COVID-19
ICDL Americas will be remaining active during the Covid-19 crisis to help support all users of the ICDL programme in Latin America and the Caribbean. While this is an exceptionally difficult time, we will be taking steps to support the continued operation of the ICDL programme in our region. We are working closely with Partners …
OVER 1,000 TRAINERS OF THE NATIONAL LEARNING SERVICE IN COLOMBIA TO BE ICDL CERTIFIED
A digital skills programme is set to start in Colombia with cooperation between the National Learning Service, Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA) and ICDL Colombia. The National School of Instructors of SENA aims to train instructors to ensure they have the necessary digital skills to include ICT in their teaching activities and daily work. As part of this …
THE PROJECT OF CERTIFICATION OF DIGITAL SKILLS FINALISED WITH MORE THAN 400 TEACHERS BEING CERTIFIED BY ICDL IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA
The Ministry of Education of Medellin and ICDL Colombia have been promoting since 2014 the project called “International Certification of Digital Skills for qualified teachers of Medellin” that finalised in November this year with more than 400 regional teachers being certified by the international certification ICDL among a group of 700 teachers. For this project …
DIGITAL SKILLS DRIVE THE WORK OF PUBLIC SERVANTS IN COLOMBIA
In line with the ‘Tunja Vive Digital’ project initiatives to promote the economic, social and cultural development are being carried out in this city.The actions are performed under a system driven by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MinTIC) and Colciencias plan, in partnership with the Mayor of Tunja and the Chamber of Commerce …
ICDL AMERICAS AND INFOPLAZAS AIP SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Last week, during this year ECDL Foundation forum, ICDL Americas signed aMemorandum of Understanding with Infoplaza AIP, based in Panama, with the aim of working together in projects of dissemination, training and certification of digital skills for workers and the community, such as part of its objective to establish itself as a point of support …
ICDL HIGHLIGHTED IN UNESCO REPORT AS EXAMPLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK
A new report by UNESCO has highlighted the ICDL programme as a significant example of a digital skills framework around the world. ‘A Global Framework of Reference on Digital Literacy Skills for Indicator 4.4.2’ was published with the aim of providing a basis for an indicator of the, “Percentage of youth/adults who have achieved at …
IBEC ANDEAN REGION JOINS ICDL IN PERU AND ECUADOR
Since last October, IBEC Región Andina has begun to offer the ICDL international certification standard for digital competences from their centers in Quito, Ecuador and Lima, Peru, which have been accredited as ICDL Accredited Test Centres with the aim of providing digital skills training and certification of worldwide validity to students, teachers, administrative personnel of …
PERCEPTION AND REALITY: MEASURING THE DIGITAL SKILL GAPS IN EUROPE, INDIA AND SINGAPORE
How do you measure digital skills? How do you work out whether a candidate for a job has the skills and competences that they will need to do the work? Letting people self-assess their skills can seem like a simple solution, but it brings a big risk that they will misjudge their abilities. ECDL Foundation’s …
ICDL sponsors Technological University of Panama’ 1st university competition ‘Program your Game’
On September 13, 2017, in commemoration of the programmer’s day, the first event of the ‘Programme your game’ contest was held for the first time by the Technological University of Panama, who invited ICDL Americas to participate as sponsors. In it, Jessica Rodríguez regional operations coordinator of ICDL Americas, presented the theme of the digital …
ICDL AMERICAS SPONSORS FIRST INTER-UNIVERSITY FORUM ‘VIRTUAL EDUCATION’ IN PANAMA
ICDL Americas sponsored the first Inter-University Forum on ‘Virtual Education’, at the invitation of Santa María La Antigua Catholic University. Organised by the Board of Rectors in Panama, where Jessica Rodriguez, Regional Operations Coordinator of ICDL Americas delivered a presentation on digital skills, some our research results and the ICDL programme. Representatives of several of …
