European Computer Driving Licence The British Computer Society

European Computer Driving Licence © The British Computer Society 2000

Modular Structure • • Basic concepts of IT Using the computer and managing files Word processing Spreadsheets Database Presentation Information and Communication

Practical focus • Core Competence in IT skills • Practical and task based rather than overly theoretical • "Generic" focused on the basic principles of a task rather than the specific icons or features of one particular package

IT skills in the workplace (UK) • 75% believe they have good IT Skills But… • Only 12% have received formal IT Training • 41% have received no IT Training at all! Motorola/MORI UK

History • Initiated Finland 1988 • Accepted by CEPIS 1995 • Promoted throughout Europe 1996 • Extended worldwide 1999 (ICDL) • Advanced to roll-out Oct 2001

Number of Candidates v UK to date over 200, 000 v Increasing by ~15, 000 a month v Worldwide - One million mark passed in March Paul Davis, Oxford University

Stefanie Feldmann , ECDL/ICDL project leader at Tetra Pak, explains the reasons for adopting ECDL "The objective is to bring down our support costs, and reduce the number of calls to our help desk, by increasing IT competence. And that's what has happened.

Tetra Pak……. Another reason was to get our employees interested in their own long-term competence development, by offering an internationally recognised IT certificate.

Tetra Pak……. The vision is that the ECDL/ICDL at Tetra Pak should act as proof of IT competence throughout the group, and become an international standard for the company. If you move job within the Tetrapak group, the new company knows what the Licence represents. "

Worldwide Coverage UK Coverage- 1, 500 centres Europe coverage- all EU and more (Cyprus, Malta, Hungary…) Worldwide ICDL -Australia, S Africa, Egypt, Jordan. . .

CBT Courseware A flexible IT training solution offering: • self-paced study for the user • distance learning features • interactive assessment exercises • a self-contained solution - no other software required Available in CD-ROM, Intranet, and Network versions

Key Features of the Courseware Interactive Assessments • Interactive assessment exercises during each block provide student stimulus • Interactive assessment exercises at the end of each main study block enable the user to judge when they are ready to move on • A variety of test types provide practical and theoretical challenges • Assessments can be used prior to &/or after training

Practice Exercises Potential Sources • The Electric Paper workbook contains sample exercises for the seven modules of the course, which act as an indication of the sort of questions and tasks that may be found in an exam. • Example papers can be found at the BCS website and ECDLF website • Additional training material is available off the web from various training providers. • The Electric Paper training provides self-assessment modules • Blackrock training book has some sample exercises

NCC PC Test • Uses real-life applications • Can be customised for language • Realistic tasks rather than fragments • Any method is viable • Marked after each segment