Problem solving in everyday life requires basic digital skills - Mika Sihvonen
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This document discusses developing basic digital skills for adults in Finland. It describes the TAITO program which aims to increase competencies for adults with weak education and job prospects by focusing on literacy, numeracy, and digital skills. It then outlines three case studies of projects that use peer learning and applying skills to everyday life and work to help unemployed people, immigrants, and businesses strengthen digital abilities. The presenter believes peer and tutor activities are effective because people share similar backgrounds, and that digital skills are important for participation in education, work and everyday life in modern society.
Problem solving in everyday life requires basic digital skills - Mika Sihvonen
- 1. PROBLEM SOLVING IN EVERYDAY LIFE REQUIRES BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS - Peer activities and learning by doing as key solutions Mika Sihvonen Coordinating project Taikoja II Teacher, Researcher, Tampere University mika.sihvonen@tuni.fi Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th
- 2. TAITO Programme • TAITO (skill) aims to increase the competences of adults whose position in the education and job market is weak. • Focus on adults’ (16 – 65) basic skills (literacy, numeracy, digital skills). • PIAAC Report (2012) • Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland Literacy Numeracy Digital Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th
- 3. Project Network • 25 development projects, currently 16 active • Nationwide, Working age adults • Young school dropouts • Recent immigrants (less than 5 years) • Over 60 years old • Several fields • Adult education • Special needs education • Vocational school • Non-governmental organization Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th
- 4. CASE I: InPromptu Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th • Third-sector organizations have an important role in promoting digital skills for their target groups. • The InPromptu project focuses on advancing the digital skills of personnel in associations for the unemployed, and on advancing basic digital skills of the unemployed • Learning new digital skills helps to cope with everyday life, and broadens the opportunities for participation in further education and working life. • One step is to create a nationwide network and forum for associations of the unemployed.
- 5. CASE II: Digital Route to Employment Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th • Developing the digital skills of immigrants to a level where they can succeed in vocational training and employment • Educational model for people with an immigrant background and other people with low digital skills • Digital skills training takes place with the help of peer tutors trained in the project.
- 6. CASE III: Working life ICT skills in business Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th Saikkonen et al. (2017)
- 7. In your opinion, what is the most important of following premises when developing the basic skills for adults? (choose only one) Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th A. Build teaching around tutors and peers to ensure that learners and teacher have similar background B. Offer adults learning resources that is related to their everyday life C. Motivate adults to the attend training by showing that better skills lead to better life D. Understanding that ICT related skill is the key to other basic skills in modern society E. Something else
- 8. - Food for Thought - • Peer and Tutor activities are seen effective • People share similar background –> easier to communicate, build trust etc. • Digital skills in everyday life and work • What happens when the training is over? • Reaching and encouraging target groups • Productization, What are the benefits of training • Towards adaptive problem solving • Future skills underline the process related to versatile use of ICT • Are there Literacy & Numeracy that is not related to digital skills in education and work life Basic digital skills – How to turn challenges into opportunities? NVL virtual seminar, Tuesday May 19th Mika Sihvonen Coordinating project Taikoja II Teacher, Researcher, Tampere University mika.sihvonen@tuni.fi