutanese Information Society

Key Enabler for Sustainable Economic Development

Mission, Values, Actions

Mission Values

Digital Skills

Certification

Global

Social Responsibility

Vendor Neutrality

Quality

Actions

Advocacy

Programme Development

Partner Network

non-profit social enterprise

2015 Highlights2,500,000 certification tests

600,000 new candidates

104 countries

Global

ICDL Africa

ICDL Asia

ICDL Americas

ICDL Foundation

Advocacy

Advocacy

New Digital Divide

Digital Lifestyle Skills Digital Workplace Skills

Advocacy

Digital Native Fallacy

Do digital natives have digital skills for the workplace ?

Levels of Digital Proficiency

Advocacy

"There is a myth about the digital native and the Google generation kid who, because they are young, are seen as being more computer literate than their parents, but that is totally wrong.Kids can be very fluid and fast with computers, but they are only fast when they are doing something they have had a lot of practice in.”Dr. Dan Russell, Google Research Scientist

“Young people’s engagements with digital technologies are varied and often unspectacular”Neil Selwyn, Academic, Monash University, Australia, Aslib.

Digital Native Fallacy

Skills for the Workplace

Information Worker Productivity Study

“Our survey shows that information workers in Western Europe waste a significant amount of time each week dealing with a variety of challenges related to working with documents. This wasted time costs the organization €14,492 per information worker per year and amounts to a loss of 19.5% in the organization's total productivity.”

Cost of IT Ignorance in Singapore

A total of 513 working professionals from across industries participated in

the survey

Average time spent... dealing with (ICT) difficulties was found to be 151

minutes per week.

This resulted in S$2,358 wasted for the employer per week

2012 IAL Productivity Research

Digital Skills in the US

The Digital Skills Gap In The Workforce

Middle-skill jobs, those that require more than a high school education but less than a bachelor’s degree, comprise 39% of U.S. employment.

Two-thirds of Americans don’t have a college degree, and these jobs represent important career opportunities for them.

Nearly eight in 10 middle-skill jobs require digital skills. Spreadsheet and word processing proficiencies have become a baseline requirement for (78%) of middle- skill jobs

Digital Skills in the USThe Digital Skills Gap In The Workforce

Digital Skills in Europe

ICDL Austria study

Programme Implementation

From Policy to Action

School WorkplaceSecondaryPrimary

Vocational Further Education

3rd Level

Corporate

ICDL ProfileBase Intermediate Advanced

Lifelong Registration | Modular flexibility

Job readiness Job competenceJob ability

Digital Competence requires a Lifelong Learning approach

Delivery Definition

Global Collaborations

SingaporeKoreaAustraliaNew Zealand

UKIrelandGermanyItalyPoland

KenyaSouth AfricaRwanda

MexicoColumbia

Government / Public Sector

• Singapore

Aligned 16 ICDL modules to national WSQ Framework

Up to 95% funding of course fee for Citizens and Permanent Residents

>30,000 candidates every year

26 minutes per week per worker saved after one ICDL module – direct

financial benefits

18 ICDL centres in the city-state – sustainable economic development

Government / Public Sector

• South Korea

Korea Productivity Centre adopted ICDL as the national programme for

capacity building

> 40 universities adopted ICDL to prepare graduates before employment

> 100,000 candidates certified to date

Government / Public Sector

• Sri Lanka

ADB funded project for teachers training and certification

>70,000 candidates certified to date

ICDL is the major driver behind improvement of national digital literacy level

• Oceania

ICDL mapped to Australia AQF, QSA, TSA Framework

ICDL mapped to New Zealand NZQA Framework

Kiwiskills project in progress to certify 7,500 unemployed by 2017

Government / Public Sector

• India

Started formal launch in mid 2014 only

National Skills Development Council – to ceritify 1 million candidates in

2016

State of Andra Pradesh / Kanartaka / Kerala – campaigns to foster next

generation digital workforce

Teachers’ choice programme with TalentSprint in Hyderabad

International Development Agency

• Myanmar

UNDP funded project to train and certify Parliament Staff

UNESCO project to train and certify teachers in rural areas

• Pacific

AUSAID projects for Tuvalu civil servants / university students

• Afghanistan

USAID project

EU funding

ICDL in Education

• Thailand

MoE Institute for Promotion of Science and Technology adopted ICDL internally

STEM project for elite schools

Major universities such as Chiang Mai University, Rajamangla, Sripathum, etc adopted ICDL

• Vietnam

Major universities such as Vietnam National University, Hanoi University of Business and

Technology, Hai Phong Private University, etc adopted ICDL

ICDL in Education

Australian Schools Hong Kong SchoolsKing’s College Warrnambool Hon Wah College

Freshwater Christian College NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School

Grace Christian School St.Paul's Convent School

Trinity College Hong Kong Sea School

Ipswich Grammar School TWGHs Mr.& Mrs Kwong Sik Kwan College

Jubillee Christian College CUHK F.A.A. Thomas Cheung Secondary School

And many others……

ICDL in Education

Universities / Colleges International SchoolsChinese University of Hong Kong British School, Tokyo

Seoul National University Taipei European School

Yonsei University British School, Kathmandu

Pusan National University British Overseas School, Pakistan

National University of Mongolia International School Suva, Fiji

International Black Sea University Ela Murray International School, PNG

And many others……

Corporate Endorsement

Finance Healthcare Manufacturing Others

DBS Bank Singapore General Hospital Global Foundries National University of

Singapore

Monetary Authority of Singapore Changi Hospital Panasonic Comfort Delgo

Credit Suisse Tan Tock Seng Hospital Hitachi SMRT

Maybank Parkway Group Dupont MediaCorp

Citibank Infineon AIA

BNP Paribas Fuji Xerox Neptune Orient Lines

Standard Chartered Bank M Hotel Singapore

And many others……

ICDL Modules

Base Standard Advanced Computer Essentials

Online Essentials

Word Processing

Spreadsheets

Presentation

Using Databases

Image Editing

Web Editing

IT Security

Project Planning

Online Collaboration

Advanced Word Processing

Advanced Spreadsheets

Advanced Using Databases

Advanced Presentation

Introductory Programmes: EqualSkills / Intro to ICDL Base

Bhutan iSherig Education ICT Master Plan 2014-2018

How to Adopt ICDL in a School / University• Adopt ICDL in the school’s ICT Curriculum

– Set ICDL as Requirement for all students in schools / universities

– Set ICDL as Optional / CCA

– Blend ICDL Syllabus into the school existing ICT training plans

– Flexible arrangement at affordable price

– Standard courseware provided by ICDL Asia

– Diagnostic assessment (mock exam) available from ICDL Asia

How to Adopt ICDL in an Organisation

• Adopt ICDL as Recruitment Criteria

– Set ICDL as Preference / Requirement for all new staff

– Set ICDL as Preference / Requirement for existing staff / promotion

• Adopt ICDL as Staff Learning and Development Benefit

– Contact ICDL Asia Accredited Test Centre for services

– Complete solution from training needs analysis, training to assessment

How to Adopt ICDL as a Society

• Set ICDL as the Required / Recommended Standard

– Bhutan Civil Service Examination for civil servant recruitment?

– Graduation requirement for all university students?

– Recruitment requirement for all the teachers?

• Adopt / Integrate ICDL into National Qualification Framework

• Funding Model

– Local government funding

– International Donor Agencies (e.g., UNDP, ADB, World Bank, etc)

Q & A