1. 15th National IT Training
Conference
Mary Cleary
Deputy CEO
2nd March, 2012

2. Welcome
Schools FÁS
Universities Private training
Corporates centres
Prisons NLN‟s
Government NCBI
Departments Awards
Defence forces

3. ECDL Licensees, Dublin 2012
Austria Hungary Serbia
Belgium Ireland Slovakia
Bosnia & Herzegovina Italy Slovenia
Croatia Kosovo Spain
Cyprus Lithuania Sweden
Czech Republic Luxembourg Switzerland
Denmark Malta Turkey
Estonia Netherlands United Kingdom
Finland Norway
France Poland
Germany Romania
Greece Russia

4. ICDL Licensees, Dublin 2012
Algeria Kyrgz Republic
Australia Lebanon
Botswana Singapore
Canada South Africa
Egypt Sri Lanka
Iran Syria
Israel UAE / Gulf States
Jordan USA
Kenya Zambia
Korea, South Zimbabwe

5. Agenda
 Welcome
 Survey
 ICS Skills Services
 New Developments
 ECDL News

6. The Numbers…
500,000 - milestone
30,000 – ECDL registrations
10,000 - other programmes
209,673 automated tests
128,924 certification tests
81% passed
2000 ave daily logins, up to 7000
21,000 certificates issued
3000 flexible options

7. Survey 2011
Purpose
importance
benefits
relevance
experiences
new content
Responded to by 349 centres, good
distribution among centre types

8. Why does your centre offer ECDL?

9. ECDL for the 21 st Century
Broad and flexible
Play with it
One module certificate
Mix „n match
Advanced
Package
Occupational track

10. Persistent, New
Credibility, persistence
State of the art certification
No contradiction in that!
Need something new?
ECDL is something new
Version 6 – wait for it!

11. Educational achievement
“The ECDL certificate ... students who
use technology as part of the learning
process perform better in school, are
better motivated to learn and enjoy
their learning more than students who
do not.”

12. As basic as the 3 R‟s
Learn to Learn
3 R‟s up-skill re-skill
Not a choice Not an IT stream
ChooseIT Scratch F1 in schools
www.ics-skills.ie/comebacktoecdl

13. Challenges
Training budgets
TY costs
Competition
Computer Science Curriculum – an Opportunity!
Shortage of graduates

14. Solutions
Value of ECDL
President McAleese:
This is a living, growing thing!
Still interesting!

15. Support
Another survey result:
90% “very happy” with ICS Skills support
Context
Comments
We want to support you!

16. Support
 Unique
 Staff
 Seminars
 Centre visits
 Advice and consultancy
 Talk to us!

17. Schools
Demand
Universities
Employers
Recruitment agencies
NEEDS of users, not FEATURES
of the software

18. ICS Grid
 ICS Grid is a library of curricular resources
covering all Irish secondary school subjects
 Enovation Solutions and Cambridge University Press.
 Irish teachers as content providers
 Resources precisely mapped to subjects in the Irish
curriculum and their examination syllabi.
 Pilot Study on-going with 30 schools nationwide

19. ICS Grid
 Recent Developments
 Upgrade to Moodle 2.2
 Integration with Moodle & GGfL
 Central repositry for course / resource sharing amongst schools
• Now live and available to all schools nationwide
 Demo Accounts / School visits
• Live demonstrations available @ ICS Stand
• Workshop @ Education session

20. Corporate Market
Old familiar friend
What‟s been forgotten about?
Perfect productivity enhancement tool

21. Training Providers
Private/Community Sector
 Promoting the certification
 Backbone
 Every parish
 Reaching into the
community
 Changing lives

22. Get Ireland Online
 DAE Project
 50 centres
 4,500 people
(2000)
 6 hours training

23. Version 6
High level motivation
Maintain a skills development infrastructure
Framework
Measurement
Re-examine our objectives
Digital Literacy = ?

24. Digital Proficiency
Digital Expert or “power-
We should be raising Excellence user” of applications
discussion beyond
“digital literacy” Digital Competent in workplace use
Competence of range of applications
Digital Has essential skills in use of digital
Literacy devices, internet, basic applications
Digital Understanding of personal use of IT,
Awareness can perform basic web, email tasks

25. Digital Proficiency Model

26. Digital Certification Model

27. Widen debate beyond eInclusion
➟ Information Society
eInclusion
➟ Knowledge Economy
eEmployability

28. The ECDL Standard
Module
ECDL Module
[4]
START Module
Promoted Module
Standard
M M M M
Module
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Modules
ECDL [7] Module
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Module e e e e

29. Syllabus 5  Version 6
Essential Skills
Module 1 - Concepts of ICT Module 8 - 2D Computer Aided Design
Module 2 - Using the Computer and Managing Files Module 9 - Image Editing
Module 3 - Word Processing Module 10 - Web Editing
Module 4 - Spreadsheets Module 11 - Health Information Systems
Module 5 - Using Databases Module 12 – IT Security
Module 6 - Presentation Module 13 – Project Planning
Module 7 - Web Browsing and Communication

30. Syllabus 5  Version 6
Essential Skills
Module 1 - Concepts of ICT
Module 2 - Using the Computer and Managing Files
Module 7 - Web Browsing and Communication
Module 3 - Word Processing

31. Syllabus 5  Version 6
Syllabus 5 Version 6
Module 1 - Concepts of ICT
Computer Essentials
Module 2 - Using the Computer and Managing Files
Information and Communication
Module 7 - Web Browsing and Communication
Module 3 - Word Processing Word Processing

32. ECDL Version 6
Essential Skills
Modules
New
Computer Essentials
Information & New
Communication
Word Processing

33. ECDL Version 6
Essential Skills
Modules
New
Computer Essentials
Information & New
Communication
Word Processing

34. ECDL Version 6
Essential Skills
Modules
New
Managing Computers,
Devices & Data
Information & New
Communication
Word Processing

35. ECDL Version 6
Essential Skills
Modules
New
Managing Computers,
Devices & Data
Information & New
Communication
Word Processing

36. ECDL Version 6
Essential Skills Current
Modules Modules
New
Computer Essentials Spreadsheets IT Security
Information & New
Using Databases ICT in Healthcare
Communication
Word Processing Presentation
Image Editing
Web Editing
2D CAD
Project Planning

37. ECDL Version 6
Essential Skills Current
Modules Modules
New
Managing Computers,
Spreadsheets IT Security
Devices & Data
Information & New
Using Databases ICT in Healthcare
Communication
Word Processing Presentation New Modules
New
Image Editing Collaborative Tools
New
Web Editing ICT in Education
New
2D CAD ICT in Small Business
Project Planning

38. ECDL Version 6
Essential Skills Application Occupational
Modules Modules Modules
New
Computer Essentials Spreadsheets IT Security
New New
Information &
Using Databases Collaborative Tools
Communication
New
Word Processing Presentation ICT in Education
Image Editing ICT in Healthcare
New
Web Editing ICT in Small Business
2D CAD
Project Planning

39. Certification – the numbers route
Application Modules
Spreadsheets
ECDL Start Using Databases
Presentation
Image Editing
Essential Skills One Application
Modules + /Occupational Module Web Editing
2D CAD
Project Planning
New
Computer Essentials Occupational Modules
Information &
Communication
Word Processing
New
+ IT Security
Collaborative Tools
ICT in Education
ICT in Healthcare
ICT in Small Business

40. Certification
Application Modules
ECDL full licence Spreadsheets
Using Databases
Presentation
Essential Skills Four Application /
Modules + Occupational Modules Image Editing
Web Editing
2D CAD
New
Computer Essentials Project Planning
Information &
Communication
Word Processing
New
+ Occupational Modules
IT Security
Collaborative Tools
ICT in Education
ICT in Healthcare
ICT in Small Business

41. Custom Certification
Who do you want to be?

42. Comprehensive Certification Scheme
Digital Literacy  Digital Competence  Digital Expertise
ECDL ECDL Advanced

43. Update Approach
➟ Syllabus 4.0 5.0
“Evolution not Revolution”
➟ Syllabus 5.0 6.0
Revolution ?
Evolution ?

44. Benefit of Version 6
 More choice
 Greater relevance
 ICT for Teachers
 ICT in Small Business
 Changes are easier to support
 Content can change more frequently

45. New business opportunities for your centres
 HITS
 EUCIP
 CTP
(need specialist tutor)
 Data protection
(need specialist tutor)
 BenefIT – Get Ireland Online

46. Full solution provider
 Centre accreditation
 Training
 Certification services
 LMS
 Schools programmes

47. Conclusion
 Thank you once again
 Listening to you
 Informng you
 Consulting with you
 Team available today