Microsoft’s Digital Skills and Literacy Course
In the next two decades 90% of jobs will require some level of digital proficiency. Microsoft’s three online courses help build digital literacy for users seeking to compute with confidence.
DOT’s leadership programs “provide young people with the opportunity to develop skills, deep knowledge, networks, and investment in their ideas. Key to the success of all of DOT’s young leaders is experience-based learning, community impact, networks and investments”. One program sees DOT’s community leaders deliver skills training to local entrepreneurs, teachers, youth, and marginalized groups – connecting hundreds of people to the digital, entrepreneurial, and communications skills they need to build sustainable livelihoods, businesses, and careers.
Keywords: Digital Literacy, Media Literacy, Community Impact, Communication Skills, Networks, Youth Programs
In the next two decades 90% of jobs will require some level of digital proficiency. Microsoft’s three online courses help build digital literacy for users seeking to compute with confidence.
Christof Heyns & Thomas Probert speak about the benefits of information and communication technologies in the protection of human rights, while also highlighting the new and evolving threats that come with the digital age.
The Public Interest Technology Resource Centre provides a resources page for public-interest technologists with a public policy focus.