On Tuesday 22 March 2022, the log awaited version 2.2 of DigComp, the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens, was published.
Digital competence is one of the Key Competences for Lifelong Learning. . It involves the confident, critical and responsible use of, and engagement with, digital technologies for learning, at work, and for participation in society. Key competences are developed throughout life as a combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes, in other words, they are composed of concepts and facts (i.e. knowledge), descriptions of skills (e.g. the ability to carry out processes) and attitudes (e.g. a disposition, a mindset to act).
DigComp, the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens, defines digital competence as a combination of 21 competences grouped in five main areas: Information and data literacy; Communication and collaboration; Digital content creation; Safety; and Problem solving. Reference frameworks such as the DigComp framework create an agreed vision of what is needed in terms of competences to overcome the challenges that arise from digitization in almost all aspects of modern lives. Their aim is to create a common understanding using an agreed vocabulary which can then be consistently applied in all tasks from policy formulation and target setting to instructional planning, assessment and monitoring.
Version 2.2 of DigComp consists of an update of the examples of knowledge, skills and attitudes (Dimension 4). For each of the 21 competences, 10-15 statements are given to illustrate timely and updated examples that highlight contemporary themes, which are relevant in today’s society, such as:
• misinformation and disinformation in social media and news sites (e.g. fact-checking information and its sources, fake news, deep fakes) linked with information and media literacy
• the trend of datafication of internet services and apps (e.g. focus on how personal data is exploited)
• citizens interacting with AI systems (including data-related skills, data protection and privacy, but also ethical considerations)
• emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT)
• environmental sustainability concerns (e.g. resources consumed by ICT)
HOU professor Achilles Kameas, director of DAISSy research group, was the leader of the Working Group that produced the statements about emerging technologies and Internet of Things. Prof. Kameas participates actively in the DigComp online community of practice that is hosted by ALL DIGITAL, the European Network that supports the acquisition of Digital Competences by European Citizens, of which DAISSy research group is a member.
You can download DigComp 2.2 here: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128415
ALL DIGITAL will organize an online event on March 28 (from 14.00 to 15.00 CET), during which DigComp 2.2 will be presented by the researchers of the Joint Research Center who created it. You can find more information about the event and the registration form here : https://all-digital.org/events/28-03-digital-competence-framework-2-2-digcomp-webinar-organised-with-jrc/
