Digital Inclusion

June 1, 2018

EU Commission to double funding for Erasmus programme

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The Erasmus programme already enables millions of young Europeans to study, train or learn abroad while broadening their experience and awareness of Europe, and increasing their future chances on the job market. With doubled funding, this programme will be even more effective in supporting key political objectives such as building a European Education Area by 2025, empowering young people and promoting a European identity through youth, education and culture policies. Read more

May 18, 2018

Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands announce new National Coalitions

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3 New National Coalitions, 21 National Coalitions now in EU

Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands now have National Coalitions, bringing the number in the EU to 21 Read more

May 11, 2018

WAMDIA Aims to Change Mind-Set of Traditional ICT Users

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WAMDIA (http://wamdia.eu/en/) (We All Make Digital Information Accessible) is an Erasmus+ KA-2 project that will be carried out from October 2017 to September 2019, by a consortium from Spain, Ireland, Hungary, Italy and Sweden. Read more

Pictured: Jim Friars - CEO, ECDL Ireland/ICS, Tony Franke - Chairman, ECDL Foundation, Mary Cleary, Deputy CEO, ICS Foundation, Claudia Delaney - Head of Training, ICS.

April 30, 2018

‘Digital Skills for Citizens’ project wins first place in the ECDL and ICDL in Society category

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At the ECDL Foundation Forum 2018, held in Prague, the entry submitted by ECDL Ireland was voted to be an outstanding example of best practice in the ECDL and ICDL in Society category.

ECDL Foundation, an international organisation dedicated to raising digital competence standards in the workforce, education and society, established the Best Practice Awards to acknowledge and credit initiatives and projects that are considered as exceptional examples of the implementation of ECDL Foundation programmes, which help to increase levels of digital literacy, and promote ECDL in local markets. Read more

March 26, 2018

IT Training Seminar

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What does it take for educational and training organisations to be digitally capable?

On its 20^th anniversary we invite you to ICS HQ for the annual IT Training Seminar, to explore issues of concern for training and development professionals and educational organisations involved in teaching with and through technology.

March 22, 2018

Tech Week Returns April 22nd – 28th 2018!

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We are happy to announce the launch of Tech Week 2018, organised by the Irish Computer Society and supported by the SFI Discover programme.

Now in its fifth year, the annual festival of technology will see as many as 100,000 students take part in a range of activities nationwide. Read more

February 5, 2018

Safer Internet Day 2018

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Safer Internet Day (SID) is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people. It is promoted in Ireland by the PDST Technology in Education and Webwise. The Theme for Safer Internet Day 2018 is “Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you”. Safer Internet Day 2018 will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 6th. Over 70,000 young people across Ireland joined the celebrations this year. Take a look at some of the highlights from Safer Internet Day 2017 here.

Safer Internet Day 2018 Events

January 15, 2018

Save the date: EU Code Week 2018

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EU Code Week will take place from 6 to 21 October 2018. Save this date and start planning your events now!

EU Code Week is a volunteer movement that encourages people to discover coding. Code Week Ambassadors coordinate the initiative in their countries. But everyone can hold events to show motivated people how to create their own app, program a robot, or make anything they dream of. Read more

December 18, 2017

Funding Available for Basic Internet Skills Training Programme

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We’re pleased to announce that ICS Foundation has successfully been granted another round of funding from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, for the Digital Skills for Citizens scheme, with a training target of 2,000 people for 2018.

Digital Skills for Citizens has been running since January 2017 and we are now seeking new partners who would be interested in offering basic internet training in their local communities. Read more

November 28, 2017

Irish project reaches the finals of the European Digital Skills Awards 2017

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Twenty projects which encourage the development of digital skills in Europe have been selected as finalists for the European Digital Skills Award 2017. The best projects promoting excellence in Digital Skills will be awarded by Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, at the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition conference in Brussels on 7th December. Winners and finalists will exhibit their projects at the conference. Read more

September 18, 2017

Digital Learning Framework for Schools

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Minister Bruton has published the Digital Learning Framework for Schools, one of the key supports envisaged under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020. In implementing the Digital Learning Framework, schools and teachers are given a structure which will allow them to identify where they are on the journey towards embedding digital technologies in teaching, learning and assessment, and enable them to progress in that journey. Read more

August 29, 2017

EU Code Week Taking Place from 7th – 22nd October

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EU Code Week is back again! Taking place from 7th – 22nd October. First launched in 2013 by the European Commission, the initiative aims to make programming more visible, to show young, adults and elderly how you bring ideas to life with code, to demystify these skills and bring motivated people together to learn. Read more

August 21, 2017

Is coding for kids just another silly fad?

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Via Margaret Wente at theglobeandmail.com

Nothing is cuter than pictures of kids sitting at their computers, mastering skills their parents never dreamed of. And nothing is more popular than the current idea that all our children should learn to code.

“Most jobs in the future will most likely have some sort of connection to coding,” Navdeep Bains, the federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, told a room full of children assembled for a recent photo op. He was there to announce a $50-million initiative to teach coding to young people. “Some of you may develop incredible apps,” he beamed. Read more

July 27, 2017

The Digitalisation Agenda Conference 24 October 2017

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‘Re-thinking the Role of Qualifications and Skills’
The Digitalisation Agenda Conference will take place on October 24th 2017 at the Radisson Blue Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 2

Digitalisation is changing how we work and learn. This high-level international conference will explore the implications of digitalisation on the demand, delivery and recognition of skills and qualifications. Read more

July 12, 2017

OpenQasS Multiplier Event in Ireland

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The OpenQAsS project vision is to utilise the potential of today’s networking technology in all areas of the implementation of the EQAVET Reference Framework principles, and so make the resulting tools part of the daily practice of institutional Quality Assurance in VET schools.

The ICS Skills partner Multiplier Event was held on the 29^th March. 22 professionals attended, as an additional session after a presentation on the general area of quality assurance, with a focus on ECDL training, assessment and the integrity of the programme. The attendees were varied, from the Further Education sector, secondary schools, private training centres and special needs training facilities. Read more

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