Strategies to Promote the Development of E-competencies in the Next Generation of Professionals

ISSN 1466-1535

Strategies to Promote the Development of E-competencies in the Next Generation of Professionals:
European and International Trends
Monograph No. 13 November 2009
Juan Cristobal Cobo Romani

Communication and Information Techno logy Department,
Latin- American Faculty of Social Sciences, Campus Mexico (FLACSO-Mexico)

ESRC funded Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance
Cardiff and Oxford Universities

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This study1 analyses the effectiveness of policies, strategies and programmes that promote the acquisition of e-literacies, focusing in particular on the younger generation who will be joining the labour force in the next five to ten years. Based on the benchmarking of different studies about the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on students’ learning, this work proposes a redefinition of the term ‘e-competencies’ 2 . Moreover, a set of best practices for the development of the future e-competent labour force are identified. Although the scope for this paper is primarily the countries of the European Union, worldwide studies are also considered.

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The work was developed during the period March-May 2009 at the Centre on Skills, Knowledge and
Organisational Performance (SKOPE).
2
During this research the terms ‘e-competencies’, ‘ICT competencies’ and ‘digital competencies’ will be used as synonymous.

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