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First ICDL Americas Regional Forum

04/05/2022
ICDL Americas organised its first Regional ICDL Forum - Digital Skills for a Competitive Workforce the past March 24th, an online bilingual English / Spanish event, with speakers from Latin America, the Caribbean and representatives from our international network.
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FaceIT Foundation, ICDL representative in Colombia, and the Colombian Chamber of Electronic Commerce, officially presented the new eCommerce module to main players in online commerce in the country.

10/06/2022
During an event held last September, businessmen and industry representatives learned about the new ICDL eCommerce module. The attendees had a first approach to the ICDL Certification and the study program of the module, in whose construction the Colombian Chamber of Electronic Commerce (CCCE) participated, as a representative for Colombia. In this space, the importance …
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New ICDL Insight Modules

04/20/2022
Designed to address the requirement for current and future organisation managers to develop an understanding of trending and emerging technology, our ICDL Insights modules offer an overview that is contextualised in a practical way.
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ICDL certification awards points in the Col-Sapiens Ranking of schools in Colombia

12/20/2021
For the past 8 years, the consulting firm Sapiens Research has developed a ranking of the best schools in Colombia, thus helping people, families, teachers, managers and institutions to make better decisions. Currently, the Col-Sapiens ranking is the most important classification of schools in the country, according to category, quality and international accreditation, and the classifieds appear there exclusively for their academic merits.
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The Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) signs a Collaboration Agreement to offer ICDL to Directors and Professors from its member Universities throughout the region

12/10/2021
 The Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) mission is "to contribute to the transformation of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in order to respond to their social and political contexts, while building and creating common spaces of Inter-American collaboration".
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ICDL participating at CAIE (Conference of the Americas on International Education)

10/18/2021
This week begins in Chile the 2021 edition of the CAIE (Conference of the Americas on International Education) organized by the  Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (OUI – IOHE). This Forum exhibits close collaboration between higher education institutions and national, regional and international organizations, offering a platform from which to address current challenges, emerging trends and promote best practices in international education.
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ICDL – The Digital Skills Standard, now offers Digital Certificates and Badges

09/24/2021
In today´s competitive workplace, credentials are shared and verified everyday. Our network of 20 thousands ICDL Test Centres have supported 16 million candidates and completed 70 million tests around the world.
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ICDL participated in the first world-class International Digital Talent Symposium: axis of sustainable development, organized by the Sectorial Table for Technology Management and Digital Talent of SENA, Colombia

09/21/2021
On September 22, the first world-class International Digital Talent Symposium: axis of sustainable development was held, organized by the Sectorial Table for Technology and Digital Talent Management of SENA, the National Learning Service of Colombia. Together with our partners FaceIT, ICDL participated with two presentations from the ICDL Foundation.
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The Test Centre at the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico, continues its training and certification programmes for students and teachers

08/20/2021
The ICDL Accredited Test Centre at the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (UAT) began its operation in 2014 with a vision towards the importance of incorporating international certifications in digital skills in undergraduate and graduate educational programmes, complementing the professional training of students based on the new demands of the labour market. UAT's Test Centre has attended a total of 1560 candidates.
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The Universidad Panamericana de Guatemala (UPANA) becomes an ICDL Accredited Test Center

07/28/2021
The Universidad Panamericana de Guatemala (UPANA) offers a complete higher education system. With the aim of contributing to the development of the country, through innovative options for university training and professionalization with high standards of academic quality. Its mission is "To contribute to sustainable integral development, training competent professionals with Christian principles and values".
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New ICDL Insight modules, to learn more about new and emerging technologies

12 October 2021
ICDL Insights offers overview modules that are contextualised in a practical way. These short, introductory modules provide the conceptual understanding to allow managers who are not IT professionals to consider the potential of technology and have informed conversations with IT professionals or specialists.

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ICDL – The Digital Skills Standard, now offers Digital Certificates and Badges

23 September 2021
Looking for the best way to manage this, ICDL Foundation is introducing ICDL digital certificates and badges. On passing an ICDL module, the candidate will receive an email with a link confirming a digital badge was automatically generated for that module and it will be available under the candidate's ICDL Profile, together with the digital certificate which will list all passed modules.

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ICDL in Schools by ECDL Malta

25 March 2019
ECDL is a valuable part of education in Malta. We spoke with staff and students at two schools in the country, to hear their experiences of building their ICT skills.

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Cape Access by ICDL South Africa and Western Cape Government

25 March 2019
ICDL South Africa and Western Cape Government have brought ICDL to people across parts of rural South Africa through the Cape Access programme.

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ICDL Data Protection

21 March 2019
The new Data Protection module from ECDL Foundation covers the key skills that you need to protect personal data.

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ICDL Workforce

ICDL Workforce Modules

ICDL Trabalhadores módulos

ICDL Workforce

Digital skills for employability and productivity.

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ICDL Professional

ICDL Professional Modules

ICDL Professional

Digital skills for occupational effectiveness.

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ICDL Digital Student

ICDL Digital Student Modules

ICDL Digital Student

Digital skills to design and develop, share and protect.

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ICDL Digital Citizen

ICDL Digital Citizen Modules

ICDL Digital Citizen

Digital skills to access, engage and build computer confidence.

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