EuNIC Report 2 - towards the definition of a European approach to digital literacy

The report contains the description of a “concept-oriented” approach to digital literacy defined within the EuNIC project on the basis of an already existing approach developed by ITD in 2001; within the project the approach will be exported throughout Europe. The EuNIC approach aims at helping adults with no computer skills to become “wise beginner users”, i.e. people who: - are able to interact with the computer to perform simple tasks; - have an overall understanding of the logic-physical working mechanism of the computer; - are able to act independently to improve their know how. The structure of the EuNIC course is organized into stages, in order to: - concentrate the core skills in a first short period of time (how to use mouse and keyboard, how to access files and folders, how to manipulate windows, etc.) and the core concepts and competences (files, folders, applications, operating system, etc.); - expose people during the second stage to the use of computer by contextualizing it in a “real” situation; this is obtained by carrying out the “project work”, which includes the use of different applications, in order to fix the core concepts and skills introduced in the previous stage; - provide in the final stage elements able to further foster an autonomous use of the computer and to support an aware choice of next training initiatives. The report is supplied with the learning materials for the students (worksheets, exercises, tutorials, etc.) and a "Teacher’s guide".