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dc.titleSkills for Life Series: Digital Skills
dc.contributor.authorSuarez Enciso, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorYang, Hyeri Mel
dc.contributor.authorChacon Ugarte, Gabriela
dc.contributor.orgunitEducation Division
dc.date.available2024-08-02T00:08:00
dc.date.issue2024-08-02T00:08:00
dc.description.abstractDigital skills encompass the ability to safely and effectively access, manage, evaluate, and create information using digital technologies. These skills are critical for modern life, enabling individuals to engage with technology in a critical, collaborative, and creative manner. Essential for economic growth, employability, and social inclusion, digital skills can reduce inequalities, providing marginalized groups with access to education and resources. However, data indicates that people in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) often lack these skills, with disparities evident by gender and age. Integrating these skills into curricula and ensuring teachers are proficient with digital technologies are crucial steps towards students digital skills development. Various initiatives in LAC, such as Enuma School in Nicaragua, Digital Platform for Indigenous Languages in Peru, Laboratoria, and Ceibal in Uruguay, are efforts to promote digital skills across diverse contexts. Measuring digital skills involves self-reported instruments and performance-based tests, such as PIAAC, ICILS, and PISA. Online platforms like the EU's competence assessment and Guia Edutec offer additional resources for skill evaluation and development. Digital skills are pivotal not only for personal and professional growth but also for fostering a more inclusive and equitable society.
dc.format.extent16
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013099
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Skills-for-Life-Series-Digital-Skills.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Serie-de-habilidades-para-la-vida-habilidades-digitales.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesSkills for Life
dc.subjectSkills
dc.subjectDigital Skill
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subjectLifelong Learning
dc.subjectDigital Technology
dc.subjectCloud Computing
dc.subject21st-Century Skill
dc.subjectLearning
dc.subjectFoundational Skills
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeI20 - Education and Research Institutions: General
dc.subject.jelcodeI25 - Education and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeN36 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeP36 - Consumer Economics • Health • Education and Training • Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
dc.subject.keywordsDigital skills;21st century skills;skills development;Education;K-12 education;skills education
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00952
idb.operationRG-T3594
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