{"id":13801,"date":"2017-10-23T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-digital.org\/?p=13801"},"modified":"2017-10-23T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:37:09","slug":"pathways4employ-partners-meet-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/pathways4employ-partners-meet-in-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"#pathways4employ partners meet in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

#pathways4employ<\/a> partners met in Dublin on 18-19 October for the 3rd<\/sup> transnational meeting of the project at the premises of our Irish partner FIT ltd.<\/p>\n

FIT<\/a> helps long-term unemployed people throughout Ireland to land on a career in the ICT field by providing fast track courses in hands-on ICT skills required by the labour market. They work in close collaboration with ICT industry, and most Irish-based tech companies sit on their Board.<\/p>\n

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Halfway through the pathways4employ project, we have already achieved a lot. We surveyed more than 100 entrepreneurs<\/strong> and virtual office workers to find out what digital skills they need to succeed<\/strong>. We analysed those according to the DigComp Framework, and, based on this evidence, we created the digital competence profiles<\/strong> for entrepreneur and virtual office workers \u2013 the ideal combination of digital competences that anyone who wants to become entrepreneur or to work from distance should have.<\/p>\n

Our lead partner Tecnalia<\/strong> had already started developing our online platform<\/strong> and assessment tools<\/strong> (online tests) and all other partners were excited to see the first version! The platform has a great look and feel, but there\u2019s still a lot of work ahead of us before we reach our goal \u2013 develop online assessment tools tailored to entrepreneurs and virtual office workers to help them see where they stand with regard to the \u201cideal\u201d competence profile. We kicked-off this phase of the work with a productive brainstorming session.<\/p>\n

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We want to test digital competences against scenarios coming from the real workplace. So, to design the questions for the tests (or as we call them in technical jargon \u201cassessment items<\/strong>\u201d) we thought about actual everyday situations, which entrepreneurs and virtual office workers will inevitably encounter, such as registering their company, organising an online meeting and connecting to safe wireless networks. Questions in the test will be knowledge based and will include multiple choice questions, but also practical tasks that the user will have to perform according to the instructions, such as downloading and working in an excel file or creating a document in google docs.<\/p>\n

In the following months, we will work to develop the assessment items in detail. We will have one test per competence area:<\/p>\n