Digital employability workshop

With
Carolyn Lewis
Developing Digital
Employability Skills
Programmes of Learning and
Integrating with Functional
Skills

Workshop Objectives
• To develop the knowledge and skills of practitioners to create
innovative programmes of learning for employability and
functional skills.
• Identify the skills required by learners and how they are put
into practise to seek employment in line with current
recruitment trends.
• Identify a range of digital tools used in the workplace and
raise awareness of how these can be used to develop digital
and functional skills and can be used to deliver learning.
• Learn how knowledge on safe use of technology and online
social responsibilities in the workplace can be integrated with
functional skills.

Why should job seekers be on the web?
An online presence to
supplement your resume
definitely enhances your
offerings as a candidate.
You want to have a digital
presence on the web so that
recruiters can find you.
The web provides the
opportunity to showcase your
talents, personality, style, and
interests.
It shows employers you are
internet savvy and have a good
understanding of social media.
77% of recruiters regularly
search the internet for
information on prospective
employees prior to hiring.
87% of the 100 million LinkedIn
users are using it for
recruitment.
94% of recruiters use social
media to support recruitment.
42% of recruiters have
reconsidered a candidate based on
content viewed in a social profile,
leading to
both positive and negative re-
assessments

Tips for Online Job Seeking
Create complete well developed profiles that are keyword rich.
Research and use the keywords that are the best fit for your skills and
qualifications as found in job adverts.
A headline of your profile should be that you are job seeking.
Follow people and companies who are in the industry you are
interested in.
Join relevant groups and lists to research what is going on in your
industry and to participate in discussions.
Share interesting topics from people in your industry – it shouldn’t be
about self-promotion. Share others' stuff before you share your own.
Recruiters have to be able to find you, so your profile must be public.

Digital Skills required to seek employment.
Virtually all young people are familiar with electronic games and social networking
and might be considered as "digital natives", but they are not "digitally competent"
in the sense that they do not know sufficiently how to use the digital world in a
business context. By 2015, 90% of jobs will need e-skills. It is a precondition to
become employable, learn and find a job online.
European Commission
Activity – what tasks are employers
expecting of their employees that
require digital skills?

1. Start your text with viltd
2. Send your text to 07537 402 400
Or
1. Go to www.textwall.co.uk/post
2. Start your message with viltd
What tasks are employers expecting of their
employees that require digital skills?

Digital Skills in the Workplace
Collaborate online
Update stock records online
Capture minutes of meetings
Organise tasks online
Represent the employer on SM
Problem solve using ICT
Read documents
View emails & calendars
Take photos & watch video
Edit documents/take notes
Access an online meeting
Process data
Static Workers Mobile Workers

Video Conferencing and Webinars

Putting Functional Skills into Practise
Work on a ‘Useful Guide’
project. Store and share
work using Google Docs.
Answer knowledge
questions via mobile
device.
Conduct an online survey
and share results online.
Host a Google Hangout to
provide team members
with data collected.
Create an e-magazine
for a specific
workplace.
Create a flipbook on
ICT security threats.
Contribute to a
joint report
using a wiki.
Contribute to an
online forum.
Create a professional
website/blog or one for a
local community.
Research a career and give
an online presentation.
Prepare an e-mailshot
on trends in mobile
device usage.
Set up a
LinkedIn profile.

Work collaboratively in your group to create a website on ICT Security Threats. Research what the
threats are, what the impact is and how to protect against them.
1. Plan the project tasks to meet objectives
2. Record group members responsibilities
3. Research Viruses and Malware
4. Evidence searches used
5. Evaluate sources used
6. Store files appropriately
7. Organise an online meeting of the project team to
report progress
8. Share drafted information
9. Create the website
10. Share the website with others
11. Send details of how to access the website to the tutor
ICT Functional Skills Level 2
Docs
Docs

Carry out research into ICT security threats and produce a website on the subject for your
colleagues. Share your project progress with your tutor and manager.
1. Use ICT to Plan your project:
a. What will be included in your plan?
b. How will you share your progress with others?
c. How will you record your planning?
d. Where will you store your files?
2. Use ICT to carry out your research:
a. Carry out initial research to decide on the topics you will cover
b. Record how you search for information
c. Obtain images for your website, note how you have ensured you can use them legally
d. Collate the information that you will you use for your website
e. Record how you evaluate the sources that you use
3. Organise a folder structure for your files that can be shared with your tutor
4. Draft the text for your website in an appropriate application
5. Create the structure for your website
6. Add text, images and useful links to your website
7. Share the link to your website via email
The requirement is to create a website for your colleagues on ICT security threats. Provide examples
of threats, the impact, and how to put safeguarding measures in place. To achieve this, work through
module 1 completing the games and quizzes. Then start the project.
Example ICT L2 Project

In the course you’ll be sharing a house with
four others. You’ve all been selected for the
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
You’ll have to make decisions and help your
flatmates out.
Contextualised Functional Skills e-Learning
Materials.
Two sets of e-learning modules contextualised
to Business Administration and Health and
Social Care, each set comprising of 4 Maths
and 3 English modules.
Editable in UDUTU free online authoring tool.
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=326373
Free Suites of FS Learning
http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9/search
?query=kineo&rpp=10&sort_by=0&order=DESC&submit=Go

Free on the Web
Site Link
BBC Skillswise http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths
NLN resources - numeracy/literacy http://www.nln.ac.uk
Teachers Media (Teachers TV) http://www.teachersmedia.co.uk
Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com
Videojug http://www.videojug.com
YouTube Education http://www.youtube.com/education
Skills Workshop http://www.skillsworkshop.org
Adult Literacies Online http://www.aloscotland.co.uk
Key Skills 4 U http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/keyskills4u
Embedded Learning Portal http://rwp.qia.oxi.net/embeddedlearning/searchinteractive.cfm
HWB Resources https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/Find%20it/Pages/Home.aspx
Pearson Free Initial Assessment http://www.edexcel.com/quals/func-
skills/Support/Pages/Initial_Assessment_Tool.aspx
Pearson Support Materials http://pearsonwbl.edexcel.com/quals/func-
skills/maths/Pages/default.aspx
General Free Resources for
Functional Skills

Manage Information Storage
BBC Webwise http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/courses/computer-
basics/lessons/icons-and-windows
BBC Webwise http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/courses/computer-
basics/lessons/mementos-from-india
Digital Learn http://digitallearn.org/learn/using-pc-windows-7
Follow and demonstrate understanding of the need for safety and security practices
Cyber Street https://www.cyberstreetwise.com
GCF LearnFree Internet Safety http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internetsafety
Cyber Angels http://www.cyberangels.org/classes.php
BBC Webwise http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01939dr
On Guard Online www.onguardonline.gov
GCF LearnFree Tech Savy http://www.gcflearnfree.org/techsavvy/3
User search techniques to locate and select relevant information
GCF Learn Free http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internet101/4
Digital Learn http://digitallearn.org/learn/basic-search
Digital Learn http://digitallearn.org/learn/navigating-website
Use ICT to plan and organise work
GCF Learn Free http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics
ICT Resources for Functional
Skills

Use application software
Microsoft’s Office Training http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training-
FX101782702.aspx?CTT=97
GCF Learn Free http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office
Excel Central tutorial videos http://excelcentral.com
Microsoft Word 2010 tutorial videos http://www.word-videos.com
Teach-ICT http://www.teach-
ict.com/software_skills/software_skills_home.html
Access pdf tutorial http://cws.cengage.co.uk/rcc_databases/students/accesstutorial.p
df
Check for accuracy and meaning
Edexcel Online Resource http://www1.edexcel.org.uk/FSICT_030908/FS_ICT_Ch7.html
BBC Skillswise http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/editing-and-proofreading
Use communications software to meet requirements
Digital Learn http://digitallearn.org/learn/intro-email
GCF Learn Free http://www.gcflearnfree.org/outlook2010
BBC Webwise http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/courses/internet-
basics/lessons/email-with-dick-and-harry
Evaluate fitness for purpose of information
GCF Learn Free http://www.gcflearnfree.org/searchbetter/module/9
Brookes Uni - Evaluating Web Sources
(L2)
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/guides/evalweb.pdf
Tutorial on Evaluating (tutor use to
extract level of information required)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.
html

English
Site Link
BT – All Talk - English 14-19 http://www.btplc.com/Responsiblebusiness/Supportingourcommuniti
es/Learningandskills/Freeresources/AllTalk/Default.aspx
BT – Communication Skills for Young
Citizens
http://www.btplc.com/Responsiblebusiness/Supportingourcommuniti
es/Learningandskills/Freeresources/ResourceView.aspx?id=18
Lesson Stream – Language lessons http://lessonstream.org/browse-lessons/
JISC RSC NW – Reading tests http://www.rsc-
northwest.ac.uk/acl/eMagArchive/RSCeMag0910/FunctionalSkillsRes
ources/reading_tests.html
Spellingcity – interactive spelling http://www.spellingcity.com/taking-a-spelling-
test.html?listId=3817678
Word Dynamo http://dynamo.dictionary.com/
Telescopic Text http://www.telescopictext.org/
Way with Words http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/waywithwords/index.html
Fairground Spelling http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/fairground/game.shtml
British Council English Skills Practice http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/english-skills-practice
Free English Functional
Skills Resources

Site Link
Leeds University Skills Library http://skills.library.leeds.ac.uk/web_based_resources/mathsquizzes/
pages/basic_numeracy/basic_numeracy.html
Leeds Met University - Numeracy http://creativetech.inn.leedsmet.ac.uk/INT/1/start.html
Maths Playground – Maths games http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
Maths Movies http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01801/
Get the Maths http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/
Move On http://www.move-on.org.uk/ilr_php/numeracy/welcome.php
Maths Zone http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/mathszone/index.shtml
Brain Games http://www.braingames.org.uk/
Nationwideeducation.co.uk (finance) http://www.nationwideeducation.co.uk
GCF Learn Free http://www.gcflearnfree.org
Maths4Us http://www.maths4us.org/ and
http://learningmathsonline.ac.uk/wp/
The Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/
Maths Everywhere (App available) http://www.mathseverywhere.org.uk/
Free Maths Functional
Skills Resources

English:
 Dictionary.com - top-rated Android dictionary app, with trusted reference content from
Dictionary.com & Thesaurus.com
 Word Search - Find the hidden words
 English Reading Comprehension (Boreumdal) – tests English Reading Comprehension
Skills through 5-minute tests.
 Grammar Game (Lite) - Fun English grammar questions: Idioms, Commonly misspelled
words, Irregular verb tenses, Verb prepositions, Proverbs and Synonyms
 Word Feud - A multiplayer puzzle game similar to Scrabble
 Practice English Grammar 1 and 2 - Practice English Grammar 1 helps you learn English
grammar b
 Oxford Grammar and Punctuation - basic information about grammar and punctuation
that people need on a day-to-day basis. Practicing
 Punctuation OK - Over 300 examples and seventy-four mini-lessons with exercises
 Johnny Grammar Word Challenge – British Council - Beat the clock and answer as many
spelling, vocabulary and grammar questions as you can in this 60-second quiz!
 English Grammar - Featured in the Top 100 Reference Apps for iPad
 Miss Spell's Class - an original word game that lets players test their spelling skills
against the most commonly misspelled words on Dictionary.com.
 Spelling Made Simple Lite
 Spelling Mastery - Contains over 600 English words that are most commonly misspelled.
English Apps for Functional Skills

Maths:
 Math Attack - Math Attack helps improve your simple math skills! You can practice
different types of math including: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,
squares and multiple part questions
 Maths Bug - A maths game for young children up to teenagers and adults to train &
improve mental maths skills
 Math Workout – maths brain training
 Math Flash Cards - Designed for people of all ages, Math Flash Cards Multiplication is
an app that allows the user to practice simple basic multiplication facts or extend the
users ability to work out complex multiplication problems up to three digit numbers.
Also available for addition, subtraction and division
 Conundra Math - a brain training number game
 GCSE Maths questions – English also available
 Sky Numbers – Fun educational maths game, aimed at testing and improving basic
math skills
 Maths Everywhere - shows just how relevant maths is everyday lives.
 The Maths App Index: http://maths4us.alt.ac.uk/
Maths Apps for Functional Skills

Digital Tools for Content Development

Screen capture using Debut of a mathematical sequence being
demonstrated
http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/

BACK
- convert PowerPoint into Flash object
http://www.ispringsolutions.com/ispring-free

- e-learning online authoring tool
www.udutu.com

- Create images with hotspots to web resources
www.thinglink.com

www.ispringsolutions.com/free-quiz-maker

Twiddla - virtual interactive whiteboard
www.twiddla.com

www.goanimate.com
www.audacity.sourceforge.net
www.padlet.com

Solutions for Delivering a Blended Model of Digital
Skills Programme
Videos
Quizzes
Recorded
Tutorials
Flip
Workbooks
Podcasts
Presentations
Presentation
Share your
screen
Polls
Q & A
Link with VLE
Interactive
whiteboard
Link with
workbooks

• Reputation
• Personal Information
• Confidentiality
• Bullying and
Discrimination
• Implied terms of trust
in contracts of
employment
• Employer’s social
media strategy
• Virgin Atlantic sacks 13 staff for
calling its flyers ‘chavs’ on Facebook
• Hotel sacks apprentices for
uploading a video to YouTube of
them jumping on a hotel bed
• Employer sacks employee for being
on a days sick leave saying a
headache meant she couldn’t work
on her computer. She was found to
be active on social media.
Social Media Responsibilities

Delivered by Carolyn Lewis:
Carolyn@vocationalinnovation.co.uk
Developing Digital Employability
Skills Programmes of Learning and
Integrating with Functional Skills

Digital employability workshop

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